Jisheena Abdulla

CELTA-certified (University of Cambridge) English educator with over a decade of teaching and academic-leadership experience across schools, colleges and live online classrooms. Founder and lead instructor of Eduva.in, an online English platform where I independently design and deliver structured live-online Spoken English and Edexcel/IGCSE O-Level ESL programmes to learners across India and overseas. Experienced in teaching AS/A-Level English & Linguistics, training and mentoring teachers, and managing virtual classrooms, examinations and student engagement end-to-end.

Published author of two educator-facing guides on IELTS preparation and online teaching. Seeking to bring proven live-online pedagogy, exam-board expertise and curriculum-design experience to an international online teaching role in the Middle East.

Founder & Lead Online English Educator at Eduva.in (2025-01 – Present)

• Independently designed and deliver two full 10-month live-online Spoken English curricula (Beginner & Intermediate) for adult learners across India and abroad, teaching every live cohort via structured, conversation-first virtual classes.
• Built and teach an Edexcel/IGCSE O-Level ESL coaching programme centred on mark schemes, past-paper practice and weekly written feedback, producing consistent exam results for international students.
• Run a certified 5-step career-counselling process (discovery, questionnaire, psychometric assessment, guided sessions) for students and career-returners.
• Manage the full online-teaching operation solo: enrolment, live-class scheduling across time zones, course content, learner feedback and community engagement.

Academic Head at Aspire College of Excellence (2024-05 – 2025-05)

• Directed academic operations across both online and offline systems, including examinations, corrections and certificate delivery.
• Coordinated with partner universities to ensure academic compliance and quality benchmarks.
• Recruited, trained and mentored faculty; planned and delivered courses and student-engagement events.

Academic Head at Dar-al-Arqam Public School (2020-11 – 2023-08)

• Supervised school operations, lesson planning and assessment; trained and mentored teaching staff in effective, learner-centred pedagogy.
• Recruited and managed faculty and organised academic events supporting measurable student outcomes.

English Language Consultant at Olive International School (2017-02 – 2018-05)

• Taught English Language & Linguistics to AS/A-Level students on a Cambridge/Edexcel-aligned curriculum.
• Conducted teacher-training workshops on pedagogy and lesson planning for teaching staff.

CELTA in Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults – University of Cambridge (British Council, Chennai) (2014-01 – 2014-12)

PGDSLM in Postgraduate Diploma in School Leadership & Management – IGNOU (2024-01 – 2024-12)

PDTT in Professional Development for Teacher Trainers – Arizona State University (2023-01 – 2023-12)

Certification in Career Counselling – IIT Madras Pravartak (2025-01 – 2025-12)

Certification in Global Career Counseling (EDUC 861.16) – UCLA Extension, University of California Los Angeles (2026-01 – 2026-12)

M.A. in English Literature – University of Madras (Ethiraj College for Women) (2008-01 – 2010-12)