Jordan Hill
About Me
Introduction:
I have travelled and experienced most of the Western world. I moved from England to South Africa when I was 12 and matriculated in 2008 at Bridge House School, Franschhoek. 2009 was a gap year of self-exploration. I worked in Vermont, USA for a year as a water sports instructor at a five star holiday resort situated on the beautiful Lake Champlain. During my employment here I worked with kids, teenagers and adults every day with a dedication for Service provision, family values and a passion for working with people. I then travelled America, Canada and the UK for a total of 3 months. Between 2010 and 2014 I attended Rhodes University ascertaining my Bcomm.law degree. I am a diligent, hardworking, money earning, challenge bearing, fun loving, social butterfly who takes on responsibility without question and fulfils obligations without complaint, but with passion and pride. My values are my families and an extension of my experiences. I have worked various jobs, from sales management to restaurant manager at a five star wine estate. In addition, I have a Tefl, andI have recently worked in Nanjing China for 14 months teaching English to children, allowing me to also travel around South East Asia.
Education
UniPrep
Tefl
January 2018
Rhodes University
Bcomm
January 2018
Experiences
First Leap China English Instructor/teacher
First Leap
October 2016 to December 2017
Preparing lessons
´ Teaching English as a foreign language to children from the ages of 3 to 16
´ Adapting to a.different culture
´ Giving homework and marking work
´ Providing support, encouragement and feedback
´ Engaging in various teaching methods
´ Integrating games, role play and student talk time
´ Assessing student progress
´ Supervising children
´ Teaching English through content language integrated learning
´ Working 36 to 40 hours a week, as well as supporting.other centres amd working overtime
´ Teaching english as a foreign language through different contexts such as world culture, music,
art, science, drama, and global leadership
´ Being a role model
´ Performing Demos to increase student enrollment
´ Open classes allowing parents to observe the classes taught, allowing.them to see progress and
content taught
´ Underwent various training programs which helped me to become a more dynamic teacher
´ Preparing and delivering lessons
´ preparing teaching materials
´ Creating crafts for the students
´ Creating worksheets and homework
´ Providing a comfortable teaching environment
´ Helping students improve their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills
´ encouraging indivividual and group work
´ Encouraging positive reinforcement
´ Utilizing effective disciplinary measures which allow for positive reinforcement
´ Assessing pupils work
´ Attending social events
´ Representing the company in all aspects
´ Implementing reward systems
´ Recording class preparation spreadsheets
´ Attending monthly meetings
´ Undergoing teacher assessments
´ Classroom management
´ Craftmanship
´ Creating a vibrant teaching atmosphere
´ Meet all lesson objectives
´ Meet all language objectives
´ Communicate with parents
´ Maintain professionalism
´ Use a wide range of audio and visual aids, primarily working on an interactive white board.
Encourage as much student-student talk and student-teacher talk.
´ Create new ways to introduce lesson content
´ Use a variety of warm up activites, and off the board activites to teach new content and review
past content
´ Undertake administrative tasks
´ Work well together with other teachers of foreign nature
´ Teach key words and key sentences
´ Ensuring time management, arriving to class on time and finishing on time, ensuring all relevant
and important content is covered
´ Creating a fun learning environment