Atifa Othman Email & Phone Number

Singapore

- Teaches English enrichment lessons to Primary and Secondary students- Creates educational written and video blog posts - Communicates closely with parents to help them track their children’s progress and areas of improvement- Designs, contributes to and creates curriculum materials for the Secondary levels- Proofreads and adapts past resources for the Secondary levels

- Taught English and writing skills according to a highly detailed and intensive curriculum to a range of primary to secondary school students- Communicated closely with each student’s parents for timely and detailed updates about their child’s performance and learning

- Taught English to Primary 3 students with autism according to the mainstream MOE curriculum - Planned targeted English lessons incorporating ASD-friendly strategies and linguistic techniques- Contributed to the editing and vetting of teaching resources and worksheets for the Primary 3 English department- Behaviourally supported classes for Primary 3 students with autism - Tracked students' academic and life skills progress as the co-form teacher of a Primary 3 class- Co-taught classes for Music and Movement lessons according to the Kodaly pedagogy- Helped to edit resources for Music and Movement lessons- Teacher-in-charge for Choir CCA- Member of the Reading Programme Committee, which encouraged students' engagement in reading

Singapore

- Taught English and writing skills according to a highly detailed and intensive curriculum- Taught 3 classes (Primary 1, 2 and 4) a week - Helped to substitute classes of different levels if teachers were absent- Communicated closely with students' parents to provide updates on their progress and suggest ways to improve their skills

- Helped to organise public events (e.g. readings, masterclasses) for the NTU-NAC Writing Residency, a programme where published writers teach courses to NTU students for a stipulated period of time- Communicated with local and international writers-in-residence for duties related to their residency - Created publicity materials for writers' on- and off-campus events- Scheduled events for writers-in-residence each semester

- Taught undergraduate students for 4 weeks - Created syllabus to teach students an introduction to writing poetry - Marked students' assignments and provided individual and personalised feedback weekly

- Wrote articles for The Finder magazine's print issues and website - Aided in content marketing- Attended and supported outdoor photoshoots for print articles - Handled interviews and cold calls for editorial content

- Brainstormed news ideas- Independently sourced and interviewed people for online news articles - Wrote online news articles covering a variety of topics

- Provided input for company presentations and website articles - Attended meetings and conferences with other companies regarding employment schemes- Made phone calls to companies to tell them about employment schemes

Master Of Arts - Ma, Creative Writing, 4.5/5.0

- Completed under the NTU Research Scholarship - Embarked on research for a poetry project themed around language, ethnicity and cultural.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), English Literature, Second Upper Class Honours

Activities and Societies: NTU Epiphany English and Drama Society, Nanyang Chronicle- Minor in Creative Writing - Took Foundations.

Diploma, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Teatro (Drama Club)