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.
Preliminary Certificate of Educational Studies in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Langauges
February 2011
Bachelor of Philosophy (Journalism)
March 2009
Bachelor of Arts (Journalism and French)
March 2008
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.