Internationally experienced and certified teacher providing after-school coaching until grade 12

SHAGUN's Resume

HIGHLIGHTS

• Over 8 years of teaching in ESL/IELTS and EFL industry
• BSc., Bed., MSc., TESOL
• Curriculum development, Online teaching, Lesson planning
• Trained to implement Alberta Education under the Golden Hills Powerful Learning model
• IELTS score: Academic- overall 8/9 General- overall 8.5/9

WORK EXPERIENCE

ESL Teacher June 2019-August 2019
ILSC Education Group Summer Camp at UBC, Vancouver, BC

• Planned lessons and resource based on learning objectives while incorporating hands-on activities, to make learning more interactive.
• Taught students through lectures, discussions, audio-visual presentations, shop and field studies
• Prepared, administered and marked tests and papers to evaluate students' level and progress
• Led discussion groups and seminars
• Conducted course and program evaluation or review
• Advised students on program curricula and career decisions
• Delivered lectures and presentations

English Language Arts classroom & pullout teacher Aug 2017- May 2019
Self Development Academy, Phoenix, Arizona, US

• Synthesized the teaching methodologies from the training sessions and devised variety of lessons and summarized the student performance during formative assessment to direct future instruction
• Conceptualized the reading and writing lessons to make them easy to follow while planning the curriculum in a way that learning of one small thing led to the other.
• Integrated 21st century learning skills in the lessons and also updated the weekly performance of the students for the formative analysis.
• Provided students with diagnostic feedback and encouraged them to work on the gray areas
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English Teacher for international curriculum March 2013- Aug 2017
Cambridge International Schools, Punjab, INDIA
• Prepared the IGCSE & IB students for English language exams through lessons around a succession of learning objectives.
• Maintained record of student performance and discussed their progress with staff and parents.
• As a coordinator, ensured the exam was conducted in accordance with the guidelines from CIE and IB.
• Coordinated teacher instruction, resources and planned orientations for students and parents.
• Ordered books and resources for smooth delivery of curriculum.
• Provided examiner feedback reports to teachers for review, and appointed team members to work in collaboration towards achievement of goals.
• Oversaw examination conduct and inspections.
• Trained to prepare students for IELTS and Cambridge Main Suite exams such as KET, PET, FCE and CAE.


TUTORING

Private tutoring (online/offline) 2008- present

Tutoring students and adults for IELTS, CELPIP, CLB-PT, English courses and math.


EDUCATION AND TRAINING

CLB Bootcamp Training Certificate 2020
Maximizing the CLB Support Kit 2020
Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks, Canada

CELPIP Instructor Training Level I 2019
Paragon Testing Enterprise, BC

TESOL 2017
British Study Centers, Manchester, United Kingdom

Bachelor of Education (Teaching of English and Math) 2013-2015
JMI University, INDIA

Master of Science (I.T.) 2008-2010
Guru Nanak Dev University, INDIA

Bachelor of Education 2005-2008
Guru Nanak Dev University, INDIA
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ACHIEVEMENTS


• Awarded by BRITISH COUNCIL, for supporting integration of international learning in the curriculum (International School Award 2014-17)

• Resource person for extension lecture on Academic Planning at S.B.B.S. Sen. Sec. School, Rasulpur, Tarn Taran (distt. Amritsar)

• Awarded G.D. Dua Gold Medal for being “Outstanding Student” at college level

• Held 17 different offices in Student Council including Joint Head Girl, Secretary, class representative, Student editor etc.