ESOL Lecturer - Lambeth College - London
(2012-04)
Teaching English and Functional Skills Maths to different levels of students (adults and teenagers) from diverse background. Experienced in delivering lessons to live classes and online. Teaching ICT, Maths and Employability to adult learners. Working directly with the Head of ESOL creating timetables for teaching staff. Responsible for cover and merging classes in teachers' absence.
- Performing diagnostics / assessments / exams (Cambridge, NOCN, Ascentis, City&Guilds)
- Coordinate communication between students and school administration to create an effective and culturally-sensitive learning environment
- Collaborate with teachers and department heads to meet termly educational goals
- Meeting students' targets through responsible and innovative lesson planning and resource allocation (ensuring quality, diversity and inclusion)
- Engaging with students to better understand needs and deliver excellent teaching and curriculum development (awareness of intent, implementation and impact)
- Creating / developing / adapting / executing tasks / strategies / resources to increase student achievement (differentiating, scaffolding, challenging)
- Using bilingual skills to resolve problems and answer questions
- Inspecting and marking exams to comply with quality standards (internal verification)
- Carrying out different administrative duties such as student enrolments, transfers and withdrawals
- Taking team training and staff development
- Prioritising tasks and meeting deadlines
Retail manager - Astral Café - Central London
(2002-08 - 2012-07)
Managed the operations of a busy coffee shop including preparing orders, training staff, budget management, maintaining records and addressing customer concerns.
Personal Assistant - Impala Portugal - Sintra, Portugal
(1990-03 - 2002)
Provide general secretarial / administration support to senior managers and directors.
- Organizing external / internal meetings attending them and taking minutes
- Liaising with other staff regulatory authorities, suppliers and clients
- Responsible for answering and screening telephone calls and face to face enquiries
- Making appointments and arranging travel and accommodation
- Raising purchase orders, expense claims and arranging invoices
- Maintaining and enhancing the working environment of the department
- Carrying out routine administrative duties like photocopying and filing
- Writing reporting and briefing papers and making presentations
- Dealing with incoming emails, faxes and post
- Producing board meeting papers, agendas and facilities for meeting
- Promoting a professional image of the company
- Responsible for stationery acquisition including periodicals and subscriptions
- Involved in recruitment, budgets and accounts, managing junior staff and HR issues
