Maria Roman

Name:	Maria Roman
Location:	Nottingham United Kingdom NG2
Contact:	Mobile Phone: 0786 7950568 Home Phone: 0115 8418301 Send Maria Roman a message

Additional Info:	I have been providing a valuable service as an instructor of English as a second or foreign language throughout Mexico and the UK for several years to academic institutions, international businesses and on a private basis. I am capable of supporting any level of comprehension from non-speaker through to advanced. The courses I have delivered have dealt with a variety of topics including every day essential English, business studies, conversation class, TOEFL and TOEIC. I also strive to meet individual requirements while encouraging interaction as a group through a stimulating mix of material developing fundamental language skills, confidence and enthusiasm towards learning. To maintain a high success rate, monitoring of progress from placement testing and continuous assessment is essential to progress and complements the preparation for the end of course examination and success. My employers have described me as an outstanding and distinguished professional excelling in school and curriculum development, management and teaching. This has led to formal recognition via an award for excellence and a reputation of achieving high success rates throughout the geographical area in which I have lived and worked. To those I have worked with closely I have become a trusted teacher, mentor and friend as I have done my best to help students in whichever way I can. As a professional, I appreciate the desire to progress in one’s career or education and as a mother and wife of an immigrant family, I am in the unique position of experiencing the same concerns and aspirations of those I have worked with and can truly understand the need to grow together to build a prosperous and fulfilling future in the UK. I would like to follow this letter with a meeting with yourself in the next few weeks to discuss potential opportunities. Duties: Using the latest technology to teach conversation based English skills. MARIA ROMAN 79 Holborn Avenue Sneinton Nottingham NG2 4LY Tel: 0115 8418301 Mob: 0786 7950568 E-Mail: peakmaria@yahoo.co.uk PERSONAL PROFILE A qualified teacher of English as a second language providing academic guidance to a range of different nationalities, abilities and ages including special educational needs and speakers of English as a foreign language in the UK and abroad. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY March 2013 - present: Tutor ABC Online English Language Consultant to one of the worlds biggest online teaching platforms. The company is based in Taiwan and China and serves clients from over 40 countries around the world. Duties: Using the latest technology to teach Conversation skills to clients across Asia. Teaching the basic elements of conversation including pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. Increasing the speaking and reading pace of students from basic to advanced learner. Help students achieve the professional use of English needed to further career and education prospects. April 2012 – 2013 ESOL Tutor Roma and new emerging communities Nottingham Duties: • Planning and teaching written English skills to the teenage Polish community in the form of an after school homework club. • Improving reading and writing ability through developing skills in grammar, vocabulary and spelling. • Supporting students with school based academic studies by building confidence in reading and writing skills. _________________________________________________________________________ Apr 2005 – Jan 2010 Business English Instructor Instituto de Comunicación Internacional de Mexico A.C Duties: • Devising and implementing programs of study and preparation for the TOEIC, TOEFL test and other internationally accredited courses of study • Worked with students with ability that ranged from non-speaker through to advanced and university level English. • Key components taught were speaking, listening and reading comprehension and practice as well as the development of literacy skills for the purposes of academic study and professional advancement. • Also taught a thorough understanding of grammar and vocabulary from basic to advanced structures to young children. _________________________________________________________________________ Sept 2003 – Jul 2004 Head Teacher Centro de Estudiosde la Rivera, Jocotepec, Mexico Duties: • Planned programs of study delivered within the school environment and as external projects contracted to businesses throughout the region, these included long term projects to be carried out over along period of time to short term plans applied on a daily or weekly basis, all courses were continually assessed to show maximum results. • As the principal member of a newly established learning centre I recruited and trained staff to a professional standard and developed a successful and productive environment to for students and employees alike. EDUCATION AND TRAINING Instituto Mexico de Pedagogia AC, Guadalajara, Mexico 2003 Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, England 99 - 00 Post Graduate Certificate in Education- Secondary Education De Montfort University, Lincolnshire, England 95 - 98 BA (Hons) Degree in Applied Arts and Design – 2:1 Loughborough College of Art and Design, England 94-95 Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art and Design Newark and Sherwood College, Nottinghamshire, England 92-94 A Levels: Fine Art (A), Textiles (A), Ceramics (B) Five GCSE’s including maths and English SKILLS Editing- Proof reading and improving writing style, correcting grammatical structure and elaborating material to a professional level Translating- Demonstrating differences and similarities between spoken and written English and Spanish IT- Microsoft Word: Level one ACHIEVEMENTS Librarian and International book collector- Created and managed a range of literary sources from the Americas,Europe and the United Kingdom for a small, private library Built a collection of second hand and new books and magazines for adults and children and created a free lending service for fellow language teachers and their young families. Developed a library catalogue and a paid request service for popular published items VOLUNTARY WORK Wrote and published articles of general interest for a locally based teachers magazine with topics featuring humorous accounts of life and work as an English teacher and foreigner. REFERENCES Available on request
Fees:	£ 15.00 Pounds Per Hour
Subjects:	English, IELTS, English (EFL), Spanish
Additional:	CRB / Police Check, References, Can Travel