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My core responsibility is to facilitate learning and maximise opportunities for learning in and outside of class for all students in my care.

Teaching English as a foreign language to groups.

I teach English as a foreign language to adults at a range of levels.

I taught English as a foreign language to 14-17 year old groups from all over the world. This was a full time summer school position for two months. I was awarded 'Teacher of the Summer' out of forty academic staff.

Generating new business is the lifeblood of any company and Qualifa has given me a valuable insight into marketing practices in the IT sector. It takes hard work, positive attitude and a high level of telephone communication skill to reach targets consistently. International awareness and foreign language skills have also been invaluable at Qualifa - a company with a truly global focus.

Teamwork was essential at D&G to continuing professional development. The communication skills required to resolve conflict with unhappy customers were tough to learn and rewarding to use.

As an independent professional I worked for several institutions and private individuals teaching English. I taught adults groups at 'Click & Do', adolescent groups at 'Schiller International School' and a number of private students in the teenage, 9-12 and adult age ranges. I also taught business groups on site at their own office buildings. I taught all levels from absolute beginner to advanced and was responsible for designing my own classes and preparing students for examination.

Working in Spain with colleagues from more than twenty different nations taught me cultural sensitivity. The role demanded teamwork and problem solving as our team enjoyed a wide degree of autonomy in approach to our responsibilities. I also led two successful communications improvement projects during this time.

Pro-Actif was a comprehensive apprenticeship in professional writing allowing me to develop my written communication to a high level while developing an awareness of how writing works in a commercial context. I also learned leadership while directing other freelancers and actors to produce content.