b'CURRICULUM VITAE\nPERSONAL DETAILS:\nName: Vasso Kondou Watson\n\nNationality: Greek\n\nUK address: 209, Queen Alexandra Road,\nSunderland\nSR3 1YF\n\nMarital Status: Married\n\nTelephone: 0044 (0) 7786266730\n\nAge: 31\n\nDate of Birth: 10.04.1978\n\nEmail:\nEDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:\n2008-2010\n2006\n\n2003\n\n1999-2002\n\n1998-1999\n1997-1998\n1997\n\nUNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND\nMA, TESOL\nBEDE COLLEGE, SUNDERLAND\nNCFE, Certificate in Equality and Diversity\n(Explore Equality and Diversity, Prejudice and Discrimination,\nPeople\xe2\x80\x99s Rights and Responsibilities)\nBEDE COLLEGE, SUNDERLAND\nNCFE, Certificate in Child Psychology\n( Early Experience, The Developing Child, The Child in Society)\nUNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND\nBA (Hons) English Education \xe2\x80\x93 QTS\n(English Language, Literature, Linguistics, Media, Drama)\nUNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND\nHND \xe2\x80\x93 Business IT\nBEDE COLLEGE, SUNDERLAND\nA\xe2\x80\x99 Level \xe2\x80\x93 English\nALIARTOS ENGLISH PRIVATE SCHOOL, GREECE\nNational Proficiency Certificate in English\n\nWORK EXPERIENCE:\n2008-2009\n\nEnglish Teacher, Castle View School, Sunderland\nTeaching English in KS3 and KS4, teaching Literacy as well\nas teaching guided and group reading as part of the Literacy\nStrategy in KS3, design; implement and assess KS3 Literacy\ntargets, devising operational KS3-4 schemes of work for the\nEnglish department; teaching Greek as an extra curricular\nactivity to pupils and teachers.\n\n\x0cClassroom supervision of student teachers and\nvoluntary\nclassroom\nassistants,\nattending\ndepartmental management and school meetings,\ninvigilating internal exams, marking, advising staff on\nlesson planning. Class registration, OFSTED\nFebruary 2009 preparation and observation.\nOct 2006-2007\n\nSupply Teacher, Castle View School, Sunderland\nDuties: Teaching English in KS3 and KS4, team\nteaching Literacy as well as teaching guided and\ngroup reading as part of the Literacy Strategy in KS3,\ndesign; implement and assess KS3 Literacy targets,\ndevising operational KS3-4 schemes of work for the\nEnglish department; teaching Greek as an extra\ncurricula activity to pupils and teachers.\nClassroom supervision of student teachers and\nvoluntary\nclassroom\nassistants,\nattending\ndepartmental management and school meetings,\ninvigilating internal exams, marking, advising staff on\nlesson planning. Class registration, OFSTED March\n2007 Preparation and observation.\n\nSept. 2005-May 2006\n\nEnglish Teacher, Kassaris School of English,\nAthens\nDuties: Teaching English in KS3-KS5. Personal\ntutoring of low ability students. Liaising with parents,\nreport writing, invigilation of internal exams, designing\nand implementing schemes of work, exam\npreparation and provision (TOEFL, MICHIGANLower, CAMBRIDGE-Lower, MICHIGAN-Proficiency,\nCAMBRIDGE-Proficiency, IELTS)\n\nSept. 2004-2006\n\nAssistant Head of the English Department,\nEuromathisi English School, Athens\nDuties: Teaching of English in Key Stages 3-5,\ninvolved liaising with parents, report writing, finance\nmanagement of the English Department, dealing with\nschool issues regarding discipline and class\nmanagement, invigilation of internal exams, designing\nand implementing schemes of work, exam\npreparation and provision (TOEFL, MICHIGANLower, CAMBRIDGE-Lower, MICHIGAN-Proficiency,\nCAMBRIDGE-Proficiency, IELTS)\n.\n\n\x0cSept. 2004-2005\n\nEnglish Teacher, Pagoulatou-Vlachou English\nSchool, Athens\nDuties: Teaching English to international mature\nstudents and professionals. I have attended seminars\nin which I took part as a senior member regarding\nclass\nmanagement,\nbook\nevaluation,\nexam\npreparation, lesson planning and the production of\nschemes of work.\n\nSept. 2004-2005\n\nEditor/Proofreader, Express Publishing, Athens\nDuties: Proofreading English teaching materials prior\nto their publishing. Editing and translating\ngovernmental texts regarding teaching. Producing\nCD-ROM teaching materials in English for the\npuspose of teaching at Key Stage 3.\n\nSept.2002-2004\n\nEnglish and Drama Teacher, West Gate\nCommunity College, Newcastle\nDuties: Teaching English at KS3 and KS4.\nI held extra curricula activities, took part in moderating\nexams and invigilated internal exams, prepared KS3\nand KS4 students for their exams and coursework,\nheld a key role in students\xe2\x80\x99 personal and social\neducation, attended seminars, led the Literacy\nStrategy targeting year 9 pupils, designed and\nimplemented schemes of work, attended and held\ndepartmental meetings.\n\n2001\n\nTrainee, English Teacher, Thornaby School,\nStockton\nDuties: Teaching English at KS3-KS4. This teaching\npractice enabled me to use a plethora of teaching and\nlearning techniques in order to support the teaching\nand learning of pupils from the full range of abilities.\nPart of my time I used to enhance my own learning\noutside the classroom by devising and implementing\nschemes of work. In addition to this, I attended\ndepartmental and school meetings, took part in the\nmoderation of students\xe2\x80\x99 coursework, taught Drama\nand assisted in students\xe2\x80\x99 preparation of drama\ncoursework, class registration.\n\n2001\n\nTrainee, English teacher, SandhillView School\nDuties: Teaching English at KS3-KS4. This teaching\npractice enabled me to utilise differing teaching\nstrategies to support the learning of students from the\n\n\x0cfull range of abilities. Part of my time, I undertook\npastoral and other professional duties. In addition to\nthese responsibilities I was able to contribute to extra\ncurricula activities by helping with the school drama\ngroup and assisting on drama productions. I\nparticipated on parents\xe2\x80\x99 evenings and contributed in\nreport writing, attended departmental and school\nmeetings, modelled and implemented the Basic Skills\nunit in KS3, designed and implemented schemes of\nwork, prepared KS3 and KS4 classes for their exams,\ntaught Gifted and talented classes, taught Special\nNeeds classes and kept records of IEPs.\n\nSummer 1998-\n\nSocial Activities Organiser, Warden, St. Clare\xe2\x80\x99s\nInternational College, Oxford\nDuties: My duties as an SAO involved organising\nactivities for the students, trips, sports and\nparticipating in them. As a warden, my duties involved\ntaking care of the students under the college\xe2\x80\x99s\npremises, informing and applying the Health and Fire\nregulations.\n\n1997-1998\n\nVoluntary Teacher, Felstead School, Sunderland\nDuties: I was assisting pupils with Special Needs to\nlearn English on a voluntary basis.\n\n1996-1997\n\nAssistant Teacher, Alexandra Sarri School,\nThebes, Greece\nDuties: Teaching and mentoring students with\nlearning difficulties in English.\n\nINSET:\n2006\n\nChild Protection, Sunderland City Council\n\n2005-2006\n\nAthens, Greece.\nHeld seminars in EFL books and their evaluation,\nprovision of activities to aid learning.\n\n2002-2004\n\nWest Gate Community College, Newcastle\nLiteracy Planning and Provision at KS3, KS3 Literacy\nTraining, Moderation of Exams, Behavioural\nManagement, Curriculum Overview, Accellerated\nLearning.\n\n\x0c2001\n\nSt. Anthony\xe2\x80\x99s Catholic School, Sunderland.\nKS2/3 Transfer, Setting Targets/Objectives.\n\n2001\n\nUniversity of Sunderland.\nI successfully delivered the National Literacy\nFramework to a group of trainee teachers at the\nUniversity of Sunderland.\n\nSKILLS:\nIT Skills:\n\nWindows, MS Office (Access, Excel, Word, Power\nPoint) Internet\n\nForeign Languages:\n\nFrench- Intermediate\nSpanish- Intermediate\nGreek- Proficient\nItalian- Fluent\n\nSporting Interests:\n\nOutdoor Activities including mountain walking and\nskiing.\nReading, drawing, playing chess, swimming.\n\nHobbies:\n\nREFERENCES:\n\n1. Mr. D. Litchfield\nHeadteacher\nCastle View School\nCartwright Road\nHylton Castle\nSunderland\nSR5 3DX\n\n2. Mrs. H. Horton\nDirector of MA Studies\nUniversity of Sunderland\nSchool of Education and Lifelong Learning\nDavid Goldman Informatics Centre\nSt. Peter\xe2\x80\x99s, Sunderland\nSR6 0DD\n\nTel: 0191 553 5533\nFax: 0191 553 5537\n\nTel: 0191 515 2369\nEmail: helen.horton@sunderland.ac.uk'