ISABELLE NOLAN
Brighton,East Sussex
Summary
Passionate ESL Teacher with a Master's in Applied Linguistics, CELTA qualification, and PGCE. Utilises research-informed strategies to enhance second language acquisition, fostering an inclusive environment for multilingual learners. Builds exceptional rapport with students, driving engagement and language retention.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Alternative Provision Teacher
East Sussex Academy
East Sussex
09.2025 - 12.2025
- Managed complex behavioral profiles using advanced emotional intelligence, patient rapport-building, and proactive de-escalation strategies.
- Conducted intensive target interventions to protect vulnerable learners from academic attainment dips during key transition periods.
Teacher of MFL
Uckfield College
East Sussex
01.2025 - 08.2025
- Delivered rigorous language instruction across KS3 and KS4, confidently executing curriculum plans to prepare students for formal examinations.
- Implemented structured scaffolding, visual chunking, and dual coding strategies to ensure total classroom accessibility for SEND and lower prior attainment groups.
- Designed highly communicative tasks, real-world role-plays, and interactive visual aids that significantly lowered foreign language anxiety and built learner autonomy.
- Established consistent retrieval practice ("Do Now" routines) to reduce cognitive load and measurably strengthen long-term language retention.
English Language Teacher (EFL)
ISE Dublin
Dublin
05.2023 - 08.2024
- Instructed diverse, multilingual cohorts of international adults and teenage groups in general and intensive English language programs.
- Created highly interactive curriculum layouts focusing on practical communication, situational fluency, and functional grammar mechanics.
- Promoted an immersive classroom environment using high-input methods to accelerate student confidence in spontaneous language production.
English Language Teacher (EFL)
Babel Academy
Dublin
06.2022 - 05.2023
- Formulated and delivered task-based EFL lessons targeting mixed-ability groups of international language learners.
- Utilised continuous formative assessments to customise pronunciation and speaking tasks, boosting learner independence.
French Operations Specialist
Indeed
Dublin
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Applied high-level bilingual capability to manage operational quality assurance and cross-functional corporate communications.
Education
Certificate of Higher Education - CELTA
CES
Dublin2022
PGCE - Modern Foreign Languages
University of Sussex
UK01.2025
M.Phil. - Applied Linguistics
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland01.2020
Bachelor of Arts - French and Near Middle Eastern Studies
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland01.2019
Skills
- Fluent French
- Proficient Spanish
- Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
- Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
- Classroom and Behaviour Management
- Individualised Learning Plans, SEND Support
- Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
- Target Language Immersion
Accomplishments
- Academic Excellence Award Recipient of the Trinity College Dublin Award for Arabic Examination
- Increased Student Language Proficiency Implemented systematic 'Phonics-First' frameworks and high-input immersion techniques that rapidly accelerated spontaneous speaking confidence in multilingual cohorts.
- Behavioral & Inclusion Initiative Successfully utilised trauma-informed pedagogy and pupil passport adaptations to drastically lower anxiety, eliminating student classroom shutdowns and meltdowns.
- Innovative Language Practitioner Created dynamic 'total participation' classroom strategies
- Cross-Cultural Communication Leveraged a bilingual background and corporate operations experience to maintain clear, high-impact communication with international students
Hobbies and Interests
Music: Passionate singer-songwriter and guitarist
Creative Arts & Crafts: drawing, knitting and card-making
Hiking, yoga and running.
Languages
French
Upper Intermediate
B2
Spanish
Intermediate
B1
Irish
Elementary
A2
Arabic
Beginner
A1
Timeline
Alternative Provision Teacher
East Sussex Academy
09.2025 - 12.2025
Teacher of MFL
Uckfield College
01.2025 - 08.2025
English Language Teacher (EFL)
ISE Dublin
05.2023 - 08.2024
English Language Teacher (EFL)
Babel Academy
06.2022 - 05.2023
French Operations Specialist
Indeed
01.2021 - 01.2022
Certificate of Higher Education - CELTA
CES
PGCE - Modern Foreign Languages
University of Sussex
M.Phil. - Applied Linguistics
Trinity College Dublin
Bachelor of Arts - French and Near Middle Eastern Studies
Trinity College Dublin