Experience

Costeas-Geitonas School (CGS)

• Greece
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • 2019 - Present

  • Helps students identify personal interests and life goals and develop new skills• Assessing students personal characteristics, skills and interests via skills evaluations, psychometric tests• Design programs in order to help students identify and use their strengths • Work with students to overcome issues that could undermine their academic or career success

• • 1999 - Present

• • 2009 - 2016

  • Development, implementation & evaluation of educational programs• Policies & Procedures review• Teachers’ recruitment, training & development• Performance monitoring and evaluation• Communicating with parents and students• Responsible for admissions process at CGS primary school (presentation of school’s and IB principles and curriculum’s framework)✔ Authorization of CGS primary school as the first school in Greece to offer the IB PYP program. ✔ Implementation of the PYP in accordance with the national curriculum. Show less

• • 2007 - 2009

  • Teacher Recruitment• Designing and applying educational programs• Staff training & development• Communicating with parents and students• Admissions Officer✔ Enrichment of the school’s curriculum with new programs to develop students’ skills (study skills program, clubs, art program)

• • 2006 - 2007

  • Implementation of a new innovative educational program which combines subjects of environment, community, arts, volunteerism and culture• Coordination with the teachers• Admissions Officer

• • 2004 - 2005

  • Implementation of new approaches in “teaching” children’s literature in cooperation with librarians and teachers (book clubs, contests, writer’s days etc). • Coordination with the teachers• Coordination of the first book celebration day, open to public and covered by media• Admissions Officer



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• Founder - Career Consultant

  • 2019 - Present

  • Holds seminars, workshops, activities to educate students who are searching for the right career path • Providing appropriate help, advice and recommendations based on interviews/test results • Communicate workforce expectations in order to assure that students have successful meaningful industry interactions • Holds seminars, workshops, activities to educate students who are searching for the right career path • Providing appropriate help, advice and recommendations based on interviews/test results • Communicate workforce expectations in order to assure that students have successful meaningful industry interactions



University of Dundee

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Member of Staff

  • 2012 - 2015

  • Associate member of staff on the MA undergraduate Teacher Education program of University of Dundee • Associate member of staff on the MA undergraduate Teacher Education program of University of Dundee