Employment:

Company:                                            Gorchakov Memorial School, Pavlovsk,Russia

Dates of Employment:                      August 2013 - present date

Position:                                               Head of English Department

·         Coordinating the work of the English Department and supervising native English teachers

·         Teaching English to middle school students

·         Lesson and course planning

·         Development of new courses and programmes

·         Facilitating English clubs

·         Preparing students for state and international examinations in English (KET,PET, FCE, IELTS)

·         Providing students’ progress evaluation reports

·         Tests and exams development and planning

·         Organising extracurricular activities (study trips abroad, participation in national competitions, theme parties etc)

·         Proofreading of school documentation in English

Company:                                            Heilongjiang State Agricultural University (BaYi Nong Daxue), China

Dates of Employment:                      August 2009 – August 2013

Position:                                               English teacher and lecturer

·         Teaching English to university students of different levels and majors

·         Lesson and course planning

·         Development of new courses and experimental programmes

·         Facilitating English club discussions (English corner)

·         Providing bi-annual students’ progress evaluation

·         Tests and exams development and planning

·         Judging English speaking contests

·         Organising extracurricular activities (movie nights, Halloween and Christmas parties etc)

·         Proofreading of official university correspondence and documentation.

Courses taught: Oral English, Creative Writing, Listening, English for Academic Communication and Business Purposes, Audio-Visual, Introduction to English-speaking countries, Pronunciation, Grammar

Company:                                            Freelance Tutor
Dates of Employment:                      September 2009 – present date
Position:                                               Self employed private tutor

·         Teaching oral, written and business English to students of all levels and ages

·         Preparation for international examinations and entrance examinations to universities and high schools in English speaking countries.

·         Teaching English for Specific Purposes to young professionals

Education:

·         Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE), 2015

·         Certificate of Teacher Training Course in Modern Methods of Teaching (in Russian, 74 hours), 2014

·         Certificate of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (100 hours) grade A, 2009

·         Saint-Petersburg State University, Faculty of Philology and Linguistics, 2002-2006
BA in Philology (specialising in Russian as a Foreign Language and Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages)

·         Second Saint-Petersburg Gymnasium 1996-2001
Humanities and Languages (English, English Culture and Literature, French)