Angela YAO
Pontefract,West Yorkshire
Summary
Creative and adaptable Special Educational Needs (SEN) teaching professional with almost two years of experience working with Children and Young people. Versatile in planning and presenting lessons that cater to varying needs and abilities. Uses creative learning strategies to improve classroom engagement and enhance student progress. Excellent background in Law, Mathematics, French and Spanish language.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work history
ESOL Tutor / Project Support
Dominion Training
Wakefield
2024.01 - Current
- Create a positive and encouraging learning environment by implementing classroom games and outdoor recreational activities
- Work closely with parents and carers, providing constructive reports and feedback and discussing their child's needs to incorporate into the classroom environment
- Develop lesson plans in line with the curriculum.
- Implement a new, creative method of teaching.
- Assess students' progress by administering tests and evaluating results, compiling termly and end-of-year student reports.
- Support students to identify problems impeding education.
- Track student attendance and performance, intervening early in concerning issues.
Project Manager
The French League of Teaching - Teacher and Youth Parliament
Marseille
2022.09 - 2023.08
- Youth parliament project management trainer for the regional council, to elaborate policies for the education system
- Organized and used variety of teaching techniques, maximizing individual and group learning for children with learning disabilities
- Motivated and engaged students, developing skills and knowledge for academic foundation through games
- Organise and co-ordinate special projects and ensure their timely completion with the youth parliament, Deputy chamber of Marseille
- Identified student needs and collaborated with staff members to assess and solve challenges
- Created flexible academic programs and classroom environments, promoting learning and personal growth
- Participated in training courses and professional development opportunities to improve teaching skills
- Implemented school's curriculum consistent with unique learning needs of students.
French-English Interpreter
Women's Union charity organization
Marseille
2021.02 - 2022.07
- Facilitated communication between two non-English speakers
- Read written materials, such as legal documents, scientific works and news reports and rewrote material into specified languages
- Assisted in the translation of legal documents and interview report
- Followed ethical codes that protected confidentiality of information
- Interpreted for patients during appointments with social workers, psychologists medical and legal specialists
- Provide high level quality support for Vulnerable Woman Victim of Female Genital Mutilation
- (FGM)
Administrative Management Apprenticeship Trainee
Ivory Coast Diplomatic Consulate
Marseille
2019.06 - 2020.12
- Improved the efficiency of internal administrative operations, and organisations
- Participated on tasks forces, studies and other areas of management operations to determine the adequacy of existing program policies and procedures.
Advocacy Officer
NGO Humaniterra International
Marseille
2016.07 - 2018.06
- Responsible for producing agendas, scheduling all project meetings, writing and distributing minutes, ensuring they are received on a timely basis
- Advice on asylum, and refugee protection process
- Setting of speaking and mediation workshops for sensitization
- Follow-up of administrative documents before judicial proceedings
- Census of population and satisfaction survey
- Support for the organisation of presidential elections
- Creation of content and definition of strategic axes for human rights advocacy
- Identification of development targets and political actors (resourcing, phone calls, and reporting)
- Influential communication and institutional lobbying (strategic intelligence, negotiation and mediation).
Education
Master of International Business - International Trade and Logistics
ESCG PARIS ( Business School )
Paris, France 2020.10 - 2022.02
Master of Business Administration - International Business Management and Development
ESCG PARIS ( Business School )
Paris, France 2020.10 - 2021.10
Master of International and European Law - Humanitarian Law and Human Development
Faculty of Law and Political Science
Marseille, France 2016.09 - 2018.06
Diploma of Higher Education - Human Rights
Institute of International Humanitarian Studies
Marseille, France 2016.10 - 2017.09
Bachelor of Law - Private and Public Law
Catholic University of West Africa
Abidjan, Ivory Coast 2011.09 - 2012.09
Master of Law - Private and Contract Law
Catholic University of West Africa (UCAO)
Abidjan, Ivory Coast 2013.09 - 2014.09
Skills
- Lesson planning
- Experience with special-needs students
- Collaborative learning
- Purposeful lesson planning
- Student behaviour management
- Child protection and safeguarding
Languages
French
Native
English
Fluent
Spanish
Upper intermediate
Custom
References available upon request
Timeline
ESOL Tutor / Project Support
Dominion Training
2024.01 - Current
Project Manager
The French League of Teaching - Teacher and Youth Parliament
2022.09 - 2023.08
French-English Interpreter
Women's Union charity organization
2021.02 - 2022.07
Master of International Business - International Trade and Logistics
ESCG PARIS ( Business School )
2020.10 - 2022.02
Master of Business Administration - International Business Management and Development
ESCG PARIS ( Business School )
2020.10 - 2021.10
Administrative Management Apprenticeship Trainee
Ivory Coast Diplomatic Consulate
2019.06 - 2020.12
Diploma of Higher Education - Human Rights
Institute of International Humanitarian Studies
2016.10 - 2017.09
Master of International and European Law - Humanitarian Law and Human Development
Faculty of Law and Political Science
2016.09 - 2018.06
Advocacy Officer
NGO Humaniterra International
2016.07 - 2018.06
Master of Law - Private and Contract Law
Catholic University of West Africa (UCAO)
2013.09 - 2014.09
Bachelor of Law - Private and Public Law
Catholic University of West Africa
2011.09 - 2012.09