IBDP/MYP English A Teacher, Examiner, and Head of English Department, holds BA in English with over 10 years of teaching experience.
I taught English Language and Literature IBDP courses at SL and HL, English IGCSE Language and Literature courses, and Cambridge Lower Secondary English. I also supervised IBDP Extended Essays. The first half of the school year was spent teaching online before moving to hybrid classes. I developed knowledge of various platforms and teaching routines to engage learners in distanced learning. The new challenges informed and improved my practice in face-to-face classes.
I worked at The English School, Bogota, Colombia, as Head of Secondary School English. I had my first experience teaching the MYP and continued to teach IBDP English Language and Literature SL and HL and supervise Extended Essays. As the leader of a team of 14 teachers, I demonstrated reliability, responsibility, and a professional attitude, and the staff found me to be a supportive line manager. I led collaborative planning and moderation sessions, provided PD workshops, and was also responsible for performance management within the department. I gained experience in teacher recruitment, managing a budget, and preparing and following an action plan. Additionally, I oversaw the implementation of the new guides for IBDP English A courses (first examination 2021). Through IB Professional Services I completed online courses in DP and MYP Language and Literature, as well as MYP Language Acquisition. I was part of the Pedagogical Leadership Team and a member of the Academic Council. In early 2020 I qualified as an IBDP examiner for English A Language and Literature.
During 7 years at San Silvestre, I taught every course offered by the English department to 11-18 year-olds. This included teaching English IGCSE (First and Second Language courses and English Literature) and IBDP English A: Language and Literature at HL. I attended several professional development workshops (focuses included ATLs, AFL, the student-centered classroom, visual thinking, and the use of ICT). For six years, I was San Silvestre’s interschool debate coordinator for the British Schools of Peru partnership, including a year as Chairperson overseeing the organization of debates at all host schools. I contributed substantially to the development of our teaching material and was made a mentor to new staff members.
As the only English teacher at this Pupil Referral Unit, I adapted the GCSE course to suit the new AQA syllabus. I re-wrote the department’s long and medium-term plans for all-year groups in preparation for an OFSTED inspection. My teaching was graded as ‘good with outstanding features. There were frequent meetings with parents, regular after-school tutorials with students, and safeguarding training sessions with other staff.
I taught English to all-year groups at this ‘outstanding’ inner-London school, and my teaching was graded as ‘good’ in the department reviews. I completed my NQT year in July 2008
PGCE English
BA in English Language
In the classroom, I'm very much into the idea of student-centered learning, and I organize lots of group work so that my students learn to work in teams and think for themselves. This has to be slightly different from tutoring since the sessions are usually one-to-one. I like to give the individual student plenty of thinking time and a range of guiding questions. Even though there's only one student in the class, the talking time shouldn't be dominated by the tutor.
I'd want to hear the student talk about the things they've been reading and studying and to find out what they know about the course their classroom teacher has planned. I would like to discuss a literary or non-literary text with a student to get an impression of their strengths and areas for improvement. If the student wants to go ahead with tutoring sessions, I would ask them to write about the text, so I can see their level and give feedback.
Extremely knowledgeable, patient, and very responsive. We enjoy working with him!
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