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Summary

An educational career since 1996 including:

 

*Lecturing an Adult Education Course on the History of English Ceramics at the University of Kent.

*Voluntary work at an art gallery helping to set up art installations.

*Working for a number of different English schools in Warsaw as a teacher/consultant in business and general English.

*Working for the British Council in Warsaw as a teacher.

*Working for Thames Valley Summer School as an English teacher at Sevenoaks School in the UK.

 

Voice over career in Warsaw, Poland since 2001 including:

 

*Recording some business meetings for an English School.

*Recording scripts for an EFL textbook.

*Recording the trailer for the Warsaw Onco Olympics.

*Auditioning for the official TV advert for Tyskie beer.

 

Media:

 

*Family profiles in Claudia magazine and Polish Newsweek.

*Televised Sky News interview with Jonathan Samuels.

*Small part in the documentary 'Native' directed by Alejandro Guerra.

 

I am always looking for work in the field of art history and valuation, voice overs, proofreading and teaching English.

 

Work History

University of Kent

United Kingdom
Jan 1996 - Oct 1996
Lecturer 

A post as lecturer to present a one-off adult education course on the History of English Ceramics from 1550-present.  I had to write, takes slides for and present the lectures.

Habitat

Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom
Jan 1997 - Mar 1999
Lighting Assistant 

Responsible for creating lighting displays and serving customers in the lighting and bedroom furniture dept.

Target School of English/Resource

Warsaw, Poland
Sep 1999 - Aug 2002
English teacher/consultant 

At Target, I started off as a general English teacher but eventually teaching business English as well to large and small companies.  Some senior teaching responsibilities including helping with timetabling and carrying out observations.

 

At Resource there was much more emphasis on creating new courses.  I had the  responsibility for creating an English course for Phillip Morris employees via e-mail.

British Council

Warsaw, Poland
Sep 2003 - Present
English Teacher and Consultant 

Since 2002 I have been working as a free-lance English teacher.  Mainly teaching general English but also some in-company classes.  The majority of students we teach are working towards FCE, CAE and CPE Cambridge examinations.

 

We were the first school in Poland to have an interactive whiteboard and the first centre in the world to pilot ActivExpression (an electronic learning device).  I have gained immense experience here especially with computer-aided language learning.

 

On average I work 20-30 hrs here per week.

Education

Southampton Institute of Higher Education

Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Sep 1992 - Jun 1995
BA (Hons) , Fine Arts Valuation

Learnt about art valuation, the art markets, collecting, antiques but also some modern art, history of art in the subject areas of furniture, ceramics, silver, paintings, rugs and carpets and collectables.  My final Dissertation was on the work of Marcel Breuer, the German architect and furniture designer.

Cicero Language School

Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom
May 1999 - Jun 1999
TESOL Certificate, English

A 4-week intensive course, run by Trinity to train as an EFL teacher.  Achieved grade B.

West Kent College

Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom
Sep 1988 - Jun 1990
BTEC National Diploma, Business and Finance

Learning all different aspects of business including economics, statistics, accounting, global markets and trends.

West Kent College

Tonbridge, United Kingdom
Sep 1991 - Jun 1992
A Levels, Art and History of Modern Art

Subjects were the History of Modern Art from 1848-present and Art and Design.

Skills

Interactive Whiteboard

(Advanced)
3-4 Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)
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Have an advanced qualification for using Promethean Interactive Whiteboards used for teaching and giving presentations.

Guitar Grade 3

(Advanced)
10+ Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)
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Starting learning classical guitar at the age of 10, then bought an electric guitar and formed an unofficial band with friends.  Now play the acoustic guitar.

Driving Licence

(Advanced)
10+ Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)
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Learnt in the UK, now drive in Poland.

Interests

In my down time I like to do all of the following:

 

Running and keeping fit, cooking, watching films, listening to music, web-designing and surfing the internet, meeting people and networking, travelling, playing squash, playing pool, swimming playing the guitar, playing computer games and reading.

 

Voice over audition for Tyskie Beer Advert 2009

 

British Council Warsaw promotional video

Featuring my colleagues teaching and using interactive whiteboard.