Career
OCTOBER 2013 – JUNE 2014
TEACHER | “EL INSTITUTO” ACADEMY
• 20 hours a week
• Taught English to preschoolers, primary and secondary students and adults. Most of the students had a beginner level of English, except for a B1 class. Moreover, I was in charge of helping primary and secondary students with their homework and exams in other subjects such as Spanish language, Maths, History and Science.
JANUARY 2013 – SEPTEMBER 2013
GUIDE | CIEE SEVILLA
• 3-5 days a month
• This job mainly consisted in planning and giving practical tours around the city centre and several neighbourhoods to help American exchange students settle into life in Seville. I also helped out on trips to Granada and Morocco and helped younger students to find their way to specific places in the city.
SKILLS
Planning and Organisation • As part of my job at “El Instituto” Academy, I was in charge of setting new timetables for every season throughout the year. This required considerable planning and foresight, since every student had to agree to the changes.
• Planning the best routes was essential for my job as a guide. I was given the freedom to choose what to show the students during the tours around their new neighbourhoods and the city centre. I also had to make sure they got all the information that they needed in only a few hours.
Communication skills • I have always been able to provide students with a comfortable environment in which they feel free to express themselves. While working for “El Instituto” Academy my good relationship with my students was the key to creating a safe and fun atmosphere, which made the learning process more enjoyable for the students.
New Technologies • Good knowledge of MS Word and PowerPoint.
• One of the modules which was part of my Master’s degree in Teaching was “Teaching and Information and Communication Technology (ICT).” Therefore, I have a good knowledge of tools which could improve my teaching such as Coursesites, Webquests, Wikis, Symbaloo, Forums, etc.
Education
Note that in the Spanish mark system the top mark is a 10 and the pass mark is a 5.
2013 – 2014 |
UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE
MASTER’S DEGREE IN TEACHING
• Spanish equivalent of QTS
• Including General Teaching and English Teaching
• Average Mark: 8,2
• Internship in Chaves Nogales High School as an English teacher. Mark: 9,5
2009 – 2013 |
UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE
DEGREE IN ENGLISH STUDIES
• Average Mark: 7,3
• Certified as having a C2 level in English.
• Dissertation on “Reasons for the popularity of Young Adult Fantasy.” Mark: 10 First Class Honours
2011 – 2012 |
MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
EXCHANGE STUDENT
• As part of my studies, I spent a year abroad in Manchester. This was a very fulfilling experience which helped me to improve my English and showed me how the British education system works. Futhermore, it was a very enriching personal experience, as I learned about living in a foreign country on my own.
