CURRICULUM VITAE
Career History
09.07- St Helen’s School, London. Teacher of French to A Level and IB and Teacher of Spanish to GCSE.
09.06-08.07 Heathfield St Mary's, Ascot. Part-time Head of Modern Foreign Languages Department, French and Spanish teacher, Form Tutor to lower sixth form pupils.
04.06-08.06 Heathfield St Mary's, Ascot, Part-time teacher of French (Temporary position for the summer term).
2005-2006 Life & Executive Coaching training with the company Coachingdevelopment
2001-2005 St Mary’s School, Calne, Head of Modern Foreign Languages Faculty (including French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese and Japanese), and French and Spanish teacher to pupils aged 11-18. Head of Faculty position involved budget management, organisation of timetables and examinations, recruitment, staff appraisals and the day-to-day management of the faculty and its 7 teachers. Also acted as form tutor and mentor to sixth form pupils.
1996-2001 Bristol Grammar School. French teacher to pupils aged 11-18, Form Tutor to lower and upper sixth form pupils, mentor to French assistants. Spanish teacher to pupils aged 16-17. Appointed Head of Spanish Department in 2000.
1995-1996 Supply work in French, Spanish and German at primary and secondary schools and adult education centres in the Reading area. Teacher to primary school children at Le Club Français in Reading.
1994 Trainee French teacher and Form Tutor at Dartford High School for Girls, Kent, St George’s Comprehensive, Kent, and Axton Chase School, Kent.
1992-1993 French Assistant to pupils aged 13-18 at King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham.
Education and Qualifications
1993 - 1994 Joint European MA in French as a Foreign Language / PGCE, Université de Pau, France / University of Lancaster
1989 – 1992 BA in English, Université de Pau, France
(subsidiary subjects: Russian, French as a Foreign Language)
1989 Baccalauréat (Economics, English, French, Geography, German, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, and Spanish), France
Other Qualifications / Experience
2006 Certificate in coaching
1999 - 2001 Advanced Diploma in Spanish, University of Bristol
2000 Certificate in Spanish: Spanish course for non-native teachers, Fundación José Ortega y Gasset (Madrid)
1998 Certificate in Spanish, EF International Language Schools (Barcelona)
References
Dr Helen Wright, Headmistress
St Mary’s School
Curzon Street
Calne
Wiltshire
SN11 ODF
Telephone: 01249 857200
Fax 01249 857207
Mr Ed Terris
St Helen’s School
Easbury Road
Northwood
Middlesex
HA6 3AS
Telephone: 01923 843210
Fax 01923 843211
Mrs Marry Morris, Headmistress
St Helen’s School
Eastbury Road
Northwood
Middlesex
HA6 3AS
Telephone: 01923 843210
Fax 01923 843211
