Jatin Sharma

I am an enthusiastic, hardworking and devoted Spanish Language Teacher with excellent communication skills demonstrated by 12 years of teaching experience. I possess a high degree of fluency in Spanish and specialise in motivating and guiding students by setting clear, attainable learning objectives. I have a passion for helping students of all ages to learn the language and I am committed to taking a hands-on approach to continue spreading love for the Spanish language through a comprehensive immersion in the culture.

TGT Spanish Teacher - Sanskriti School - Chanakyapuri

(2014-04 - 2022-02)

Taught Middle School and senior school students from years 5-10

• Implemented Spanish curriculum for students of years 5 - 10
• Prepared classroom activities and organized teaching materials
• Prepared and marked exam papers, tracked the progress of each student, provided periodic assessments and constructive feedback
• Laid on remedial classes for weaker students. I encouraged and motivated them and gave extra assignments for practice. I increased parent's involvement. I spent extra time with them and ensured they gain more confidence and score better.
• Taught topics vary between grade levels and courses, focusing on grammar, pronunciation, composition, spelling, vocabulary and dialogue. History of Spanish speaking countries and the famous authors.
• Developed and planned innovative classroom activities that encouraged active student participation, involvement, and team work e.g. role play, dialogue, language games, literature, movies, class quiz, subject from Spain on a paper bag, kids to listen to a story in English or Hindi and translate and relay that back in Spanish etc.
• Planned and took students on approved local field trips to museums and other cultural destinations to increase their immersion into the Spanish culture e.g. recently took students to the Peru embassy to meet the director following which the students had a Q&A session in Spanish. Students also toured the embassy's art gallery following which there was a debate in Spanish on the art
• Arranged for children to write articles in Spanish for the yearly school magazine
• Conducted Spanish Olympiad exams in the school which were sponsored by the Spanish embassy and split into three categories: basic, intermediate and advanced level where students had to tackle multiple choice questions based on Spanish drama, the history and culture of Spain
• Planned the Spanish section for the yearly language day. Prepared stalls for children to showcase painted t-shirts in a chosen Spanish theme of theirs, cooked Spanish food dishes, organized Spanish skits (short dramas) in groups and quizzes, fashion show, making of posters in Spanish with the useful expressions.
• Coordinated with other language teachers to share learning strategies
• Kept monthly teacher's diary
• Run and attend PTA meetings
• Able to organize and prioritize workload effectively
• Flexible and adaptable to change
• Able to work independently or in a team environment

Spanish Teacher - DPS International

(2011-01 - 2013-07)

Spanish teacher for students from years 5 to 10

Senior Trainer - English Language - Gateway Academy of Languages

(2008-06 - 2009-08)

• For spoken English, which included teaching grammar, vocabulary, paragraph writing, newspaper reading and improving student's communication skills
• On presentations skills
• On interviewing techniques which included teaching students about body language, listening skills, rate of speech, polite tone, clarity in voice, accurate grammar with proper construction of sentences, audibility in voice, and eye contact
• To delegates to prepare them for working life in a call centre. This included telling them what Business Process Outsourcing is, what happens on a day to day basis in call centres, how to handle customers over the phone, telephone etiquettes, the selling skills required to work in an outbound process, training for voice and accent which includes amongst other things coaching them that they need to have a neutralised accent which can be understood clearly by the overseas customer

Spanish Teacher - Instituto Alhambra

(2009-09 - 2010-10)

Spanish teacher for adult students (associated with Peru embassy)

Spanish Teacher - The Shri Ram School

(2013-07 - 2014-03)

Certificate - E Commerce & Web designing - NIIT, Green Park (2001-01 - 2001-12)

BA (Hons) - English (1995-01 - 1998-12)

Higher Secondary (1993-01 - 1995-12)

Diploma - Japanese - Federation of Aots Alumni Associations of India (FAAAI) and Japan Cultural Information Centre Embassy of Japan (1995-01 - 1999-12)

Certificate Course - French Language - Inlingua (2007-01 - 2007-12)

Diploma - Spanish - Institute of Alhambra (associated with Peru Embassy) (2008-01 - 2010-12)

Advanced Diploma - Spanish Language - Institute of Alhambra and Jamia Milia Hamdard University (2010-01 - 2011-12)