* University of Ottawa – Ottawa, Ontario
Honors in psychology with a minor in criminology, 2009
* United TESOL International College – Ottawa, Ontario
TESOL certification, 2007
Working History
* TOEFL Teacher (Istanbul, Turkey)
: Horizon, July 2010-June 2011
- Gave private instruction to individual students.
- Prepared students for the TOEFL, IELTs, and SAT exams.
- Tutor students on academic writing.
- Administered and scored diagnostic and progress tests.
- Kept detailed records of students’ progress and made regular reports to students, parents, and academic counselors.
- Researched and prepared material for instruction.
- Scheduled lessons with students or parents.
* ESL Teacher (Istanbul, Turkey)
: ALTA Egitim, February 2010-June 2011
- Gave five day 45 hour intensive English seminars to small groups of professionals and business people.
- Prepared materials, activities, and games for fun and enjoyable classroom learning experiences.
- Taught using the suggestopedia language learning method for huge gains in language development in short periods of time.
* ESL Teacher (Istanbul, Turkey)
: English Time, September 2007-Febuary 2010
- Taught beginner to advanced English to students of all ages in mid-sized classrooms.
- Followed an outlined academic curriculum.
- Supplemented the curriculum with own materials.
- Kept an attendance register as well as a record of classroom activity.
- Gave supplementary conversation classes.
Personal Introduction
# Languages
- Native French and English speaker.
- Fluent in Italian.
- Intermediate Turkish speaker.
- High understanding of Spanish both written and spoken.