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Philippa Francis

Port Elizabeth, South Africa

About Me

Current city:
Port Elizabeth
Current country:
South Africa
Country of Citizenship:
South Africa

Introduction:

I am a qualified journalist and experienced Native English Teacher (NET) with excellent organisation, management and administration skills. I possess great interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to develop and maintain important relationships. I enjoy being part of a successful and productive team or staff, and thrive in highly pressurised and challenging working environments. I adapt easily to new places, cultures and situations.

I have experience in classrooms in the United Kingdom, South Korea and Hong Kong, as well as many hours of coaching time with young, up and coming tennis players. 

I hope to study my Postgraduate Certificate in Education part-time in 2019, as I am serious about becoming the best teacher I can be.   

Education

TEFL Training College

Preliminary Certificate of Educational Studies in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Langauges

February 2011

Stellenbosch University

Bachelor of Philosophy (Journalism)

March 2009

Rhodes University

Bachelor of Arts (Journalism and French)

March 2008

Experiences

Native English Teacher

Tsung Tsin Primary School and Kindergarten, Hong Kong

September 2014 to August 2015

Employed by Tsung Tsin in the international section as: • Class teacher of Primary 3 (General English, Reading and Oral, General Studies); • General Studies teacher for Primary 5 and Panel Head (organisation of meetings, school trips); • English Enhancement Programme and Kindergarten Playgroup teacher.

Native English Teacher

Pui Ching Primary School, Hong Kong

September 2013 to August 2014

Employed by Synergy Education, Hong Kong, as a Native English Teacher at Pui Ching Primary School for Primary 1 and 2 students.

Native English Teacher

EPIK, South Korea

February 2011 to February 2013

Employed by EPIK (English Programme in Korea) in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk Province, South Korea: • Taught and developed students’ conversational English skills in public elementary, middle and high school environments (small and big class sizes).

Journalist

Lowveld Media

May 2016 to July 2017

Duties included: • Interviewing and writing news and sport stories for the flagship newspaper, Lowvelder, and free sheets like Nelspruit Post among others; • Taking of photographs to accompany all articles (including sport duty and news duty weekends); • Editing and allocating of Pro Habitat, a property insert on Fridays; • Editing and allocating of Nelspruit Post for April and May 2017, or whenever the editor was absent; • Organisation and writing of articles for Lowvelder’s Pen in my Hand initiative which involves the inviting of local and visiting authors from different genres and backgrounds to launch their books in Mbombela.

Teaching Assistant

Vibe Teaching, England

September 2009 to November 2009

Worked at a London state school, Paddington Green, as a Learning Support Assistant (LSA) for two behaviourally-challenged boys.

Freelance journalist, writer and editor

Self-employed

January 2018 to Current

• Web content creator for The Springboard Academy - writing and editing The Springboard Academy’s business blog aimed at encouraging young entrepreneurs to become job creators instead of job seekers (thespringboard.co.za/blog). • Freelance copy editor and proofreader for various companies including Design for Development and Karoo Ranching. • Freelance articles published in Get It Lowveld and InFlight magazines.

Skills

writing bachelor's degree or above coaching sports

Languages

french

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