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Sandy Westerner

london england

Application to teach in Murcia as English teacher in Inglesgara

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Sandy Westerner

london engla

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Employment History Future plans: My future plans include taking the DELTA Future plans: My future plans include taking the DELTA Employment History

Qualification and M.A in applied linguistics.

Autumn to present

Personal EFL and Callan tutor

I am currently teaching a wide range of students on a private, individual level. My duties have so far involved preparing students for the academic IELTS exam, business English and general English. I have also been involved in the setting up and marketing of Callan shool in a local town. I am currently teaching a group of 7 Polish students of elementary ability with the Callan method.

Spring/Summer 2008

EFL Tutor at LSI Cambridge.

My schedule involved teaching four hours of skills lessons in the morning to two different group and then teaching a fluency/conversation based lesson in the afternoon. I was also required to give a bi-monthly written and spoken

test to the students.

2007 – 2008

For a year I had been tutoring a nine year old boy in preparation for attending a school in Great Britain. My duties involved one to one tutelage of English language as well as including other subjects from the British curriculum focussing on the specialised vocabulary.

I was also actively involved in a range of projects in Moscow connected with an Art gallery. These have included editing script in English language for monthly magazines, organizing activities based on art and being responsible for public liaisons with the large English-speaking client base.

17 July 2006 – 12 August 2006

Activities Coordinator and Group Leader.

Education First (EF), Bateman Street, Cambridge.

Duties included arranging all activities for my group, liaising with them to target the activity to their preferences within a budget and overseeing the students whilst involved in these activities.

My position allowed me to work closely with the Main Activities Organiser and the Studies Coordinator to allow

maximum English Language exposure within their capabilities.

I was also available 24 hours for Student Support and for airport

transfers which enabled me to help the team for the last 3 weeks

of their group arrangements.

10 July 2006 – 17 July 2006

Substitute English Teacher for upper intermediate class

Education First (EF), Bateman Street, Cambridge

Duties involved teaching English to students of varying nationalities for 3 hours a day, administration and general teaching duties whilst cover was needed (1 week).

1 March 2006 – July 2006

English Teaching Assistant –

Bonne-International - Angliskiy Detskiy Cad, Moscow,

Russia.

Duties included helping all ages of children to achieve their

maximum linguistic potential through, various cognitive means

within the Russian Private educational curriculum

2008 CELTA certificate

2006 - TEFL Certificate, St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge.

2005 - Feb 2006 Studies at Daugavpils College of Music with Olga Gavrillova, Daugavpils, Latvia

2005 Studies with Arvitz Tareila at Riga School for gifted Children, Riga, Latvia

2005 - Cello grade 8 from The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Cambridge, UK

2004 - Grade 5 Theory of Music from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, UK

2003 – 2005 Advanced musicianship undertaken with Dr. J Fistein, Cambridge, UK

2004 – GCSE English Language - B

2002 - Violin grade 5 from The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, UK

1999 – August 2005 – Home based autonomous education with the aid of private tutors, offering a full complement of subjects formed around the building blocks of education, with an emphasis towards Music, Literature, Art and History. 1993 – 1999 Holywell Primary School, Holywell,

Cambridgeshire

Qualification and M.A in applied linguistics.

Autumn to present

Personal EFL and Callan tutor

I am currently teaching a wide range of students on a private, individual level. My duties have so far involved preparing students for the academic IELTS exam, business English and general English. I have also been involved in the setting up and marketing of Callan shool in a local town. I am currently teaching a group of 7 Polish students of elementary ability with the Callan method.

Spring/Summer 2008

EFL Tutor at LSI Cambridge.

My schedule involved teaching four hours of skills lessons in the morning to two different group and then teaching a fluency/conversation based lesson in the afternoon. I was also required to give a bi-monthly written and spoken test to the students.

2007 – 2008

For a year I had been tutoring a nine year old boy in preparation for attending a school in Great Britain. My duties involved one to one tutelage of English language as well as including other

subjects from the British curriculum focussing on the specialised vocabulary.

I was also actively involved in a range of projects in Moscow connected with an Art gallery. These have included editing script in English language for monthly magazines, organizing activities based on art and being responsible for public liaisons with the large English-speaking client base.

17 July 2006 – 12 August 2006

Activities Coordinator and Group Leader.

Education First (EF), Bateman Street, Cambridge.

Duties included arranging all activities for my group, liaising with them to target the activity to their preferences within a budget and overseeing the students whilst involved in these activities.

My position allowed me to work closely with the Main Activities Organiser and the Studies Coordinator to allow maximum English Language exposure within their capabilities.

I was also available 24 hours for Student Support and for airport

transfers which enabled me to help the team for the last 3

weeks

of their group arrangements.

10 July 2006 – 17 July 2006

Substitute English Teacher for upper intermediate class

Education First (EF), Bateman Street, Cambridge

Duties involved teaching English to students of varying nationalities for 3 hours a day, administration and general teaching duties whilst cover was needed (1 week).

1 March 2006 – July 2006

English Teaching Assistant –

Bonne-International - Angliskiy Detskiy Cad, Moscow,

Russia.

Duties included helping all ages of children to achieve their

maximum linguistic potential through, various cognitive means

within the Russian Private educational curriculum

2008 CELTA certificate

2006 - TEFL Certificate, St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge.

2005 - Feb 2006 Studies at

Daugavpils College of Music with Olga Gavrillova, Daugavpils, Latvia

2005 Studies with Arvitz Tareila at Riga School for gifted Children, Riga, Latvia

2005 - Cello grade 8 from The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Cambridge, UK

2004 - Grade 5 Theory of Music from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, UK

2003 – 2005 Advanced musicianship undertaken with Dr. J Fistein, Cambridge, UK

2004 – GCSE English Language - B

2002 - Violin grade 5 from The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, UK

1999 – August 2005 – Home based autonomous education with the aid of private tutors, offering a full complement of subjects formed around the building blocks of education, with an emphasis towards Music, Literature, Art and History. 1993 – 1999 Holywell Primary School, Holywell, Cambridgeshire

Affiliations

Me, my

Huntingdonshire Philharmonic Orchestra. Huntingdonshire Philharmonic

Interests and goals

Hobbies

Orchestra. Affiliations

Quartet Club of Cambridge, playing Cello in String quartets at various venues.

Member of Cambridgeshire County Youth Orchestra, with whom I toured Scotland and played at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

To further my interest in Music and Eastern European culture, I decided to live in Daugavpils, a primarily Russian-speaking city, in Latvia for 6 months. It has given me a unique opportunity to manage every area of my life from time management, organisation, and other motivational skills and given me a maturity, which I believe I would not have acquired had I pursued a convention education.

I enjoy travelling and have travelled extensively around Britain, Spain and Eastern Europe including Russia and Poland. I always try to come away from a new place with a small part of its culture in my heart. Things stir me and I like to express my creative side in writing. I have enjoyed writing short stories and dioramas from an early age, and travel certainly has made the stories more interesting!

Photography is my journal. Photographs chart my life and after taking a short course in photography, I was able to develop my own photos and capture the precise point of my interest

in a more focused way.

To prepare for my Latvian Studies, and raise capital, I worked for many families in my community, one of which was actually an aupair agent. I looked after her son, aged 4 for 5 afternoons a week for 6 months. I had to do various duties, including feeding, bathing and bedtime routines and be aware of his needs in sole charge for about 4 hours a day. I gained valuable insight during this time, again, an experience I could not have gained had I been educated within the school system. I continue to be on good terms with the family, and babysat regularly until I left for Latvia.

Following my time in Latvia, I spent three months in Moscow. There I worked for an English speaking nursery school. This was an invaluable experience which I enjoyed very much. It gave me the incentive to pursue teaching English further.

I began pursuing this project by taking a TEFL course. It has given me the extra skills I need to successfully work with foreign students from any nationality. My experiences during travelling and knowledge of Russian have been extremely advantageous in this regard.

During the summer of ‘06 I was employed by EF in Cambridge, working for their Junior Summer School. I originally asked to sit in on some lessons to observe

teaching methods, and as a result of my discussions with the Studies Coordinator, I was immediately offered a job and asked to teach a group whilst their regular teacher was absent! I gained invaluable skills during this week, furthering my interest into one of solid conviction. I taught for approximately three hours per day to students of all nationalities aged between 13 and 17. Following the success of that week, EF invited me to join the team as a group leader for a group of 25 pupils during their visit. I thoroughly enjoyed organising entertainment and excursions for the group. I feel I was able to provide an interesting and fun range of activities for the students whilst ensuring that all needs and interests were met.

I developed my skills through hands on training, and observed the day to day running of a successful business, which has only encouraged me to continue in this field.

Hebrew language Spanish language Culture and languages of Slavic countries Art and painting Badminton Classical music Eastern dance photography Russian Cinema

Quartet Club of Cambridge, playing Cello in String quartets at various venues.

Member of Cambridgeshire County Youth Orchestra, with whom I toured Scotland and played at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

To further my interest in Music and Eastern European culture, I decided to live in Daugavpils, a primarily Russian-speaking city, in Latvia for 6 months. It has given me a unique opportunity to manage every area of my life from time management, organisation, and other motivational skills and given me a maturity, which I believe I would not have acquired had I pursued a convention education.

I enjoy travelling and have travelled extensively around Britain, Spain and Eastern Europe including Russia and Poland. I always try to come away from a new place with a small part of its culture in my heart. Things stir me and I like to express my creative side in writing. I have enjoyed writing short stories and dioramas from an early age, and travel certainly has made the stories more

interesting!

Photography is my journal. Photographs chart my life and after taking a short course in photography, I was able to develop my own photos and capture the precise point of my interest in a more focused way.

To prepare for my Latvian Studies, and raise capital, I worked for many families in my community, one of which was actually an aupair agent. I looked after her son, aged 4 for 5 afternoons a week for 6 months. I had to do various duties, including feeding, bathing and bedtime routines and be aware of his needs in sole charge for about 4 hours a day. I gained valuable insight during this time, again, an experience I could not have gained had I been educated within the school system. I continue to be on good terms with the family, and babysat regularly until I left for Latvia.

Following my time in Latvia, I spent three months in Moscow. There I worked for an English speaking nursery school. This was an invaluable experience which I enjoyed very much. It gave me the incentive to pursue teaching English further.

I began pursuing this project by taking a TEFL course. It has given me the extra skills I need to successfully work with foreign students from any nationality. My experiences during travelling and knowledge of Russian

have been extremely advantageous in this regard.

During the summer of ‘06 I was employed by EF in Cambridge, working for their Junior Summer School. I originally asked to sit in on some lessons to observe teaching methods, and as a result of my discussions with the Studies Coordinator, I was immediately offered a job and asked to teach a group whilst their regular teacher was absent! I gained invaluable skills during this week, furthering my interest into one of solid conviction. I taught for approximately three hours per day to students of all nationalities aged between 13 and 17. Following the success of that week, EF invited me to join the team as a group leader for a group of 25 pupils during their visit. I thoroughly enjoyed organising entertainment and excursions for the group. I feel I was able to provide an interesting and fun range of activities for the students whilst ensuring that all needs and interests were met.

I developed my skills through hands on training, and observed the day to day running of a successful business, which has only encouraged me to continue in this field.

Hebrew language Spanish language Culture and languages of Slavic countries Art and painting Badminton

Classical music Eastern dance photography Russian Cinema

Me, my

Interests and goals

Hobbies