Salwa Patricia
Minhang District, ShanghaiNationality China
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Grade 3 Homeroom Teacher
Shanghai American School2022.08-Current(3 years)Grade 3 Teaching Assistant
Shanghai American School2019.08-2022.06(3 years)• Working across three classrooms to support teachers by leading whole class instruction on literacy or math mini-lessons on occasion, teaching Social-Emotional Learning lessons, teaching students individually and in small groups, marking work and providing feedback, and creating visual teaching elements.• Participating in the After School Program offering Drama Club, Dance, and Automata for Grades 3, 4 and 5, and sponsoring the High School run Musical Tempo program for Grades 2-5.• Successfully adapting to a 14-week long Distance Learning model as a result of 2020’s COVID-19 pandemic. Supporting my three classrooms online with math lessons and providing group and individual support sessions for students online. Again for 12 weeks from March-June 2022.• Flexibly supporting other divisions at the school when we re-opened following the stabilization of theCOVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai, taking on the role of French and Spanish teacher for grades 6, 7 and 8 in May 2020.• Taking over the classroom as the lead teacher when classroom teachers are absent.• Coordinating Teaching Assistant duty scheduling and initiatives as part of my additional duties (Teaching Assistant Coordinator from January 2021-June 2022).Development Coordinator
Shanghai American School2018.08-2019.07(a year)Supporting the Development Department with graphic design, internal and external communications, donor outreach, alumni and development events, and donation tracking throughout the year. Lead responsibilities included working with the team to organize the Auction Gala where my areas of focus were Registration and Invitations, Communication, Auction Items, Fund Tracking, and Event Delivery. Another lead project was the planning and delivery of a donor profile communications project titled “Why We Give.” The project included creating the idea, interviewing donors, and writing articles to publish on the schools website which showcased their philanthropy.Communications, Alumni & Yearbook Coordinator
American International School of Bucharest2013.09-2018.07(5 years)September 2013-July 2015: Development and Communications AssistantAugust 2015-July 2016: Communications and Alumni CoordinatorAugust 2016-July 2018: Communications, Alumni & Yearbook Coordinator• Looking after internal and external communications including weekly and monthly newsletters, social media, press, and web. Notable achievements include the design and implementation of the weekly newsletters to cut on email traffic to parents, increased readership of the monthly newsletter to 50% of families as a result of yearly redesigns based on feedback, and increased organic social media presence and engagement by over 1,000%. • Creating, designing, and maintaining the school websites, together with the web-master. Notably, the redesign of the main AISB website has seen the same total unique visitors in 1.5 years as the previous website did in 7+ years. • Co-founder of the Alumni Association, working closely with an executive team of volunteers. Spearheading the publication of the bi-annual alumni magazine (2,000 copy print run and Online readership of over 22,000), social and professional events in Bucharest, London, and New York, and school events bringing in alumni to work with students. Notable achievements include the launch of a private Online network, the successful development of four alumni/student/parent programs, increased social media engagement to over 10,000 likes, and the distribution of the alumni magazine to five national libraries, raising the profile of the Alumni Association nation-wide.• Mentoring high school students in the creation of the annual Yearbook, teaching them the process from the basics of the design cycle through to final print and publication while remaining technologically innovative and integrating augmented reality into the print publication. Primary software used: Adobe InDesign CC.• Supporting the Parent-Teacher Organization each year in the fundraising auction gala.• Ad hoc support to offices and other departments.Activities Leader
EF Education First2013.06-2013.08(3 months)• Leading and engaging with 13-16 year old international students through hands-on academic and leisure activities to share knowledge and further their applied learning experience of the English language.• Additional office duties, including selling event tickets and bus cards and counting and logging relevant cash. • Shared responsibility for and supervision of groups of up to 80 students at a time in various off-campus locations including Bournemouth, London, Bath, Salisbury, Stonehenge and the Jurassic Coast, within the UK.• Communicating with students in Arabic, Spanish and French where appropriate and necessary.Improved leadership skills whilst taking on key responsibility for safety of children, hence enhancing people management skills and delegation of tasks. Added responsibility for large sums of money and high-value financial collaterals, thus increasing analytical thinking and computing. Proven flexibility and adaptability as a key language asset for the organisation when it was necessary to communicate important matters in students’ home languages.Internal Communications Executive
Xerox2011.07-2012.07(a year)•Successful internal communications locally and between headquarters and business across Europe. •Budget management, invoicing, writing, web publishing, graphic design, events, and student charity fundraising as well as other ad hoc requests. •Additional responsibility for a number of elements of a pan-European employee engagement programme, liaising directly with the President of Xerox Europe and the Director of HR. Working on promotional campaign, communicating with nominated charities, organising student fundraising and involvement in final event, including event design, delivery and delegate management. •Evolvement of role to encompass a number of administrative public relations activities including communication with PR agencies across Europe, monthly reporting, updating distribution lists, maintaining country budgets and invoicing.•2.5-week trip to Dusseldorf to support drupa – the leading digital printing trade show. First point of contact for customers and prospective clients at the Welcome Desk. Over 100,000 international visitors to the Xerox hall over the two-week event. Excellent language skills and experience in multicultural environments ensured easy adaptation, good communication and overall success. High professionalism and outstanding teamwork within immediate team and colleagues from across the globe.Great improvement of communication skills while addressing people at all levels in and out of the organisation including managing directors, suppliers, customers and our charities. Leadership role in projects with responsibility from planning to final product. Attention to detail in completing work to a high standard while meeting multiple deadlines. Adapting to changing requirements with evolvement of role, in particular with the PR administration work and the customer-facing tasks. Overall flexibility and a widespread application of skills.Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Leader
Bournemouth University2010.09-2011.06(10 months)•Planning and teaching academic lessons on study skills subjects including referencing, plagiarism, and exam preparation to first year students on Advertising with Marketing Communications course. Development of presentation skills and increased confidence through the delivery of comprehensive and engaging lessons. Enhanced time management through teaching during the completion of my degree.
Educational experience
The University of Sheffield
Education, Teaching and Learning master of arts - maThe University of Sheffield
EDUCATION international postgraduate certificate in educationBournemouth University
Advertising with Marketing Communications ba honoursAmerican International School of Bucharest
ib pyp, myp, dpAmerican International School of Bucharest
ib pyp, myp, dpAmerican International School of Bucharest
IB 32 / 435 UCAS Tariff Equivalent international baccalaureate diplomaAmerican International School of Bucharest
A+ to B american high school diplomaBournemouth University
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication bachelor of arts - ba
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