Simon Courtney
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Credentials
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Camtasia 2020 Essential Training: The Basics
LinkedInJun, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Elearning Essentials: Instructional Design
LinkedInJun, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Instructional Design Essentials: Models of ID
LinkedInJun, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Instructional Design: Working with SMEs
LinkedInJun, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Learning Articulate Rise
LinkedInMay, 2022- Nov, 2024
Experience
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NELC - New Executive Language Centre
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Spain
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Professional Training and Coaching
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1 - 100 Employee
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Materials Writer
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Apr 2021 - Present
Asynchronous & synchronous materials writer for General English courses hosted on Moodle. Asynchronous & synchronous materials writer for General English courses hosted on Moodle.
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Online English Language Professional
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Sep 2019 - Present
Currently working as an online freelance English Language Professional and currently maintain clients working in multiple sectors including pharmaceutical, notary, anti-corruption, and tech. Currently working as an online freelance English Language Professional and currently maintain clients working in multiple sectors including pharmaceutical, notary, anti-corruption, and tech.
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Serveis Lingüístics de Barcelona
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Spain
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Cooperative Member - English Language Professional
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Sep 2019 - Present
The SLB is a cooperative of freelance language teachers and related professionals who collectively develop materials and training opportunities in order to better ourselves professionally and economically. The cooperative enables members to get involved in all aspects of the business. The SLB is a cooperative of freelance language teachers and related professionals who collectively develop materials and training opportunities in order to better ourselves professionally and economically. The cooperative enables members to get involved in all aspects of the business.
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EOI Escuela Oficial de Idiomas Barcelona-La Pau
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Spain
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Education Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Exam Preparation Teacher
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Jan 2020 - Jun 2020
Guide students through the format and contents of the official EOI B1 exam and provide appropriate exam techniques. COVID-19 moved classes online using a combination of Google Classroom - to post readings and listenings; to set written and oral assignments - and Flipgrid for oral practice. Guide students through the format and contents of the official EOI B1 exam and provide appropriate exam techniques. COVID-19 moved classes online using a combination of Google Classroom - to post readings and listenings; to set written and oral assignments - and Flipgrid for oral practice.
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English Language Teacher
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Sep 2018 - Aug 2019
Responsible for the creation and implementation of hands-on workshops for pre-teens andteens; CLIL lessons on rotating themes every semester including cooking, gardening and science; learning through doing, acting and using language. Responsible for the creation and implementation of hands-on workshops for pre-teens andteens; CLIL lessons on rotating themes every semester including cooking, gardening and science; learning through doing, acting and using language.
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Spain
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Undergraduate English Language Instructor - English in the Social Sciences
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Jan 2019 - Jul 2019
Responsible for improving students' use of written and oral English, and understanding of authentic texts relevant to their degrees in International Relations, Sociology, and Political Science; create materials to manage and improve debating skills for social science topics; enhance students' ability to generate argumentative essays; improve students' ability to organize ideas and content using the most common rhetoric for the social sciences. Responsible for improving students' use of written and oral English, and understanding of authentic texts relevant to their degrees in International Relations, Sociology, and Political Science; create materials to manage and improve debating skills for social science topics; enhance students' ability to generate argumentative essays; improve students' ability to organize ideas and content using the most common rhetoric for the social sciences.
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Aiglon College
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Switzerland
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Primary and Secondary Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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English Language Teacher & Live-In Boarding House Tutor
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Aug 2017 - Aug 2018
For two consecutive summers in 2017 and 2018; Delivering oral and written level tests, deciding appropriate class placement in liaison with colleagues; delivering three daily hours of class, using a mixture of own resources and materials provided. I used an integrated skills approach, in which the content of students' English lessons reflected the real-life summer school environment in which they were being taught; working as part of a team of three to ensure the general pastoral care of 40 students aged 9-16 in the context of a summer school boarding house; liaising with parents and agents, dealing with their concerns in a reactive fashion whilst ensuring the norms of the summer school were adhered to.
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Oxford House
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Spain
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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English Language Teacher
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Oct 2017 - Jul 2018
Delivering communicative classes from aged 13 to Adult, based around the CEF B1.1 – C1.1; identifying students needs via analysis and designing and delivering classes focusing on specific areas for development; assessing, testing and examining students based on course content across all four skills. Delivering communicative classes from aged 13 to Adult, based around the CEF B1.1 – C1.1; identifying students needs via analysis and designing and delivering classes focusing on specific areas for development; assessing, testing and examining students based on course content across all four skills.
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Open Doors
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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English Language Teacher
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Sep 2017 - Jul 2018
Voluntary position working with refugees and migrants to help them improve all aspects of their spoken and written English, with a particular emphasis on 'real world' usage. Voluntary position working with refugees and migrants to help them improve all aspects of their spoken and written English, with a particular emphasis on 'real world' usage.
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Centro de Idiomas Macarena
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1 - 100 Employee
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English Language Teacher
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Sep 2013 - Jun 2016
Delivering 24 hours of class weekly, at Cambridge A2 - C1 levels, with a speciality in B1 and post-B2studies; using a combination of official textbooks, online resources and self-created materials toensure dynamic and engaging lessons. Delivering 24 hours of class weekly, at Cambridge A2 - C1 levels, with a speciality in B1 and post-B2studies; using a combination of official textbooks, online resources and self-created materials toensure dynamic and engaging lessons.
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Education
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2018 - 2020
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Master's degree, Advanced English Studies - Multilingualism and Language Acquisition -
2016 - 2018
Trinity College London
Oxford TEFL - Trinity DipTESOL (Units 1 & 4), TESOL -
2013 - 2013
University of Cambridge
International House - CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) 120hrs -
2009 - 2012
Goldsmiths, University of London
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Anthropology
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