Academic Lead. Education Quality and Innovation

• Nov 2019 - Present

EAP Tutor/ Team leader

• Aug 2016 - Nov 2019

Course Director

• Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

Course Director at the summer school programme. - Responsible for effective management of a team of over 20 teachers. - Timetabling, - Responsible for CPD sessions, teacher observations and teacher development training - Student testing, student placement, - Planning and overseeing TRINITY examination preparation sessions and exams. Course Director at the summer school programme. - Responsible for effective management of a team of over 20 teachers. - Timetabling, - Responsible for CPD sessions, teacher observations and teacher development training - Student testing, student placement, - Planning and overseeing TRINITY examination preparation sessions and exams.

Assistant Director

• Jan 2015 - Jun 2015

Responsible for preparation of summer school programmes. Responsible for teacher recruitment, curricula and timetabling, Responsible for preparation of summer school programmes. Responsible for teacher recruitment, curricula and timetabling,

Course Director

• Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

• Leading and motivating teachers responsible for teaching English as a foreign language to , Italian, Russian and Spanish students. • Introducing innovative high quality teaching and assessment whereby students language development was facilitated through appropriate tasks and projects. • Coaching and training teaching staff including running specific professional development sessions to ensure appropriate levels of capability among the teaching staff. • Managing staff of up to 20 teachers on everyday basis, effectively running summer school for international students. Show less

Director of Studies

• Jan 1999 - Jan 2012

Day to day management of a leading language school. • Providing day-to-day teacher support to the academic personnel within the school. • Responsible for all formal and informal observations of teaching personnel. • Accountable for ensuring the educational management of the school is coherent to applicable systems and procedure documents. • Coordinating and conducting weekly staff training sessions. • Introducing blended learning systems, providing ongoing training to teaching personnel. • Time-tabling groups and teaching staff for the beginning of the school year and throughout the year as required. • Managing the standby system, allocating standby tasks and coordinating cover. • Responsible for verifying monthly timesheets, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail. • Conducting weekly administrative meetings with teachers including preparing agendas and ensuring that minutes are taken and subsequently sending to all participants for review. • Maintaining appropriate records and writing weekly and monthly reports for review by the School Director. • Carrying out teaching responsibilities as needed plus providing emergency teaching cover for regular groups and premium course centre clients. • Managing behaviour within the school, awarding appropriate sanctions in compliance with school protocol. • Demonstrating at all times a duty of care to students, providing mentoring support to teachers and students ensuring each individual has equal opportunity to achieve their educational and personal objectives. • Teaching EFL to mostly teenager and adult students. • Responsible for teacher recruitment. Show less

Course Director

• Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

Responsible for preparing and leading the school through British Council accreditation scheme • Responsible for British Council assessment and certification procedures • Providing day-to-day teacher support to the academic personnel within the school. • Conducting formal and informal observations of teaching personnel . • Attending administration meetings and providing emergency teaching cover for both regular groups and premium course centre clients. • Accountable for the placement testing of students. • Managing teachers’ sets of course materials, ensuring each facilitator has the correct materials and that they are returned at the end of the course. • Responsible for coordinating all aspects of the school’s internal student assessment system including writing of reports, mock exams and observations • Implementing a peer observation programme and participating in Professional Development Interviews. Show less