HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER
Developing reading, writing, and critical thinking skills in high school students
Enthusiastic English teacher with five years’ experience helping students appreciate literature while refining their research and writing skills.
Key skills include:
| · Patience · Conflict resolution | · Team building & leadership · Student advocacy |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GARDEN MIXED HOME AND SCHOOL, Kawangware, Nairobi.
School Principal (February 2019—2020).
Executed administrative duty and classroom tutoring, which where:
- Revived the school’s annual anthology of student poetry and served as an adviser for the publication.
- Honoured as the school district’s English Teacher of the Year 2019.
Notable Accomplishments:
- Served as a centre manager for the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Exam (KCSE).
- Helped candidate class improve final test scores by 20%
TENDERE SECONDARY SCHOOL.
Classroom Teacher (August 2016—June 2019)
Taught Form one to Form three English and assisted with the school yearbook.
Notable accomplishment:
- Served on a committee that revised the district’s middle school English curriculum and updated novels and other materials on the reading list.
- Planned and delivered English language lessons that incorporated the use of authorial audio-visual aids and various English teaching methods.
- Closely supervised students’ growth and helped them improve written and oral tests scores.
MAGENA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL (Internship).
Student Teacher (May 2014—August 2015)
Designed lesson plans and taught form one and two English students.
Notable accomplishment:
- Created and implemented an interdisciplinary literature study based on an international theme.
- Maintained a positive student-teacher relationship and cooperated with parents daily.
- Combined various English teaching methods and techniques to help students improve their results.
- Planned tests and assessment methods for checking students’ progress.
EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY, Nairobi-Kenya
Bachelor of Education (Arts) English and Literature, 2016
REFEREES
- Available upon request