Alice Fielden
Portishead, Bristol,North Somerset
Summary
I am a hard worker and have a strong passion for working with young children and babies in a team. I have always wanted to work with babies from a young age and sought babysitting jobs, which led me to choose a degree in Early Childhood studies.
During my time in a nursery setting and my studies, I became proficient in early years knowledge and am adept at implementing the EYFS and development matters framework into daily activities and engagements with toddlers and babies.
Whilst teaching in South Korea, I strived to create a fun and comfortable learning atmosphere for students who didn't know a single word of English. This aided their language acquisition through providing a pressure-free environment where they could confidently interact with myself and their fellow students in a brand new language. I paid special care to providing new, exciting and inclusive activities for all of the students to enjoy.
Through my years of work, I have become experienced in addressing special educational needs, with a commitment to fostering inclusive environments that promote holistic child development.
I am highly motivated, and while my knowledge of policies might be out of date at present, I am working to refresh it since returning from South Korea. I love learning new skills and information, and have always enjoyed participating in staff development classes.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work history
English as a foreign language teacher
EPIK (Changshin Elementary School)
Changshin-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea
2019.03 - 2026.02
- Tailored lessons to address individual learning needs, ensuring student progress.
- Designed immersive English-language activities that resulted in more effective learning experiences for students.
- Created 2-3 week English camps during school vacations, which included developing a curriculum, creating a workbook, planning additional activities and crafts, and teaching the camp twice a year.
- Making additional materials for students with specific needs and different learning styles.
- Teaching classes enthusiastically and creating a comfortable environment to encourage language learning and use as much as possible.
Graduate Practitioner
Stationhouse Nursery
Portishead, North Somerset
2016.01 - 2019.02
- Originally started on a work experience basis, which led to bank hours and then a full-time position.
- Taking on the role of a key-worker for multiple key children, creating their learning plans with consideration for their current interests and needs and writing up daily observations for the online parent system.
- Welcoming children in the mornings and providing thorough feedback to parents in the evenings during pick-up.
- Taking the children to forest school and trips outside of the nursery, including walks to the lake grounds, nearby shops and the library.
- Setting up the room in the mornings with the children's current interests in mind.
- Engaging in deep conversations and activities to help scaffold the children's learning in various areas of their development.
Shop assistant
Soukous
Clifton, Bristol
2012.11 - 2019.02
- Collaborating effectively with team members and management during busy periods.
- Providing a friendly and helpful customer service to returning and new customers.
- Opening and closing the store, taking care to lock up the shop and ensure the security alarms were set up and everything was shut down correctly.
- Managing new stock deliveries, pricing, and calling companies in the event of missing or incorrect products.
- Updating window displays to create fresh, appealing looks for the shop.
- Daily money handling, including totalling the sales for the day and preparing for the following day in advance.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood
University of the West of England
Bristol 2015.09 - 2018.06
Skills
- Supporting children's emotional support
- Caring for young children and babies
- Early years knowledge
- Understanding of the EYFS and development matters framework
- Working with regard to safeguarding policies
- Child development understanding
- Child-centred approaches
- Infant care competency
- Parental partnership building
- Playful and intentional engagements
- Child observation documentation
- Special educational needs experience and understanding
- Teaching English as a second language
- Working with children and parents who are not native English speakers
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
English as a foreign language teacher
EPIK (Changshin Elementary School)
2019.03 - 2026.02
Graduate Practitioner
Stationhouse Nursery
2016.01 - 2019.02
Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood
University of the West of England
2015.09 - 2018.06
Shop assistant
Soukous
2012.11 - 2019.02