Samantha Philander

To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.

• Interactive Learning - Introduced and encouraged debate-style classroom setting to increase student active participation and critical thinking.
• Targeted Development - Met with parents and guardians to discuss children's progress and to determine priorities and resource needs.
• Student Motivation - Developed materials for after-school book club to motivate student to read classic novels and increase literacy among middle school students.
• Lesson Implementation - Met all assigned learning goals through the implementation of learning activities.
• Student Mentor - Volunteered as temporary student guidance counselor to help resolve student personal issues.

I have always lived in a multicultural and multilingual environment.I have learnt over the years in the different jobs,to manage communication between different needs of other people such as students and tasks assigned to me.Working in schools private and public and training institutions led me to adapt my communication skills to the people I was working with students.

I am an experienced and energetic foreign language teacher with solid experience teaching different age groups ( from 7 years old to adults).Strong organisational skills and adept at defining priorities. Strong propensity to work in a team,to learn new tasks and acquire new skills. 12 years teaching.

Skills with computers, use of Web platforms( Zoom,Google Meet) for oneline courses and organisational meetings.