Professional Experience

Nov 2014 – present        Kid Castle Educational Corporation, Shanghai

                                               Teacher

•        Teaching English as a foreign language to 3-12 year old students in a fun, interactive, stimulating and effective manner.

•        My other responsibilities include planning lessons, correcting homework/tests, communicating with parents on a regular basis, open houses and parent classes.

Dec – Oct 2014                 Dunnes Stores, Eyre Square, Galway

Sales Assistant

•        I had many duties such as serving customers, stock work and making the shop look aesthetically pleasing.

May – July 2013               Loco Cinema & Leisure,

Head of Ushering, Maintenance & Cashier

•        Cleaning screens after movies, taking tickets and directing people to screens, security, ensuring the bathrooms and halls were clean, changing the cylinders for drinks and gas, maintenance, locking the premises at night, turning on/off the sound and 3D projectors.

May - Dec 2012               Convent primary school, Roscommon town.

                                           Student on placement: observation and assistance.

•        I observed practice and helped a child who required a special needs assistant. I also organised soccer for a group of seven year olds at lunch time and helped the Gaelic coaches once a week after school. I assisted the teacher with activities such as art and hand-writing. I also did some teaching on my own. I established a positive rapport with children and was an excellent role model. My skills were vastly improved, I gained exceptional experience and my enthusiasm for working as a teacher was further enhanced.

May 2012-Jan 2013       Flix cinema and leisure, Roscommon.

                                          Usher, cashier, maintenance casino, bowling and waterballs.

•        Aside from the ushering duties and being on concession in Loco, I worked in the casino on my own. I ensured that the customers were satisfied by offering free food\drink, dealt with pay-outs, ensured that the balance was correct at the end of the night, storing the money safely, locking the door, security and repairing machines.

May 2011- May 2013     Roscommon.

                                           Tutor.

•        Assisting a young non-native English speaker with his homework and any areas of difficulty with comprehension or production of the English language (written and oral).

2009 - 2011                      Roscommon People Newspaper.

                                           Clerical officer and journalist.

•        My duties included typing, photocopying, responding to queries from the public at the reception or on the phone, filing, placing the weekly newspaper online, organising the layout of the newspaper, making tea\coffee and conducting research. I also wrote articles for the newspaper.

2005 – 2010                      Abbey community college, Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Ireland.

•        Match reports - Author of articles for the county newspapers.

•        Bus prefect - monitored the student’s behaviour on the journey to and from school in order to ensure that they adhered to the health and safety regulations.

Education

Third Level

2010 – Date                    Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

                            Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts (B.A.)

•        Undergraduate Dissertation: The bystander effect and group membership as predictors of helping behaviour online. Graduated in October 2014 with 2.1 degree.

Second Level

2005 – 2010                    Abbey Community College, Boyle, Co. Roscommon

                            Leaving Certificate Examination 2010

•        English, Irish, Mathematics, Geography, Construction, Agricultural science and French. All higher except Mathematics. Points: 405.

  Junior Certificate Examination: 2008.

•        Received all honours.