ROSHANARA PATEL
Bolton,Lancashire
Summary
Dedicated educator with extensive teaching experience and a strong commitment to fostering inclusive learning environments. Demonstrates exceptional organisational, time management, and event planning skills, effectively managing multiple responsibilities. Proven leadership and community engagement in both school and mosque settings, contributing to improved educational standards through curriculum planning and development. Utilises a creative and adaptable teaching approach to engage students across diverse learning environments, delivering structured lessons that support student progress. Strong collaborative skills enhance teamwork with colleagues to support teaching and learning initiatives. Career goals include further enhancing educational practices to meet diverse student needs.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Teacher/Organiser
Nurul Islam Mosque
Bolton
09.2023 - Current
- Took part in parent-teacher meetings discussing pupil progress and potential areas for improvement.
- Communicated regularly with parents about their children's performance and behaviour.
- Adjusted teaching methods according to individual student's needs, ensured inclusive learning environment.
- Fostered strong relationships with students by displaying genuine interest in their personal growth and achievements.
- Created lesson plans and scheduled each day to promote maximum student engagement.
- Planned and organised classrooms that consistently facilitated positive learning experience.
- Organised team meetings and led Teacher training sessions.
Teacher
GSL
Manchester
02.2021 - 12.2022
- Served as a Teacher, Teaching Assistant, and Invigilator across a range of different year groups.
- Delivered both pre-planned lessons and adapted instruction for unplanned, on-the-spot teaching situations
- Maintained continuity of learning by following school policies, lesson plans, and curriculum guidelines
- Managed challenging classroom behaviour effectively to ensure a positive and productive learning environment
- Taught a broad range of subjects given at short notice demonstrating flexibility.
- Assessed student progress informally and provided feedback to support learning outcomes
- Fulfilled key responsibilities of a Supply Teacher, including quickly adapting to new classroom environments, engaging students with minimal preparation time, and ensuring lessons run smoothly in the absence of the regular teacher
AAT Tutor
Blackburn College
Blackburn
10.2014 - 06.2015
- Teaching Business BTEC Level 3 to second year college students
- Planning and delivering the curriculum
- Marking student assignments and giving feedback
- Interacting with students in a professional manner
- Tackling challenging behaviour
- Applying new strategies learnt from my PGCE course to improve teaching and learning
- Blackburn College has a heritage going back 125 years, and is one of the largest and most successful colleges in the country with the Ofsted accolade of Grade One, Outstanding in all areas.
Finance/Accounts Payable Officer
NHS Manchester
05.2008 - 11.2009
- Accountable for payment of accounts, contracts and other creditor proformas in accordance with set finance procedures and guidelines
- Processing invoices, credit notes, adjustments and following set VAT codes
- Investigating enquiries and queries from creditors, budget holders, auditors and other Stakeholders
- Ensuring that invoices are coded correctly, authorised in line with the authorised signatory list and checking that it states a valid purchase order number
- Creating reports and spreadsheets
- Planning workload to ensure that targets are met
- Provided some induction training to new members of staff
- Software Used: Oracle Payable System, Oracle Discoverer system, I Procurement, Genesys
- Training courses: Fire safety, VAT Guidelines, Caldicott Confidentiality and info Security
Teacher & Education Coordinator
Usmani Mosque
03.2005 - 01.2007
- Taught Arabic & Islamic studies to children from 8 to15 years old
- Major player in assisting head in making vital decisions strategic and tactical decisions
- Assist the treasurer with Mosque accounts
- Writing monthly reports and meeting with parents to discuss progress, concerns or development of each child
- Setting school curriculum for 13 classes; disseminating & managing progress of the curriculum
- Celebrating success of class achieving the top results through out of school activities; evening dinner, bowling & many other group activities with children and adults
- Liaison with parents through phone, personal and letters
- Preparation of children’s work files ready for parents evening
- Achievements Include; A key team player respected and liked by children, teachers, committee members and general public
- Managed exams for entire school; set papers, mark papers, gather results and chart student activities
- Management of children personal records through Mosque computer database; new enrolments or changes
- Organised the Mosque classes by age and ability
- Fully constructed & organised two major annual prize giving events
- Organised many other events, meetings and functions throughout my two years.
AON
01.2005 - 01.2005
- Logging in data for customers applying for travel insurance
- Checking for errors and making corrections to client details
- Training and helping a team of around eight employees to give them a head start to work
- Helped to complete all the backlog from many months
- A five month job working for a world leading insurance brokerage company.
Education
Post Graduate Certificate in Education - PGCE
01.2014 - 01.2016
BA (Hons) - Accounting & Law
De Montfort University
Leicester 01.2004 - 01.2007
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Wyggeston Q.E 1 College
Leicester 01.2002 - 01.2004
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Sir Jonathan North Community College
Leicester 01.1997 - 01.2002
Skills
- Strong organisational, time management, and event planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple responsibilities effectively
- Creative and adaptable teaching approach, engaging students across a range of learning environments
- Proven leadership and community engagement through work in both school and mosque settings
- Extensive teaching experience, with a broad understanding of diverse student needs and inclusive learning practices
- Experience in curriculum planning and development, contributing to improved educational standards
- Ability to deliver structured, engaging lessons that support student progress and achievement
- Strong collaborative skills, working effectively with colleagues to support teaching and learning
- Committed to fostering positive, respectful, and inclusive learning environments
- Flexible and responsive in adapting teaching strategies to meet the needs of different learners
Languages
English
Urdu
Gujarati
REFEREES:
- Alan, Rudd, Blackburn college, Feilden Street, Blackburn
- Mohammed Hussain, Qadri, Nurul Islam Mosque, Bolton
INTERESTS:
My interests include travelling and reading, I enjoy organising events for the local community, I helped organise a charity sponsorship event to raise money for the mosque which raised £14,000.
Timeline
Teacher/Organiser
Nurul Islam Mosque
09.2023 - Current
Teacher
GSL
02.2021 - 12.2022
AAT Tutor
Blackburn College
10.2014 - 06.2015
Post Graduate Certificate in Education - PGCE
01.2014 - 01.2016
Finance/Accounts Payable Officer
NHS Manchester
05.2008 - 11.2009
Teacher & Education Coordinator
Usmani Mosque
03.2005 - 01.2007
AON
01.2005 - 01.2005
BA (Hons) - Accounting & Law
De Montfort University
01.2004 - 01.2007
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Wyggeston Q.E 1 College
01.2002 - 01.2004
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Sir Jonathan North Community College
01.1997 - 01.2002