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Tanyia OBrien
Executive Assistant/Emp Wellness Pract at Department of Social Development
Dammam, Saudi ArabiaWork Experience
English TeacherFull Time
Alasala College
Sep 2024 - Present -9 months
Saudi Arabia , Dammam
- Job Details:Instrumental in developing and enhancing students' English language proficiency at intermediate level. Provide an easily accessible and inclusive learning environment for intermediate level students in both in-person and virtual learning settings. Adapt lessons and assignments that emphasize the principles of English Language learning analysis to the ILI, curriculum objectives, and necessary competencies. Encourage students to participate and develop critical thinking skills by using interactive teaching methods like pair, P a g e 2 | 3 group work and brainstorming. Attend weekly management and grade meeting to share ideas and for ongoing professional development. • Incorporate diverse teaching methodologies to suit various learning styles and ensure comprehensive coverage of essential language skills. • Develop and administer both formative and summative assessments to enhance learning. • Analyze outcomes to pinpoint areas for improvement and providing timely, constructive feedback to enhance student performance. • Offer remediation to identified students needing additional support, offering tailored assistance through tutoring sessions, supplemental study. • Direct language-focused clubs and extracurricular activities. • Employ project-based learning techniques, and guide students in research, writing skills development, and practical language application projects specific to college major.
Primary School English TeacherFull Time
Kang Chiao International School
Feb 2020 - Jul 2024 -4 yrs, 5 months
China , Xi'an
- Job Details:Cultivate welcoming, accessible, and inclusive learning environment for both classroom and online instruction for students in grades 1–6 (6–12 years old). Create lesson plans and assignments focused on literary analysis and writing fundamentals in alignment with district standards, curriculum goals, and required competencies. Motivate students through interactive lessons that encourage participation and build critical thinking skills, such as ThinkPair-Share, brainstorming, creating stories from images, and small-group gallery walks/stations. Attend conferences and workshops for ongoing professional development and idea-sharing with other educators. • Diversified instructional approaches based on assessments of individual students’ learning styles and understanding of course concepts. • Increased student engagement, participation, and communication by facilitating curriculum-centred class discussions. • Integrated technology into daily instruction, including Interactive Whiteboard (IWB), iPads, and video lessons.
English TeacherFull Time
Kid Castle
Feb 2019 - Feb 2020 -1 yr
China , Xianyang
- Job Details:Prepared well structured, diversified lessons for English learners in accordance with approved class syllabus for each grade (grades 1–6). Led interactive classroom activities designed to foster language, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills. Created and implemented assessments to measure students’ individual progress. Ensured upto-date knowledge of instructional best practices/strategies, and classroom-management techniques through professional development. • Introduced and integrated multiple instructional strategies, including problem-solving, didactic questions, storytelling, Think-Pair-Share exercises, drill-and-practice, mind maps, reading for meaning, and peer instruction. • Improved students’ focus, retention of information, and engagement via multimedia approach with technology tools including Google Slides, Canva documents, Kahoot!, Word Wall, and video lessons
English TeacherFull Time
Giraffe English
Aug 2018 - Jan 2019 -5 months
China , Nanjing
- Job Details:Integrated technology into the curriculum to engage students with digital tools. Encouraged critical thinking skills by posing open-ended questions during class activities. Assessed learning abilities and understanding of materials through standardized evaluations. Leveraged general diagnostic and state-mandated techniques to assess ESL learners. Educated students explore common concepts through discussions, projects and activities. Evaluated students' progress with materials by administering written, oral and performance tests • Improved knowledge with assigned homework and • special projects. Unified positively with peers and other staff members to maintain friendly, supportive and cooperative work atmosphere. Reorganized small group activities to emphasize critical learning.
Education
MA Leadership in Education in Education
Liverpool John Moores UniversityJan 2025 - Jan 2025 - 0 Month
PGCE in Education
Cornerstone InstituteJan 2019 - Jan 2024 - 5 yr
PGCE in Education
Liverpool John Moores UniversityJan 2022 - Jan 2023 - 1 Year
HONOURS in Psychology
UNISAJan 2016 - Jan 2017 - 1 Year
Activities
Teacher at East London Secondary School
Volunteering
Mar 2018 - Aug 2018 -5 months
Achievements
Outstanding Teacher Fall 2021/2022 KCIS Independent & Autonomous Star 2022/2023
Skills
- English Teacher
- Administration
- Employee Wellness Practitioner
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Visio
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Languages
English
Fluent
Training & Certifications
Making the PYP happen in Early Years
International Bacchalaureate·2024TESOL
University of Fort Hare·2017