Elaine Warren
Liverpool,Please select
Summary
I am a dedicated professional with my own online English School because for almost 10 years I have had a passion for assisting studies and promoting confidence in others, enhanced by counselling studies to level 2.
With extensive experience in marine and veterinary science, imparting advanced knowledge to degree and PhD students, I became a teacher, a mentor and friend.
Currently I find myself engaged in writing educational books and creating AI-assisted illustrations to support children's grammar and vocabulary development. I like to combine my artistic creativity with a strong scientific background, fostering an engaging learning environment.
I have interesting work at sea and an extreme sport scuba hobbies that students are always curious about. I also appreciate and understand the difficulties more than most about living in another country and trying to learn the language after 6 years in Sicily, a truly amazing and historically fantastic place.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work history
Online ESL teacher
Myself
Liverpool
06.2017 - Current
- My students are international. Living in UK and Europe but they are native Chinese. Children in China and European children. My adults, and also I help some teachers too, they are from South Korea.
- Develop engaging lesson plans to enhance students' language skills specific to their needs whether the student is more of a visual learner or they have some special needs. I have had online classes with blind students.
- Facilitate interactive online classes to promote active participation amongst learners. Drawing tools, worksheets and pictures. Most students have classes twice a week.
- Follow the Cambridge English Curriculum and offer specific strategy examination classes with a high success rate of merits and distinctions.
- Assess student progress and provide constructive feedback to encourage improvement and celebrate goals.
TEFL teacher
United College
Siracusa, Sicily
03.2015 - 06.2017
- Designed engaging lesson plans that catered to diverse learning styles and cultural backgrounds. Online and in person. In the class we had local Sicilians, Sri Lankan, Chinese, Russians to name a few!
- Kindergarten age, children, teens and adults. Classes I had, I adapted according to personalities and comfort levels of participation. My main goal was to encourage attendance first and then help with confidence and critical thinking skills.
- Implemented assessment tools to evaluate student progress and provide exam strategy and mock practice and give constructive feedback to both parents and Head Teacher.
- Developed and maintained positive relationships with students, fostering a supportive learning environment.
- I am still in contact and also teaching some of these students. One student is now studying law in English at Uni.
Scientific officer
AFBI
Belfast, Down
04.1990 - 01.2015
- Developed SOPs and risk assessments for quality control in a range of Laboratory environments. These were within the Veterinary science and Marine science fields
- Problem solving and machine maintenance to ensure quality control was maintained at all times.
- Onsite and at Sea with Marine Science Surveys of the Irish Sea, my stories are inspiring and interesting to students.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to facilitate project goals and timelines onsite and at Sea.
- Produced quality work output within the timeframe specified in SOPs, in a range of laboratories from Microbiology, Immunology, Histopathology, Marine and more.
- Mentored junior staff in scientific methodologies and best practices. I was temporarily promoted to raise competencies within the Salmonella unit with great success. This was much appreciated by staff as some of the work took place in extreme conditions and challenging.
Skills
Skills acquired over the years
It has come to my attention that I am happiest assisting, promoting, and encouraging confidence in others So I studied counselling to level 2 to further my listening and communication skills This has proved invaluable
I am a keen scuba diver, my love for the ocean and science came into its own in the marine and veterinary science periods of my career Students are always keen to know more I always helped the learners to practice their underwater skills
While I did not complete my degree after basic High School GCSEs and ONC in Biology at Belfast Tech It was due to starting a family and a very problematic pregnancy and poorly baby at a young age I certainly gained a lot more knowledge with self study during my scientific career I taught many degree and PhD students a lot more than their degree level in the laboratories, to their shock!
I am currently writing books and creating pictures with AI to assist children with KET level grammar and vocabulary My artistic, creative side enjoys this and also crafts, while my very poor drawing skills give students great amusement! I use my lack of this skill to make an important curriculum point memorable!
I love travel and learning about cultures and their festivals I achieved the TEFL 4 week course and on completion of the exams in grammar and phonetics the Tefl school wanted to employ me I moved to Sicily, lived and worked there and learnt the language for 6 years This experience alone taught me about translation apps and word order difficulties and also pronunciation issues in English, in different countries around the world
Timeline
Online ESL teacher
Myself
06.2017 - Current
TEFL teacher
United College
03.2015 - 06.2017
Scientific officer
AFBI
04.1990 - 01.2015