Team Detail
"We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and go away, but there will always be science, engineering, and technology. And there will always, always be mathematics." - Katherine Johnson, African-American mathematician
“Enthusiasm, dedication and ambition have been the catalysts of my successful 28-year career in education.
The ability to motivate children, due to my calm, tolerant and approachable nature, has always proved effective; it has enabled me to provide guidance tailored to the specific needs of every pupil, including those with learning difficulties and challenging behaviours.
As I strongly believe in their integration, I have trained fellow teachers on subjects such as tolerance, helping children to overcome abuse and violence and avoiding their discrimination.“
Qualifications:
2016- 2018 Diploma in Education and Training Mathematics Teacher Training-Warrington and Vale Royal College
Expert skills in applying the latest pedagogical methods in teaching mathematics to develop reasoning, number sense, exam skills in UK secondary schools and colleges
2002-2004 Msc International Maritime La Civil Maritime University – Constanta
1994 - 1998 BSc Economics – International Transactions Ovidius University - Constanta
Deep understanding of Global Economy, Marketing, Quality Assurance, Management and HR in Organisations. Transferred knowledge in school and education environment working as a volunteer Innovation Manager for many NGOs, helping the Romanian Community integration in the UK
1989 – 1994“Constantin Bratescu” National Pedagogical College
Primary School Teacher Romanian Baccalaureat Exam – grade 9.25 Graduating with the equivalent of 4 A-Levels – Mathematics, Romanian Language and Literature, Child Psychology, Pedagogy, English
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
August 2018 – Sept 2022 Mathematics teacher - Mount St Joseph School, Bolton, UK
Planning, delivering assessing lessons to secondary school students to develop their thinking skills, mathematical abilities, reasoning, preparing them to sit their exams at the end of school
August 2016-August 2018 Mathematics teacher- Warrington and Vale Royal College, UK
Preparing +16 students for their Maths GCSE exams, assessing, delivering lessons, developing e-learning platform moodle
January 2014 – August 2016 - Randstad Education
SEN teacher, primary school teacher, cover teacher
September 2001 – June 2014 Teacher - “Queen Mary” National College of Art,
Teaching gifted children; developed new process for integrating children with challenging behaviour through creative arts; Developed and implemented new curriculum for English, as a second language for primary school classes; QA manager responsible with quality standards development and implementation across school; 2010 - Award: “The best primary school teacher in Constanta County.
September 1994 – September 2001 Teacher- Primary and Secondary School No. 16,
Teaching children from deprived areas; Developed skills by attending Waldorf training; Worked as a translator and interpreter for an Irish NGO, which dealt with disabled children from orphanages, translating children’s assessments; gained valuable experience and training.
POSITIONS HELD:
2006- 2010 Vice-president -Romanian Teacher Association AGIRo
December 2009 – June 2014 Manager - Centre for Innovative Teaching
Developed teacher training programmes on subjects as : Animation as a teaching tool; English as a second language - songs and rhymes; Marketing and Branding for teachers Smart Board software creation
December 2005 – June 2014 Creative Media & Art Marketing Manager, Educational Software creator
Developed a company, which deals with creating and selling educational software - literacy and numeracy, from its incipient phase through: Website Design Marketing strategy, increasing web sales.
February 2005 – June 2014 Innovation Manager- IRSCA Gifted Education
Led numerous projects with emphasis on helping gifted children with challenging social environments (poverty, abuse etc.) and behaviour to develop their potential. Helped more than 5000 pupils across the country to achieve their best by creating and implementing European Funded Projects. Teacher trainer on subjects as: Discrimination, Abuse and Violence, Tolerance and Integration of Pupils with Challenging Behaviour
SKILLS:
All round academia:
•Throughout education and training, acquired knowledge in: Mathematics, English, Geography, Psychology, Pedagogy, History and Arts, as well as an understanding of alternative teaching methods, which are essential in teaching at primary school level.
These can be certified through QTS obtained in April 2010 and, upon request, through diplomas, certificates, awards, newspaper articles, video tapes, TV shows, and photographs
IT
•Web Design
•Software Editor
•MS Office
•Broad use of a variety of educational platforms and distance learning tools – class-in, classkick, eedi, bitpaper, nearpod
- WEBDESIGN
- SOFWARE EDITOR
- MS WORD
- EDUCATIONAL TOOLS ( CLASS IN, EEDI, BITPAPER , NEARPOD)