Rob Grundy Email & Phone Number

Collingwood, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

- Head of Language Acquisition Department (Leader of Learning for Languages) (2022 - present)Oversee mapping of curriculum for French Year 7-12; Spanish Years 11-12Manage a Department of 3 other teachers and a French assistantAdvise Principal and Head of Campus on strategic direction for Languages DepartmentOrganization of trips to Costa Rica and French Exchange program- Coordinator for Year 9 & 10 (2022 - present)Oversee students pastoral careLead regular discussions in Tutor group about academic, pastoral and social issuesManage parent communication on pastoral/academic/administrative issuesOrganized and attended Year 9 camps for students to Central Australia and Top End of Northern Territory 2022-23

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

International Baccalaureate Diploma Level: French B & Spanish Ab Initio courses to Years 11-12Taught French Literature to Higher Level French learners (Oscar et la Dame Rose)Middle Years Program: French to Years 7-9

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

- Completed placement hours as part of ongoing study of Graduate Diploma in Counselling

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

- Taught French to Years 7 and 8- Acted as Form Tutor for students of Year 8, where I encouraged student reflection on personal learning goals- Designed End of Unit Tests for use across both Years 7 & 8- Attended Chinese Excursion to Golden Dragon Museum in Bendigo in support of LOTE department- Carried out French Oral Exams across both year groups

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

- Taught French to Years 7 to 10- Worked individually with Year 11 & 12 French students in preparation for VCE Oral Exams- Supervisor of Year 11 students during long weekend Christian Living Camp- Tutored students for VCE French

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

- Taught French to Years 5 to 8 across Primary and Secondary campuses- Developed ATL communication, thinking and research skills of Years 5 and 6 students with projects on French poetry as part of the IB Primary Years Program- Facilitated delivery of Year 6 French student school assembly- Tutored students in IB Spanish at Diploma Level from nearby sister school- Oversaw squash club & Year 7B basketball team

Stockport, England, United Kingdom

- Taught Years 7 to 12 French & Spanish- Taught A-Level (VCE Level) Spanish to Years 11 & 12 - Taught IGCSE Spanish to small Year 10 group who had zero prior learning of Spanish- Tutored native Spanish Year 10 students through IGCSE curriculum- Team Taught Year 7 French class- Acted as Form Tutor for students of Year 8- Ran squash club as extra-curricular commitment- Organised theatre trip to see La Casa de Bernarda Alba for Spanish students

London, United Kingdom

- Coordinated, promoted and oversaw a fundraising achievement award program for schools- Promoted program to IB schools as way to fulfil CAS requirement of IB diploma- Organised multiple nationwide events to engage schoolchildren in the program: https://www.thewingsofhope.org/news/speed-mentoring-2016 - Regularly used public speaking skills at assemblies to recruit students- Designed an ongoing growth strategy for the program- Managed and oversaw professional development of charity interns

Manchester, United Kingdom

- Completed Teacher Training and Teach First Leadership Development Program with grade of Outstanding- Taught Year 7-10 French and Spanish, and A-Level (VCE-level) to Year 11 & 12- Acted as LOTE literacy coordinator and sourced target language reading materials for gifted students- Designed and implemented a full year’s differentiated scheme of work for Year 7-8 French & Spanish- Completed research project on extending the learning of Gifted & Talented students and embedded inquiry-based learning techniques into my lessons- Co-planned, attended and oversaw pupils in LOTE trips to Manchester & Disneyland Paris- Took part in project-based learning tasks with Business Studies and Technology Departments

Bogota, Colombia

Taught English to pupils aged 16+ through a curriculum that I designed at the city's university for engineering

Graduate Diploma Of Counselling, Counseling Psychology

Pgce, Education, Outstanding

Postgraduate Certificate in Education

Master’S Degree, French And Spanish, 2.1

Activities and Societies: LGBT Society French Society Erasmus Year with British Council in Pau, France, 2009-10. LGBT Society President.