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• Created an inviting learning atmosphere and engaging lessons to stimulate students and help them progress.• Efficient at meeting marking, data and report deadlines.• Ensured support through building teacher-parent relationships.• Member of small group trialling teaching practices that were then introduced across the school.• Created Year 7 reading club to increase reading age and enjoyment of literature.• Created appropriately levelled assessments to be used across year groups

Llantwit Major, Wales, United Kingdom

• Devised term-long schemes of work. Member of small group trialling teaching practices that were then introduced across the school.• Provided dyslexia intervention for Year 9 students that positively impacted on assessment results.• Supported Literacy-co-ordinator in setting up and running a reading programme with Year 7 and 8.• Created lockdown video project that encompassed pictures from students and teachers across the school to support student well-being.• Established creative writing group ‘The Writing Workshop’ for Free School Meals students in Year 8 and reading club for Year 7 students.

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

• Created a 500% profit increase within four years.• Interviewed, trained and developed staff to become valuable members of the branch team.• Created a friendly and inviting environment for customers and staff.• Developed an installations business to compliment traditional revenue.• Created local marketing strategies that targeted specific postcodes and groups.• Utilised knowledge of dynamic P&L to create cost tightening and efficiencies.• Managed rotas and stock deliveries to maximise store efficiency.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Played key-role in founding and developing initial project ideas and objectives with key input into competition design as well as website functionality and targets.• Helped to run monthly competition with live gigs and record company links.• Worked within a team of four to set up live events.• Scouted and recruited musicians to promote within the Richer Unsigned mission.This was a part-time additional position alongside my Stock Auditor and Deputy manager roles.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Mapped out seasonal publication shcedule and decided what content and topics to use• Provided templates and boundaries for articles so they were consistent.• Enlisted staff to write articles, and provided constructive feedback that grew writer's skills.• Edited articles from other writers before scheduling for publication.• Used WordPress to fulfill this role.• Wrote articles myself.This was a part-time additional position alongside my Stock Auditor and Deputy manager roles.

• Travelled nationwide to conduct stocktakes for Richer Sounds stores.• Entrusted with finding stock worth large sums.• Responsible for staff welfare and led training sessions to develop team• Created weekly rotas for all Cardiff staff and managed and maintained a database of customer repairs.

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

• Won a WOW award for employee recognition.• Won two quarterly in-house competitions for the suggestion scheme for innovative ideas.• Provided excellent customer service.• Worked to provide support to senior leaders• Managed my own portfolio of customers.• Was proactive with reaching new clients outside of the traditional 'walk-in' customers.• During my time with Richer Sounds, we won Which? 'Retailer of the Year' award 5 times.

Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom

• Contacted newspapers across the UK and successfully placed articles for free to raise awareness of charity activity.• Wrote press releases.• Conducted interviews with parents, children with brain conditions, and technology experts.• Telephone operative making calls to existing supporters and cold calling to establish direct debit pledges.• I was promoted to team leader overseeing evening staff and supporting team members through training.

Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom

Xinjiang Uygur, China

• Taught English to Chinese students with very low standards of English. Progress was notable throughout.• Taught the native Mandarin-speaking English department once a week to raise departmental competency.

Postgraduate Level 7 Qualification, Postgraduate Certificate In Education (Pgce), Pass

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, 1St (Hons)