WORK EXPERIENCE
I served in the British Army for thirteen years from 1990=2003 reaching the Rank of sergeant. This role required various skills including those of leadership and team building. After leaving the Army I also worked for the government as a civil servant for six years.
TEACHING
From 2003-May2007 Thailand
I graduated my Tefl course in November 2003 with a company called Text and Talk academy. At the end of the course I was offered a job with them in a large government school in the city of Bangkok , this involved teaching listening and speaking courses with elements of teaching grammatical structure. At the end of the school year I enrolled at university in Bangkok studying for a degree in English I did this part-time whilst at the same time I continued to work as a relief teacher filling at various government schools in the Bangkok area for teachers who were sick or who had left the job, this was good experience as I gained a lot of experience teaching students from differing backgrounds and abilities. Most of the teaching curriculum the foreign teacher was there to provide listening and speaking courses and to help with school activities both in school time and outside of school hours. The grades taught were from grade 1 through to grade 12, although usually teaching high school grades.
From November 2003-June2005 Inlingua language school
I worked for this privately run language school in the city of Bangkok, the role involved the teaching of listening and speaking classes to children on Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 4pm. This involved the teaching of age groups 5-7, 9-11, 12-15 and the final group 16-19. (part-time position).
From june 2005-june 2006 Class language school.
I worked for this privately run language school in the city of Bangkok the position involved the teaching of listening and speaking classes to children on Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 4pm. This involved the teaching of various age groups from 5 years through to adult classes and the final group 16-19. (part-time position).
From June 2007 June 2008 NAVA language school this was a one year contract teaching ESL to a school in Chiang mai in Thailand
This was teaching grades 1-9 (6-15 years of age) in a small country school. This involved the teaching of listening and speaking courses following the Thai national curriculum. I was responsible to the head of the English department and had to design
Advanced (A) Level 3 subjects
History
English literature
English Language
Bachelor degree in English (1988)
TEFL qualification (2003)
