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• Oversee day-to-day school operations during the director’s absence, managing staff, student affairs, scheduling, and administrative functions to ensure seamless operations, ensuring that teaching standards and student services were consistently maintained.• Monitored student progress and course outcomes, using data to implement improvements in school processes and support systems.• Demonstrate leadership in high-pressure environments, balancing intensive course demands with administrative responsibilities through managing communication between staff, students, and stakeholders, resolving issues and ensuring a positive learning environment.

• Led academic operations for a team of 20 teachers, ensuring high-quality English language instruction for 500 international students.• Designed and implemented engaging curricula tailored to various English proficiency levels (beginner to advanced). Managed staff training, development, and performance evaluations, fostering a dynamic teaching environment.• Conducted student assessments and monitored progress, adapting course delivery to meet learners’ needs while collaborating with administrative and pastoral teams to ensure seamless integration of academic and extracurricular activities.

Led in-house professional development workshops for colleagues, fostering a collaborative learning environment and enhancing teaching effectiveness across the team.Mentored and supported new teachers, helping them adapt to the school environment and develop strategies to manage stress and pressure effectively, promoting a positive and resilient teaching staff.Designed and delivered engaging, high-quality General English courses for diverse, multinational classrooms, ensuring lessons meet rigorous academic standards and foster student engagement and success.Provided personalized support and guidance to students, addressing individual learning needs to enhance their educational experience and promote overall well-being.Organized and coordinated cultural and educational events, creating opportunities for students to engage outside the classroom, build community, and enrich their learning through interactive experiences.

• Worked closely with Director of Studies and management in designing bespoke online (LMS/Blackboard) and face to face courses and examinations based around client feedback and needs analysis.• Planned, organised, co-ordinated and evaluated of courses with feedback loops in place to address and improve course and examination content based around latest pedagogical research.• Multitasked across numerous projects including design of new courses, evaluation of examination system and introduction of new material for standard classes. • Ran ad-hoc workshops at short notice to help teachers manage the shift to online teaching and testing during covid 19 restrictions.

A successful business helping Chinese students with their applications to overseas universities. From proofreading CVs and personal statements to mock interviews and offering advice on adjusting to moving overseas, Paul's Proofreading started as a project to help some friends and grew into a highly successful business built on reputation and customer satisfaction.

• Developed full understanding of Cambridge University’s IELTS exam through training and in-class application of learning. Designed material specifically aimed at examination preparation. • Due to the academic nature of the course was under constant review from senior management. Classes were always found to be up to standards required. Weekly mock exam results reviewed by management. • Provided assistance for staff teaching similar/same course and assistance to students regarding examination material and preparation.

• Represented company at corporate events, required strong organisational awareness to discuss issues with potential stakeholders in order to alleviate concerns and provide understanding of company values. • Built relationships with stakeholders and continued to liaise and address needs of a variety of clients and orchestrated high energy, on time, meaningful solutions to issues relevant to individual groups.• Adjusted communication style and pedagogical approach to adapt to different groups of stakeholders resulting in clear, understandable and effective delivery.

• Identified gaps in syllabus and developed full course including suite of exams around students’ academic writing needs analysis.• Supported and developed teachers to ensure a collaborative and complementary programme in place to best motivate and drive student learning. • Part of cross-departmental team who designed and delivered one day workshops around issues including examination preparation, presentation skills, business writing, job applications, academic English and so on. Workshops were a constantly evolving project based on latest pedagogical research and stakeholder feedback.