Justyna Tarnowska Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Responsibilities:• Managing website and social media contents for 'Portal Polonii w Wiktorii'• Researching and collecting information• Creating notices, articles, event reports, newsletters• Creating graphics (Canva, PicMonkey, Piktochart) and video materials (Camtashia)• Interviewing Polish community members living in Victoria• Preparing statistics reports based on Google Analytics and Meta Business SuiteKey Achievements:• Prepared and published 59 thematic maps with 362 contact details to Polish speaking specialists, doctors, and entrepreneurs from Victoria• Published 318 notices, 300 articles and 573 events’ details• Interviewed 30 Polish community members living in Victoria and shared their stories in “Wasze historie” cycle• Prepared the documentary titled “Zachować polskość” (eng. “Keep Polishness”) with representants of the Rawdanowicz and Puszkar families• Fruitfully cooperated with Polish organisations’ members in promoting events, delivering event reports and sharing informationPortal Polonii w Wiktorii is an information website for Polish diaspora living in Victoria, Australia. Since January 2019 has provided the Polish Victorians with variety of information and inspiring stories to broaden their knowledge about our common history and encourage them to participate in Polish community life.

Melbourne, Australia

Responsibilities:• Managing website and social media contents for Polish Community Care Services (PCCS)• Preparing website content for Polish schools• Editing publications, bulletins and annual reports• Preparing grant applications for social and educational projects• Coordinating the advertisements, recipes and materials collection to annual calendars• Organising and co-organising stationary and online events• Coordinating projects: 'Be Connected. Every Australian online' (for developing digital skills among people over aged 65) and Bridging the Gaps' (for educating about anti-discrimination)• Building and maintaining strong relationships with individuals, organisations, grand fundersKey Achievements:• Edited and prepared to print: 5 poetry books with poems of Polish Senior Poetry Competition participants, 8 annual reports, 1 songbook, 10 quarterly organisation bulletins• Prepared 4 set of materials to print the organisation annual calendars• Prepared 2 contests’ regulations and 56 audio recordings to radio broadcast• Prepared the video presentation for 60th anniversary of the Polish Community Council of Victoria (PCCV)• Created 50 handouts and presentations for digital sessions, including translated into Polish courses from the Be Connected Learning Platform• Created 2 re-accreditation applications to Victorian Department of Education and Training which resulting in granting 4 Polish Community Language Schools the accreditations for 2019-2021 and 2022-2024• Created 77 applications for financial aid to Australian and Polish institutions and organisations to the formal, substantive and financial guidelines• Successfully raised AUD 230,630.82 of co-finance for PCCV and PCCS• Contributed to receive a title "Be Connected Network Partner of the Month for February 2020" to PCCV• Successfully organised 2 LGBTI Aged Care Trainings (with Transgender Victoria), cross-generation picnic for Polish diaspora and 4 webinars for school communities

Teaching Polish as a foreign language. Teaching in Polish and English (bilingual teaching method). Over 40 students from various parts of the world: the UK, the USA, Australia, Canada, Belgium, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Japan and Brazil.

Melbourne, Australia

Responsibilities:• Teaching Polish as a foreign language to adults in group classes as well as 1:1 sessions.• Preparing lesson plans, educational materials and tests.• Conducting 'Language Skill Check',Key achievements:Assisting student with preparing to Polish language certification exam at B1 level, which was passed on the first attempt.

Melbourne, Australia

Coordinating the implementation of interpretating and translating services for private and business clients.

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

Responsibilities:• Coordinating online "OK notebook" course for teachers of different subjects to support them in acquiring knowledge about formative assessment and active teaching methods• Organizing complex educational training, conferences and webinars for participants• Preparing training materials and teaching aids• Sending teaching aids to participants• Building strong relationships with schools, teachers and suppliers• Entering data into the internal databases and processing invoices• Monitoring budget and internal proceduresKey Achievements:• Efficiently communicated with principals and teachers interested in professional development by giving them appropriate information and supporting their involvement in the "OK notebook" course• Created several dozen high-quality documents, including 10 sets of training materials and 2 internal statutes• Successfully organized 6 webinars and 16 regional meetings for 700 participants• Contributed to successfully completing the first edition of online "OK notebook" course with an overall budget of AUD 90,000• Successfully organized the recruitment of 550 participants to the second edition of online "OK notebook" courseThe online "OK notebook" course helps teachers of different subjects improve their teaching methods by using student notebooks as part of formative assessment. The vital part of this course are a 7-module-e-learning course and subject groups of exchanging experiences and good practices.

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

Responsibilities:• Building strong relationships with schools, educational units of the city authorities and higher education or research establishments (Collegium Civitas, Academy of Special Education, Institute of Geophysics – Polish Academy of Sciences)• Preparing applications for financial aid to the European Union and from public funds• Creating budgets, analyses and formal documents• Monitoring procedures and statutes, including the EU guidelines• Representing the CCE during external eventsKey Achievements:• Efficiently communicated with principals and teachers interested in professional development by giving them appropriate information and supporting their involvement in the present and future projects• Created 44 high-quality analyses of schools’ educational needs• Created 18 complex apllications for financial aid to the European Union according to the formal, substantive and financial guidelines• Fruitfully cooperated with 74 schools and 20 educational units of the city authorities in the process of applying for financial aid to the European Union which resulted in the lodging of 18 applications• Successfully raised AUD 1,118,620 of co-finance for CCE

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

Responsibilities:• Running national educational programs for principals and teachers to support them in acquiring knowledge about formative assessment, ICT and active teaching methods• Coordinating a 3-person-training team which organized complex educational training and conferences for participants• Organizing of training across the country on the basis of competitiveness of offers and request for proposals• Building strong relationships with schools, principals, teachers and suppliers• Entering data into the internal databases and processing invoices• Monitoring budgets, and internal procedures and the EU guidelinesKey Achievements:• Efficiently communicated with principals and teachers interested in professional development by giving them appropriate information and supporting their involvement in program “Active Education”• Efficiently coordinated work of 3-person-training and 120 coaches• Successfully organized the recruitment of 6,500 principals and school leaders• Successfully organized 200 training and workshops for 8,000 principals and school leaders across the country• Co-organized 100 public procurements for choosing the training venues, catering and service providers• Successfully organized 9 national conferences for 1,300 principals and teachers for the program “Active Education” which helped them to use more active teaching methods and implement new technologies in schools• Contributed to successfully completing the program “Active Education” with an overall budget of AUD 9,321,800The program “Active education” realized the project “The implementation of the core curriculum of general education in kindergartens and schools”. The project was realized from 2012 to 2015 and financed by the European Social Fund (overall budget of project AUD 9,321,800).

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

Responsibilities:• Coordinating work of main CCE office by providing administrative support to clients (principals and teachers), project coordinators and board members via mail, phone and face-to-face contact• Building and maintaining strong relationships with schools, principals, teachers and suppliers• Co-organizing internal and external events• Entering data into the internal databases and processing invoices• Managing content on the company website• Analysing reports of media monitoring• Monitoring internal and external proceduresKey Achievements:• Efficiently communicated with principals and teachers interested in professional development by giving them appropriate information and supporting their involvement in programs• Efficiently supported the finance and account department by processing invoices and checking packages with transfers• Created complex 5 internal procedures about organizing work in the office• Successfully organized internal training for employees and external promotion events

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

Development of the PR campaign of familial business, in particular: editing handouts, website content and corporate identity.

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

Responsibilities:• Coordinating work of the department by providing administrative support to patients, doctors, nurses and Head of Department via mail, phone and face-to-face• Registering patients, preparing medical documentation and statistical reporting• Calculating costs of hospital stays and outpatient treatment• Obtaining reimbursement from the National Health Fund (NHF), according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) and International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-CM)Key Achievements:• Created several dozen high-quality documents for the NHF, including internal medical-allied procedures (in compliance with Quality Management System ISO 9001), monthly lists of hospitalization and ambulatory visits, and requests for non-standard treatment• Efficiently provided comprehensive support to approximately 800 patients a month (around 9,000 annually) by answering their queries, helping in registration and meeting their other needs

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

Responsibilities:• Entering data into databases and processing invoices according to internal procedures• Faxing, scanning, copying and archiving accounting documents• Preparing and sending letters with VAT invoices to bank branches in countryKey Achievements:• Efficiently communicated with managers of the bank branches by answering their queries, resolving their problems and preparing various sets of documentation for them• Efficiently shipped circa 300 letters with VAT invoices at the end of month

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

Teaching Polish in secondary school (children between 13 and 15 years old) and high school (children between 16 and 19 years old). Conducting lessons in reading, writing and grammar. Editing lesson plans and educational materials. Preparing students for their school leaving exam.

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

Teaching Polish in primary school, children between 7 and 12 years old. Conducting lessons in reading, writing and grammar. Editing lesson plans and educational materials.

Certificate Iii In Individual Support - Hacc & Ageing Support (Chc33015)

Activities and Societies: Being a volunteer in the day care centre - Social Support Groups in Rowville.

Postgraduate Studies In Teaching Polish As A Foreign Language

Overseas qualification assessment made by Department of Education, Skills and Employment: Australian (AQF) Graduate Diploma.

Postgraduate Studies In Public Relations

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Polish Philology

Two vocational specialisations: Teaching Polish and Creating media texts. Overseas qualification assessment made by Department.