English and Maths and Science Tutor for Year 9-12

Certified ESL Teacher with 15 years’ post-schooling experience at prestigious academic institutions providing an innovative, stimulating learning environment for students. Proven success in raising standardized test scores to list in the top 10 in the region. Holds a Certified TEFL and TESOL Certifications and Masters in English & Educational Planning and Management.

Whether I am teaching a language class, an academic writing class, or whether it is a graduate or an undergraduate seminar in applied linguistics or in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), the tenets that comprise my teaching philosophy revolve around the same basic principle: that I must aim at teaching my students, not the materials. By this I mean that although it is useful to have a curriculum and a lesson plan in mind, my main concern must be to make sure my students are going to meet the desired learning outcomes.

I believe there is no specific “ultimate proficiency level” where learners can say they have become proficient speakers, there is no amount of training and experience that will create the “perfect” that reason, constant training through in-house meetings, workshops or conferences, dialogue with colleagues, and lesson planning are as important as keeping an open-mind and facing each quarter or semester, and each group of students as a “unique experience”. This is why teaching, for me, is never dull and is the most challenging and fun job there is.