About Me #
With a foundation built on active listening and a keen eye for non-verbal cues honed in multicultural settings across two countries, I bring a nuanced understanding of communication dynamics to any team. My knack for setting clear goals, strategizing effectively, and fostering collaboration ensures that every project moves forward with purpose and unity. In both leadership and teamwork roles, I’ve demonstrated a natural ability to inspire and guide others towards shared success, believing in leading by example rather than mere management. Time management is my forte, allowing me to prioritize tasks effectively and ensure timely delivery without sacrificing quality. My experience is marked by a dedication to detail, adherence to timelines, and a proactive approach to problem-solving, constantly seeking opportunities for improvement in work procedures. Whether it’s leading a team or contributing as a team member, my focus remains on driving results through cohesive collaboration and continuous refinement. I believe that education is not a job – it is a lifestyle. Passionate teachers teach not because they need a job, but because they are passionate about giving children knowledge. That is why, sometimes when teachers don’t have the necessary equipment, resources, or circumstances to teach with, they still walk into the classroom and do their best. It is part of a breed of people that will never give up living a purposeful life. I believe that people in education should always know that they are just a cog in the wheel – students, parents, and teaching will always be more important than themselves. Keeping children safe, applying and sharing knowledge, and ensuring we apply the best education principles daily. We should play our role in nurturing the fabric of society by imparting knowledge, values, and critical thinking skills – not only book knowledge.The 21st Century teacher is not one who stands in front of the class and beats the knowledge down on his students, expecting them to remember it. The 21st century teacher is the one that critically challenges the students, give them the pathway and let them collect the knowledge themselves. This way they develop critical thinking skills, research abilities and the freedom of choice within a controlled education environment. Lastly we need to move away from formative assessing styles to summative styles, allowing students to co-operate, co-exist and have the freedom of expression within the controlled environment.
Qualifications #
01/1998 – 10/1998
Diploma in Supervision Damelin College
01/2000 – 10/2002
Internal Leadership and management course – DCB Logistics and DHL Worldwide Express
01/2017 – 10/2020
Bachelors degree in Counseling
01/2021 – 09/2023
Masters degree in Counseling
09/2023 – Current (still in progress)
Masters degree in education and school management
Professional Experience #
08/2022 – Currently – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Primary school subject teacher – Vinschool International School Teaching Maths, English and Global Procedures to Grade 5; Preparing lesson plans and class activities; Applying class management strategies to ensure positive teaching environment; Controlling classroom environment to prevent incidents between students and handling students’ interaction; Quality tasks: Controlling students learning abilities and assisting with special needs education; Creating projects for formative student assessments and grading according to performance 09/2020 – 08/2022 – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Primary school subject teacher – Western Australian International School System (WASS) Teaching Maths, English and Science to Grade 1,2 &3; Preparing lesson plans and class activities Applying class management strategies to ensure positive teaching environment; Controlling classroom environment to prevent incidents between students and handling students’ interaction; Quality tasks: Controlling students learning abilities and assisting with special needs education; Creating projects for formative student assessments and grading according to performance; Appointed as Head of Subject – English: Creating and managing curriculum content for Grade 1-5; Managing 10 teachers through observations and work inspections; Ensuring teachers use relevant activities and resources that links to curriculum; Monitoring teachers’ assessment strategies and outcomes; Reporting Grade 1-5 performance and assessments to Vice Principal; Ensuring teachers maintain the philosophy of teaching in classrooms 10/2019 – 09/2020 – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Primary school subject teacher – Than Dong International School Teaching English to Grade 1-5; Preparing lesson plans and class activities; Applying class management strategies to ensure positive teaching environment; Controlling classroom environment to prevent incidents between students and handling students’ interaction; Quality tasks: Controlling students learning abilities and assisting with special needs education; Creating projects for formative student assessments and grading according to performance; 10/2018 – 09/2020 – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Primary school subject teacher – VUSG / GRE Language Centre Teaching English to Grade 1 – adults Preparing lesson plans and class activities; Applying class management strategies to ensure positive teaching environment; EUIPO 08/01/2021 General consultancy, audits, studies and project management services Controlling classroom environment to prevent incidents between students and handling students’ interaction; Quality tasks: Controlling students learning abilities and assisting with special needs education; Creating projects for formative student assessments and grading according to performance; 08/1997 – 10/2018 – Nelspruit, South Africa Regional Manager – DCB Logistics Managing 6 of the 11 branches in the country with 70 staff members under my report; 2005 and 2018 Training manager duties include Traveling through the country, facilitating training on computer systems and customer service expectations; Creating, managing and implementing a complete training manual on computer systems and customer service expectations; Creating training projects for all branches and assessing outcomes in line with training guidelines; Reporting training assessments to the Managing Director personally and establishing constant and regular training opportunities and outcomes; Identifying staff with growth potential and setting up training schedules for individual training; Assisting Human Resources in implementing, monitoring and assessing training programs for potential manager candidates; Reporting all training assessment results to Directors on a monthly basis and suggesting alternative training recourse; Regional Manager duties included: Creating budgets for all 6 branches and implementing after approval; Maintaining budget spending and assuring all resources in branches are kept in line; Identifying, interviewing, appointing and training of all new employees in the region; Managing all Human Resources needs of the region; Managing, supervising of all staff in the region on a daily basis; Communicating with all branches on a daily basis following up on staff, vehicles, resources, possible customer issues and delivery standards; Training all staff in the region according to training manuals; Identifying staff in the region with growth potential and setting up training schedules for individual training; Visiting all branches regularly in order to establish and maintain personal relationships and report; Sales responsibilities included: Generating sales leads and signing new customers; Monitoring customer needs and assisting with all customer queries and resolving issues; Monitoring customer spending and communicating with clients with reduced spending; Regular visits to existing customers maintaining relationships and analyzing customer needs and possible changes they might experience; Reporting all customer spent, issues and growth possibilities to Managing Director; Communicating all service enhancements to customers to grow customer spent; Liaison between customer and company, first point of contact; Project management responsibilities included: Plan and develop project ideas – every project starts as an idea; Monitor project progress and set deadlines; Following up that all deadlines are adhered to; Manage the budget and spent of all projects, investigating over and under spent on projects; Ensure stakeholder and customer satisfaction; Evaluate project performance and giving consistent feedback to stakeholders; Ensuring all projects are in line with company structures and requirements, and managing outcomes by assisting with all possible issues immediately
Preferred working city / province #
Shanghai / Hong Kong / Shenzhen
Type of school that you are interested in: #
primary school , middle school, High school , university (Specializations in Special needs Education)
Salary expectation: #
25 – 30 K RMB
Available time for an interview: #
11:30 to 12: 30 and after 5pm Vietnam time
