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Ionela Preda

Grays,United Kingdom

Summary

  • Passionate French and Spanish teacher with 7 years experience in the same school in UK, more than two years of experience in Managing a Spanish Department, I am proud to have achieved with my year 11 outstanding GCSE results in 2022,
  • I achieved the best French results in my school with my group, such as: one grade nine, seven grades 8, six grades 7, many grades 6 and 5, in a Comprehensive Secondary School, with the only GCSE group of 27 students I taught in both year 10 and 11.
  • I am very organised, ambitious, always ready take new challenges to make myself more desirable in my career path, with great sense of humour and a good heart.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work history

Head of Spanish

Beauchamps High School
Wickford, Essex
10.2020 - Current
  • Organising the Spanish Department, exams, curriculum, schemes of work, overviews, clubs, mark books, meetings, parents evenings, staff, ordering the necessary things for the Department.

Teacher of French

Beauchamps High School
Wickford, Essex
03.2016 - 10.2020


  • Delivering French lessons to KS 3 and KS 4, (starting to deliver some Spanish lessons along French to KS 3 in 2019), planning my lessons and being responsible with the Higher Achievers development within the department. Organising after school clubs in the French Department, Enrichment Activities, too.

Director

RTM Langton House LTD
Grays, Essex
12.2020 - Current
  • Director of the Right To Manage Company Langton House LTD, managing a block of 11 flats in Thurrock;
  • Collecting the service charge and the Reserve Funds, ensuring the AOV and smoke vents and Fire Assessment checks; getting in touch with the block providers, to ensure a smooth Management of the block, organising meetings with owners of the flats, discussing problems and finding solutions for an optimal Management of the Block.
  • Paying the block bills in the name of residents, organising the company's cash flow, keeping the residents informed with what was left, what was paid, what other things need organising, how much money we have in the Sinking Fund;
  • Ensure a good relationship with the block solicitor and the solicitors of residents who are in the process of selling their flats;
  • Responding to the block e-mails and sending them when necessary;

Manager

Kineto Cariere SRL
Bucharest
09.2016 - 10.2019
  • Kineto Cariere SRL ( Romanian Recruitment Company ),
  • Romanian company, based in Bucharest, managed from U.K by me, while I was also working here, in the UK.
  • Recruitment company, recruiting and placing qualified physiotherapists from Romania in SPA-s in France, for a determined period of time, seasonally.
  • The recruitment work used to be completed during school holidays, the same the majority of the buisness trips to France and/ or Romania;
  • Having already a great network of Romanian physiotherapists recommending each other, I was able to work remotely/ and during holidays/ weekends/ evenings, to make this buisness grow.

Cover Teacher

Protocol Education
East London
03.2015 - 03.2016
  • Covering mostly French lessons in various schools in London, also in Eastbury Community School, somethimes covering Primary School lessons, with an agency.

Cover Teacher

Protocol Education
London
09.2014 - 07.2015
  • Cover Teacher for French in Barking Abbey Secondary School, Barking, also in different Primary Schools in lots of areas of London, I planned and delivered lessons for KS 3 and KS 4, taking part in meetings, etc.

Nursery Practitioner

Abbs Cross Day Nursery
London
03.2014 - 09.2014
  • Nursery Practitioner in a day nursery, 30 hours a week.
  • Organising children's routine, ensuring a calm and good environment for small children, engaging with parents on a daily basis.

Manager

Top Cariere SRL
Targoviste, Romania
09.2009 - 01.2016
  • Recruitment company based in Romania, selecting qualified physiotherapists from the same country to work in France on a determined seasonal period, in SPA-s;
  • I continued my activity in my Romanin company from England, while doing other projects here.
  • I stopped working for the company in 2016.
  • Working for myself allowed me to finish my languages studies, also to work for a Teaching Agency.

Office Manager

Ingenierie
Bucharest, Romania
09.2007 - 09.2009
  • Managing an office of 7-8 people working for a French company based in Romania, aiming to offer consultancy to different companies that were building Shopping Centers in Bucharest and in the rest of the country;
  • Also recruiting qualified Physiotherapists from Romania to work in SPA-s in France for determined periods of time.

Director's Assistant

Bouygues Romania
Bucharest, Romania
12.2005 - 09.2007
  • Director's Assistant for French top Construction Company based in Bucharest, organising the Site Manager's agenda while building the biggest Shopping Centre in Romania, Baneasa Shopping.

Director's Assistant

Renault Trucks International
Bucharest, Romania
09.2005 - 12.2005
  • Covering a member of staff with an ilness in a French multinational company, for a short period of time;
  • Responsible with organising the Director's Agenda, buying company's stationery, ordering plane tickets, maintaining the relationship with main company in France via e-mail and phone calls, organising trips for the staff and the Director;


Supply Teacher

Racari and Tartasesti Primary and Secondary School
Romania
09.1999 - 07.2005
  • Taught lessons based on curriculum requirements.
  • Taught pre-planned lesson material in line with school guidelines to maintain cohesive classes for students.
  • Managed student behaviour through appropriate disciplinary measures.

Education

A-Levels - Humanities

Ion Heliade Radulescu High School, Romania
Targoviste
09/1994 - 06/1998

Higher Diploma in Museography ( Curator) - Museography

Valahia University of Targoviste
Romania
10/1999 - 07/2001

Bachelor Degree - Finance and Banks

Valahia University of Targoviste
Romania
10/2001 - 07/2004

Bachelor Degree - French-English

Spiru Haret University
Romania
10/2011 - 07/2014

Bachelor Degree - Spanish with French

The Open University
Milton Keynes
10/2019 - 05/2023

Skills

  • Highly organized and efficient;
  • Aspirational;
  • Passionate and compassionate;
  • Setting high expectations in everything I do;
  • Higher academic values and knowledge;

Additional Information

  • Extra-curricular activities organised in my workplace;
  • Revision clubs during Registration with year 10 Spanish;
  • GCSE Club organised with A Level students aiming to take Spanish for GCSE, as a new subject;
  • ECT 2 mentor in Beauchamps High School;
  • "Managing your subject area in Secondary Schools"- CPD Course ( the National Education)- June 2023;

Languages

Romanian
Native
French
Fluent
Spanish
Fluent
English
Fluent

Timeline

Director

RTM Langton House LTD
12.2020 - Current

Head of Spanish

Beauchamps High School
10.2020 - Current

Manager

Kineto Cariere SRL
09.2016 - 10.2019

Teacher of French

Beauchamps High School
03.2016 - 10.2020

Cover Teacher

Protocol Education
03.2015 - 03.2016

Cover Teacher

Protocol Education
09.2014 - 07.2015

Nursery Practitioner

Abbs Cross Day Nursery
03.2014 - 09.2014

Manager

Top Cariere SRL
09.2009 - 01.2016

Office Manager

Ingenierie
09.2007 - 09.2009

Director's Assistant

Bouygues Romania
12.2005 - 09.2007

Director's Assistant

Renault Trucks International
09.2005 - 12.2005

Supply Teacher

Racari and Tartasesti Primary and Secondary School
09.1999 - 07.2005

A-Levels - Humanities

Ion Heliade Radulescu High School, Romania
09/1994 - 06/1998

Higher Diploma in Museography ( Curator) - Museography

Valahia University of Targoviste
10/1999 - 07/2001

Bachelor Degree - Finance and Banks

Valahia University of Targoviste
10/2001 - 07/2004

Bachelor Degree - French-English

Spiru Haret University
10/2011 - 07/2014

Bachelor Degree - Spanish with French

The Open University
10/2019 - 05/2023
Ionela Preda