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Real name | Christa Mako |
I am a | Teacher |
Seeking a | Teaching Job |
Join Date | 09/06/2018 |
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Destination Countries - School Locations | Paraguay, Chile, Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama, Mexico, Belize, Peru. |
Resume - Employer Information | Well rounded and highly adaptive graduate (MA Language & Linguistics) with superior interpersonal and communication skills. Experience in medical administration, teaching, and consultancy for branding and marketing. Practical, intuitive, and creative. Works best on a team. EXPERIENCE Apax English, Vietnam — English Teacher, Senior Teacher AUGUST 2017 - PRESENT High-tech teaching facilities in an international company. Management and feedback on teachers. Tutora Ltd., Aberdeen — Personal English Teacher NOVEMBER 2016 - JUNE 2017 Taught all different levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Created engaging learning activities and curriculum specific to their goals, needs, and interests. I find teaching to be the perfect balance of challenging and rewarding. Completely self-employed, displays and refines self-discipline. $10 Shake, Rye & Soda — Duty Manager, Coffee & Tea Expert MARCH 2016 - DECEMBER 2016 Efficiently learned the skills and tendencies of employees and directed them in the most efficient and fulfilling ways possible. Soon became head barista and point of contact for all things coffee, working directly with roasters and suppliers. I ran all staff coffee and tea trainings and was responsible for the coffee standards of the company. Also assisted with the social media accounts and advertisement for the restaurant. $10 Shake, All venues & traveling — Gin Expert JANUARY 2016 - JUNE 2017 Self-trained to host gin tastings, soon became the primary expert in the company. Entailed giving a two-hour interactive and exciting tasting to groups ranging from 4-50 people. This is a good example of my people skills, public speaking skills, being a self-starter, as well as being a damn good time. $10 Shake, The Tippling House — Front of House & Management AUGUST 2015 - APRIL 2016 Award winning high-end cocktail bar and restaurant. Joining the team led by bar manager Andy Stewart strongly instilled the spirit that we in the service industry have the opportunity to be more than customer service, but anything from legend whisperers to match makers. I went through constant training on all things booze and food. Being able to assess what a customer would be happiest with and explaining the story behind dishes and drinks efficiently is key to table service at The Tippling House. Assisted in menu creation. ABDN Surf Club, University of Aberdeen — Secretary APRIL 2015 - APRIL 2016 Website & Social Media creation and management. E-marketing with Chimpmail, and general administration tasks needed to run a successful university sport club. Also lots of surfing. Body Mechanix Physical Therapy, Simi Valley: California — Aide JUNE 2010 - MARCH 2014 Assisting Doctors of Physical Therapy, assuring the comfort and motivation of patients, operation medical equipment, scheduling appointments, making phone calls and handling medical information. Developed superior interpersonal skills in this job as well as priority assessment (which I later found is a rare skill to find in social people while being a manager). Body Mechanix Physical Therapy, Simi Valley: California — Medical Administrative Assistant OCTOBER 2012 - MARCH 2014 Processing insurance, Maintaining patient accounts by obtaining, recording, and updating personal and financial information; filing, collecting, and expediting third-party claims, and other typical administrative duties for a medical office. Became efficient at using Excel and multitasking in this job. EDUCATION University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK — MA in Language & Linguistics, with Anthropology SEPTEMBER 2014 - JUNE 2017 Graduated with a 2:1 classification. Dissertation in language documentation methodology. American TESOL Institute — Advanced TESOL Certification MARCH 2017 - July 2017 Moorpark College — IGETC for University of California SEPTEMBER 2011 - JANUARY 2013 Covers all basic levels of English Communication, Mathematical Concepts & Quantitative Reasoning, Arts & Humanities, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Physical & Biological Sciences, as well as an Advanced Foreign Language and additional sculpture and design classes. Grace Brethren High School, Simi Valley: California— College Preparatory Diploma SEPTEMBER 2007 - MAY 2011 Well rounded student, Senior Class President, President of Invisible Children’s Club, Cheer Captain, Mock Trial (won #1 in county for my part), played soccer and softball, City Student Leadership Program, Senior English award, Honor Roll every semester. A level grades. PROJECTS $10 Shake, Bos’n — Branding & Social Media Consultant FEBRUARY 2017 - MAY 2017 Working with management to create a cohesive brand, colligate events, and photograph and run the social media accounts. This project has caused a honing in and application of my knowledge of social media marketing, branding, as well as the drinks industry and the community to get a niche dive bar off the ground. Dream Center Leadership School, Los Angeles — Volunteer JANUARY 2012 - AUGUST 2012 The Leadership school consists, in the most basic of descriptions, discipleship and spiritual cultivation in the mornings, and building up the city of Los Angeles in love and service in the afternoon. Tutored Jr. High and High School students in rehab program as well as local students and worked with the homeless. Hindi/Urdu Language School, New Delhi: India — Au Pair & Preschool Teacher MARCH 2014 - JULY 2014 Lived in a flat equivalent to most lower-middle class Indians. Was an au pair for 2 - 6 children for 5 hours, 6 days a week. Took language classes in the afternoons. Developed skills such as extreme flexibility, lesson planning, living alone as a single woman, and cultural development. |