Shenzhen, China. I won 1st place for “The Foreign Employee Excellence Award” from a total of ten other foreign employees. I was the only English Teacher that taught two classes of two separate different grades (K3 & K2) and also coached Football (Soccer) to three separate age groups three times each week.

My job title was “Full-time English Homeroom teacher” at Princeton International Kindergarten in Nanshan, Shenzhen, China. Here my duties were to write lesson plans and set home-work tasks each day/week, support, guide, play, teach the children who were between the ages of 2-6 years old throughout each day and to arrange, plan and organize for any special events that were coming up. I would welcome/greet all arrivals in a morning and see off all departures to their families on the evenings, I continuously spoke English with them from the moment they arrived until the moment they departed - I would introduce everything from their meals - what contents they were going to eat that day, instructing the children what to do next (such as go to the toilet, wash hands, no talking whilst eating, hold the railingwhen using stairs and to walk in single line for example) along with the contents/topic I planned on teaching that day and how to play the games. I seemed to have made a big impact in only a short space of time here and built many relationships with my co-workers, principal and families, many who I still have great relationships with and stay in contact with today. Here I taught the S.T.E.M. curriculum (Science, Technology, English, Maths) and would coach Soccer once a week and make sure all the children were fully up to date with their activity, progress and learning books provided. I received great feedback and compliments from this school and parents, the references can be provided upon request.

INTERNATIONAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY & KINDERGARTEN CHENGDU , that also specialized in Art and Football (Soccer) classes to young children aged between the ages of 2-6 years old at SNU-K Private International School in Chengdu, China. I greet, welcome, acknowledge and interact with the students and families upon every daily arrival and departure. Complete the class registers, interact with each child to make them feel safe, relaxed, comfortable and valued; offering classroom support and assistance when required, while practicing the English we have/are covering and reassure all students that they are now in a comfortable and safe learning environment which supports their individuality, creativeness and growth. My experience has demonstrated that the understanding, adjustments and adaptions to each child’s individual and specific learning needs, ability and level is the most beneficial. Children like to be intrigued and mystified, I believe we are all born naturally curious, so with the realization-aspect of understanding child-like curiosity, and understanding young learners short-attention spans, it’s important to keep education as interesting, fun and engaging as possible.

Students and Private Foreign Teachers at “International House Newcastle” in the North-East of England, United Kingdom. International House is one of the leading top Private International Teaching and English Language Institutes in the World. I would meet an estimate of 30-60 new arrivals every week, I would firstly start off by welcoming them to England and show them around the city, then I would explain who we (I and the Institute) were, get the students to introduce themselves (as an ice- breaker) and set small tasks, where the new arrivals were asked to interact with the other new (often nervous) arrivals. After my own personal twist of “ice-breakers” and introductions were over, I would then lead my students on a City Walk and Tour, educating them on the various Streets, Areas, Shops, Restaurants, Food’s, Expressions, Meanings, Directions and would answer any questions, concerns, or curiosities, as I brought them to frequent and informative stops. The duty was to support, teach, socialize, interact, engage, and practice English with the International students of the various age ranges and backgrounds, either in- between lessons, after, or in their own free time.

This was my own online Graphic Design Freelance business, which I became self-employed. I specialized mainly in designing letterheads, business cards, logo’s, menu’s, clothing and flyers in paid private assignments. I very much enjoyed this until having to make the difficult decision to close the business (or at least put iton hold) due to pursuing a once in a lifetime opportunity to live and work in China, where I would then go on to become an English and Art Teacher, Fitness & Football Coach.

I worked at Mayfayre News as a retail assistant. My key responsibilities included were: Working together as a team, sorting/returning newspapers and stock deliveries using the paper-based forms and computer databases. Communicating, assisting, serving the public and functioning the till. Stock checking, ordering new stock, re-stocking shelves, function the National Lottery and PayPoint machines. PayPoint duties included processing and serving customer’s top-up’s, council tax and bill’s (electric/water/mobile/television, etc.) To also pay-out members of the public with "Simple Payments" which are members of the public’s important and essential in-hand cash benefit payments from the government. I needed to be energetic, highly trusted, with great timekeeping, attendance, enthusiasm, dedication, social skills and a strong work ethic. I also had the position of Leading the Business by myself because I was a trusted, responsible, effective, and reliable Employee with an enthusiastic approach. As well as having these important responsibilities, I also was trusted with managing the cash flow. These skills were essential in my line of work at Mayfayre News as the business, staff and customers all depended on this.

I worked as a shop assistant at Skippers Newsagents. I was told by the manager that when I first got given an opportunity to work a few hours, that I impressed with my attendance, timekeeping, enthusiasm, hard-work, dedication and my willingness to help out with any work when needed. I was offered more hours, which later turned into a part-time then full-time job. I was regularly in charge of the shop myself because I am trusted, responsible and reliable. I ran and organized the whole shop which included many numerous tasks. I also opened and closed the shop by myself. Here I became trained on the shop’s epos till, National Lottery and PayPoint machines. I made up the paper rounds for the paper deliverers; altered customer’s newspaper accounts and amended any orders when required, on the computer database. I also returned any unsold newspapers, magazines and stock, back to the supplier. I kept the shop clean/tidy, as well as stock checked, ordered in new stock and noted any new customer orders.

Here I volunteered as a carer for disabled and disadvantaged children, I would organize and lead various activities in the workshop, where I would help them create Artwork such as drawing/painting and coloring in. Greenhouse and garden work would consist of planting seeds; growing, caring for all vegetation and creating things out of wood, paper and any other materials or accessories we could get our hands on. I would socialize and take part in various activities on daytrips such as games, sports and would make sure everybody’s health, safety, and care for others was correctly undergone while trying my best to make sure everybody was included, happy, interested and learning, while having a good time.

I completed a 14-month Apprenticeship where I gained an NVQ Level 2 qualification with Technical Certificates in the Design and Print industry at Springboard Upstream Communications in Sunderland. My duties here included being trained on the eMac, graphic designing, producing and proof checking real clients work such as; posters, leaflets, business cards, illustrations, web design and certificates. Here I became fully trained and certified in; Superfax Folding Machine A2 Laminator ibico Binder CD Backup Superfax Folding Machine Rapid Saddle Stapler Design Pre-Production/Production -Productivity and Quality Assurance in Desktop Publishing and Pre-Press -Working in the Printing and Graphic Communications Industry -Desktop Publishing SPORTS JOURNALIST AND NEWSPAPER EDITOR November 2004 - Aug 2007 I was the sports editor of the local school newspaper in which I was in charge of all the sports columns, proof checked everybody’s work and had the final say on how all the articles were going to be published. Being the sports editor, I had to be totally reliable, sociable, efficient, and trustworthy. As well as working as a team, I travelled to the same facilities, where the local "Evening Chronicle" newspaper is designed and edited. This is where me and my team created “The Mortimer Pupil” newspaper. I was trained on the same programs as the Evening Chronicle with first-hand experience from the editors themselves. CVN PRINT & DESIGN July 2006 My duties whilst at CVN Print & Design were to experience day to day life in a print and design factory. Some of my duties here were; laminating, stapling, binding and folding clients work as well as going on delivery runs and expressing my own initial idea’s one-on-one with the designer himself. In my own time I produced some designs and ideas of my own for the designer’s current client work, which he was working on – because I wished to seek his thoughts, knowledge and advice. He seemed very pleased with the various concepts I produced and while I was there, I even got to witness my own idea’s being used and produced in mass quantity by the printing machines in the factory itself. HEBBURN TYNE & WEAR FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE June 2006 On this placement, I experienced the daily life of a Firefighter. Some of my duties were to work as a team on a constant basis (i.e. being put into a controlled building on fire. In which I wore the full Official uniform on, complete with hardhat and an oxygen tank strapped to my back - in which I used as apparatus to breathe. My visor was blacked out so I could not see, simulating an actual day to day real life, fire occurrence; I had to use purely my own instinct, initiative and co-operation skills to get around the building doing various set tasks safely or crawling through a sewer underground, again using our own initiative, instinct, co-operation and team work skills - completing various set tasks.) I also took part in the daily training routines of a Firefighter, which every Firefighter has to complete on a regular daily basis. I was also taught the techniques (theory and practical) used in extinguishing the many various fire types, including; chip pan fires, wheelie bin blazes etc. TYNE TYPE PRINTERS January 1998 - Feb 2001 This is where I first got a taste for working within a Business, dealing with Customers and the Public. It was my father’s printing and design business in which he designed, produced and printed posters, leaflets, business cards, brochures, menu’s etc. I was only young at the time, still in primary school. But I was very keen, whenever I could I used to assist and open up the shop with my father; before school started and through the school holidays. Sometimes when I was off school, on dinner breaks or at the weekend; I would help out and do small jobs such as customer’s photo copying, cleaning and selling stationary. I would also try my hand at designing on the computer and learning the various machines in the factory.

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