Well qualified (DELTA/ Masters) English Language Teacher from London with over twenty years' experience motivating students from all over the world to learn various types of English (including Academi

Gavin's CV

Qualifications
DELTA 2007(Coursework- Distinction) from Stanton School of English
CELTA 1995 from Trinity College London
Masters Degree in Linguistics-Merit- 2016 from University of London (Queen Mary)
Bachelor of Arts: Sociology and Social Policy – Second Class Honours – 1993 from University of London (Royal Holloway)
Fire Marshal, First Aid, Safeguarding/Prevent Training (Level 2) all up to date. DBS Checks up to date.
3 A Levels including English Language – A

Work Experience
September, 2017-present. LSI Hampstead. Director of Studies. Duties include syllabus design, staff recruitment, lesson observations with feedback sessions, preparation and presentation of teacher-training tutorials, cover teaching, pastoral care of students, collecting and responding to student feedback and the many administrative/maintenance tasks necessary to running a busy language school. During my second year as DOS, an ISI inspection graded us as ‘outstanding’. I hope I am maintaining this standard by listening to and acting on student evaluations in order to better tailor our classes to their specific needs and motivating my wonderful teaching staff, yet being sympathetic to their needs too.
July-August, 2017: LSI Ealing Summer School. Director of Studies. I was responsible for setting up the first LSI Summer School at West London and Hammersmith College. Duties included recruitment, staff training, lesson observations and syllabus design with integrated social activities. The school was a great success, allowing LSI to run it each year. The company were very pleased with my teaching methodologies, organizational skills and hard work, offering me a permanent DOS position at LSI Hampstead.
June, 2012-2016: University of Reading. English for Academic Purposes Tutor. I worked as an EAP Tutor on the three-month pre-sessional courses run during the summer. We prepared overseas Masters Students for their forthcoming courses and TEEP exams. The focus is on developing receptive skills, critical thinking, meta-cognitive skills and autonomous learning. Duties included pastoral care of students, testing, marking of projects/essays and advising and motivating students in one-to-one tutorials. During these courses I have been given highly positive observation feedback by the Course Directors.
April, 2005-May, 2016: Language Studies International, Central London and Hampstead Branches. Senior Teacher. As well as teaching a wide variety of classes, I was the Senior Teacher responsible for the syllabus design and organization of Study Skills – IELTS and TOEFL preparation classes taught by myself and three colleagues. I was the only teacher to be offered a full-time contract in my first year at the school.
August, 2003- February, 2005: Shane Language School, Japan. EFL Teacher/School Manager. I taught a wide range of ages and abilities and was the Senior Teacher at the company’s largest Kanagawa district school. There I was responsible for mentoring and training inexperienced teachers (including observations and ongoing CPD), timetabling and liaising with the District DOS. Further duties included running teacher development workshops, induction of new students, organizing teacher-parent evenings and opening the school each morning. My student feedback rating was the second highest of the twenty five teachers in my district.

February, 2000-July, 2003: Francis King Language School, London. I taught Business and General English to a wide range of nationalities at this well-respected school. Duties included producing student needs analysis and maintaining academic records.
September, 1999- January, 2000: Private Tuition in Alicante, Spain. One-to-one classes with Spanish children.
September, 1998-Februrary, 1999: Evendine Language School, London. The school was mainly focused on preparing students for FCE, CAE and CPE.
October, 1997- April, 1998: MMT Language Centre, Milan, Italy. Teaching Business English and ESP at various companies in the city.
January, 1996-June, 1997: Katsianos Language School, Athens, Greece. Here I taught children of all ages, the oldest of which were taking PET and FCE.
August, 1995- December, 1996: The National Foundation for Educational Research, Slough. I worked with a team collating research required for the production of GCSE exams. Duties involved marking, testing and keeping of administrative records.

Other Interests and Pursuits
I have lived in Japan, India, Italy, Spain and Greece and travelled extensively around the globe. This has given me a great interest in meeting people from different cultures and an open-minded attitude to life.
In parallel with my teaching career I have played lead guitar in a number of semi-professional rock bands (once performing on the main stage at Reading Rock Festival).
I enjoy football (watching and playing) and chess.

Languages
Intermediate level Japanese and a little conversational Spanish.