Head of Spanish

• Jul 2021 - Present

•Responsibility for the subject across all Key Stages (3, 4 and 5).•Lead a team of 3 within the MFL department.•Department Progress 8 score of +1.10 (2022).•My classes' Progress 8 score: +2.00.•First A-level class in a number of years under my leadership.•NQT mentor.•Year 10 tutor for the 2022-2023 academic year.•Also taught BTEC Travel and Tourism.

Associate Head of Year: Tutor Time Co-ordinator / Academic Reading Programme

• Jul 2022 - Present

•Leading tutor time resources for KS4•Leading the academic reading programme for KS4 and KS5

French and Spanish Teacher

• Aug 2020 - Jul 2021

•Teaching KS3 and KS4 (higher/foundation) Spanish. •Year 13 form tutor for the 2020-2021 academic year.•Heavily involved in the UCAS process in the school's Sixth Form. •Given 'outstanding' rating as part of appraisal cycle.•Also completed a course at the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo funded by the Spanish Embassy in London.

French and Spanish Tutor

• Jan 2021 - Present

Tutoring pupils at all levels of secondary school in French and Spanish (from Year 7 to A-level). Experienced in AQA at both GCSE and A-level. At A-level, I have expert knowledge on Como agua para chocolate and El laberinto del fauno (Spanish) and L'étranger and Au revoir les enfants (French). Tutoring pupils at all levels of secondary school in French and Spanish (from Year 7 to A-level). Experienced in AQA at both GCSE and A-level. At A-level, I have expert knowledge on Como agua para chocolate and El laberinto del fauno (Spanish) and L'étranger and Au revoir les enfants (French).

Associate

• Aug 2019 - Aug 2020

Head of Year 12 / Head of EPQ / MFL Teacher

• Sep 2018 - Aug 2019

• In charge of academic monitoring, academic outcomes, attendance and pastoral needs of Year 12.• Using data to inform interventions and diagnose any unforeseen issues. I use the data to pre-empt issues to prevent major disruption.• In charge of the planning, implementation and moderation of the school’s Extended Project Qualification. This includes: back-planning, mentoring of the pupils and cross-curricular participation.• Lead for the school’s charity outreach programmes: currently raising money for a local homelessness charity to raise the school’s community image. • Achieved the school's highest A-level results (2019), 100% A*-B. Show less

MFL Teacher

• Aug 2016 - Aug 2018

Teaching Modern Foreign Languages (French and Spanish) at KS3 and KS4 level at Uxbridge High School.First GCSE results (2017): 83% A*-C, 100% A*-D.• Teaching French and Spanish in a West London rated ‘requires improvement’ by Ofsted.• Taught all years groups of the curriculum from Year 7 through to Sixth Form, I am currently teaching both A-level Spanish and the new GCSE specification to Year 10 and Year 11.• Planned and taught the GCSE French curriculum for the academic year 2016-2017. My Year 11 class achieved 83% A*-C, up from 47% the year prior. 38% of the class were projected to pass; my interventions based on data and grit brought the results to 83%. Despite being the least experienced member of staff, this result was the highest in the department (out of 5 classes) and the second highest result in the school. This Year 11 class voted me one of the three ‘strictest teachers’ in the school.• A number of my interventions have been spread utilised throughout the department as ‘good practice’, in particular the use of Memrise extensively to improve student knowledge following poor staff retention and subsequent gaps in student knowledge.• Used data extensively to plan intervention and to guide short, medium and long term planning. Used data to change the course of action we were not on target to achieve our desired outcomes. • Managing relationships with a number of stakeholders, including external organisations such as Teach First, the Institute of Education and parents.• Year 7 form tutor carrying out pastoral duties and teaching Citizenship.• As part of my training I have visited and taught briefly in several schools to improve my pedagogy, including: Harlington High School, Westminster Academy and Ysgol Gyfun Maesteg.• Redesigned the GCSE curriculum for the school for Spanish. Show less

MFL teacher

• Aug 2016 - Jul 2019

Teach First placement school. Teach First placement school.