Natasha Francis

An experienced education professional with extensive background as a training officer for a large charity, an ESL teacher (in both UK and abroad) and kindergarten and lower primary school teacher (international schools in China). Proven expertise in curriculum delivery, classroom management and professional development, including delivering educational workshops to teachers. Demonstrated leadership in roles such as English coordinator, head of grade and house mistress.

Currently working in boarding, managing a boarding house (all house keeping work plus pastoral care of students). I am looking for a new challenge as a resident tutor/boarding assistant or an early years educator.

House Parent at Bexhill Sixth Form College (2025-08 – Present)

• Providing pastoral support and nurturing environment to a group of 11 international students
• Looking after students' health and safety
• Making sure the daily routines are duly followed (meals, hygiene)

Primary school and kindergarten homeroom teacher at RDFZ King's College Hangzhou (2018-08 – 2025-08)

Over the seven years, I served in different management roles, such as Lower Primary English Coordinator, Head of Grade and Head of House. I am also a founding member of our school's Staff Welfare Committee and in that role organised a number of projects with the aim of improving staff wellbeing (trips, quizzes, surveys, celebrations of different festivals, etc). In addition, I delivered a number of teacher training workshops in my school and at different conferences.

Prep class international home room teacher at HD Ningbo School (2015-08 – 2018-07)

• Teaching English, science and team sports to a class of 24 five year old students
• Lesson planning, formative and summative assessment
• Report writing, communication with parents
• Curriculum development
• Extracurricular activities (sensory art, gardening, yoga)

Head teacher at Harlow Baby International Kindergarten (2014-09 – 2015-08)

• Homeroom teacher to 15 older toddlers
• Managing a team of six international teachers
• In charge of the kindergarten's life skills department
• Lesson planning, design of teaching aids
• Curriculum development
• Communication with parents
• Organising and delivering workshops for parents

Head teacher (foreign teachers' department) at Giraffe American English (2012-10 – 2014-08)

• Schemes of work, lesson planning
• Teaching both children and adults
• Placement tests
• Recruitment and training of new teachers
• Teacher observations
• Extracurricular activities

EFL teacher and Life Club Co-ordinator at English First Daqing (2011-10 – 2012-08)

• Preparing English language lessons and teaching pre-school and primary school children at EF Daqing
• Coordinating EF schools Life Club activities

EFL teacher at Language and Leisure Summer School (2011-07 – 2011-08)

Training Officer at Citizens Advice Regional Office (2009-02 – 2011-04)

• Design and delivery of training in social security benefits, immigration, consumer and employment legislation and debt advice
• Support and coaching of CAB staff and volunteers
• Conducting a training needs analysis and training evaluation
• Development of training materials
• Delivering presentations and training to external organisations

Generalist Adviser at Lisburn Citizens Advice Bureau (2007-12 – 2009-02)

• Advising (telephone, e-mail and face to face) clients on benefits, consumer rights, employment rights, monitoring issues for social policy
• Maintaining case records and case management

Credit card customer service adviser at HBOS (2005-11 – 2007-12)

• Servicing credit cards: making balance transfers, payments, explaining statements, dealing with customer complaints
• Keeping client records

EFL teacher at Oxford Intensive School of English (2005-06 – 2005-08)

• Teaching English as a foreign language to teenagers
• Pastoral duties

Administration Operations Clerk at Wincanton Logistics (2004-04 – 2005-11)

• Liaising with buyers and hauliers
• Booking deliveries in
• Writing daily, weekly and monthly reports on intake of goods

PG Certificate in Special and Additional Learning Needs – University of East London (2023-01 – 2023-01)

Master's in Education – University of Cumbria (2016-06)

Post graduate diploma in Law – University of Ulster (2011-06)

Course in Islam in the West: Politics of Co-existence – Open University (2007-12)

Certificate of Higher Education in Counselling Studies – University of Ulster (2009-06)

CELTA in Certificate of English language teaching to Adults – Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education (2005-06)

BA in Archaeology – Belgrade University (1996-03)