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Work History
Education
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Iana Lelet

ESL Teacher
Toronto,Canada
Iana Lelet

Summary

Reset-driven ESL teacher with 10+ years of experience across Russia, Brazil, and Canada. Dedicated to creating an enjoyable, inviting, and dynamic learning atmosphere. Skilled in motivating and mentoring students of all ages and learning levels, with students passing PET, KET, and FCE successfully. Certified in CELTA

Overview

15
years of professional experience

Work History

Freelance
Toronto, ON

Online ESL Teacher
09.2008 - Current

Job overview

  • Taught ESL to 50+students with varied cultural backgrounds in face-to-face online and offline setting
  • Prepared 10+ students for Cambridge Assessment Exams ( YLE, KET, PET, FCE)
  • Designed, organized and delivered engaging lessons using various ESL publishing materials, media resources and authentic materials according to students needs and interests
  • Created and implemented customized programs for academic purposes for Russian-language high school students with exit exam scores of 90% and higher
  • Customized unique curriculum for 1 year-long educational program for beginning students to prepare them for intermediate level final exams, resulting in 99.9% positive test scores
  • Practice self-regulated learning by implementing modeling self-regulated techniques, self-monitoring tools and KWHL charts
  • Provide ongoing support/feedback via social media
  • Identified, selected and modified instructional resources to meet needs of each individual student

The Village Grocer
Unionville, ON

Floral Department Manager
03.2017 - 03.2020

Job overview

  • Was promoted from Floral Clerk to Floral Department Manager after 6 months from start
  • Planned and budgeted fresh-cut flowers, potted plants and outdoor inventory for high-volume holidays including ordering, scheduling and delivering
  • Personally selected produce and worked closely with Ontario suppliers ( Ravensbergen Greenhouses, Schurman's, Spring Valley and more)
  • Designed and maintained profitable and eye-catching floral displays of 100+ items
  • Collaborated closely with more than 300 customers to create unique designs for holiday-themed centerpieces, custom-made bouquets, wedding floral arrangements, Christmas wreaths, church arrangements and etc.

Blue Cactus Bar And Grill
Ottawa, ON

Hostess
08.2016 - 02.2017

Job overview

  • Took high-volume of reservations ( waitlists of 30+ groups), answered customer questions, and informed of accurate wait times.
  • Governed dining area with natural leadership talents and organizational strategies focused on balancing guest and business needs during busiest hours
  • Backed up servers by checking on tables and retrieving items for guests.
  • Developed and maintained up-to-date knowledge of more than 30 menu items and weekly specials to accurately respond to customer queries.

World Of Education
Kaliningrad, ON

ESL Teacher
09.2013 - 07.2016

Job overview

  • Taught beginner to upper-intermediate conversational English to adults for 30 hours week
  • Planned and implemented engaging lessons for 6 YLE groups ( A1, A2, B1) and 3 General English Groups ( A2, B1, B2) in row of 3 years
  • Conducted one-on-one lessons for YLE students and B2 level adults using Oxford, Cambridge University Publishing Materials, Pearson and etc.

Shirshov Institute Of Oceanology
Antarctica, Antarctica

Crew Member/Server
09.2012 - 05.2013

Job overview

  • Provided excellent customer service to 700+ passengers
  • Demonstrated exceptional collaboration and communication abilities while spending 8 months aboard scientific ship
  • Volunteered as ESL instructor to Russian-speaking crew
  • Facilitated necessary translations between passengers, expedition staff and crew
  • Completed intensive professional training in naval safety, first-aid assistance and CPR

Public School #24 (Primary And Secondary School)
Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region

English Language Teacher
09.2010 - 07.2012

Job overview

  • Planned, prepared and taught well-developed lessons which engaged and inspired students ( Gr2-Gr11)
  • Assessed and evaluated students learning, wrote report cards and communicated with parents
  • Incorporate role-play exercises to improve students' English speaking abilities and motivation
  • Was awarded school prize for best young teacher of year
  • Collaborated with colleagues, developing support plans for gifted students and IEPs for students with special needs
  • Designed exams to test fluency in reading, writing, speaking and comprehension of English language.

At Abigails's
Lakeside, OH

Waiter
06.2008 - 09.2008

Job overview

  • Managed average of 30 tables per shift, handled orders and serving of up to 7 tables at once
  • Was part of team of six international waiters working in busy restaurant with 100 tables, serving average of 30 patron groups per shift.
  • Kept up 80% rating for customer satisfaction during all periods of work/travel program.

Education

Cambridge University
Atlanta, GA

Certificate of English Language Teaching To Adults from CELTA
02.2023

University Overview

- 120-hour full-time Cambridge CELTA course taken online with Teaching House

- teaching practice included creating and providing online lessons to international students online from Brazil, Turkey, Russia, Nigeria and Portugal

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
Kaliningrad, Russia

Specialist Diploma/Master of Arts from Linguistics/Theory And Methodology of TFL/TESL
07.2010

University Overview

Thesis: "Audiovisual resources as a means of increasing
students' motivation for learning a foreign language”

Skills

  • Interactive Teaching
  • Student Evaluation
  • Test Preparation
  • Lesson Plan Development
  • Vocabulary Enrichment
  • Creative Learning Strategies
  • Adult Education
  • ESL Teaching Methods
  • Positive Learning Environment

Interests

  • reading (classic brittish/american literature)
  • home plants/gardening
  • biking (completed 80 km Markham Marathon in 2020)
  • architecture/Art (AGO Membership)

Timeline

Floral Department Manager

The Village Grocer
03.2017 - 03.2020

Hostess

Blue Cactus Bar And Grill
08.2016 - 02.2017

ESL Teacher

World Of Education
09.2013 - 07.2016

Crew Member/Server

Shirshov Institute Of Oceanology
09.2012 - 05.2013

English Language Teacher

Public School #24 (Primary And Secondary School)
09.2010 - 07.2012

Online ESL Teacher

Freelance
09.2008 - Current

Waiter

At Abigails's
06.2008 - 09.2008

Cambridge University

Certificate of English Language Teaching To Adults from CELTA

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Specialist Diploma/Master of Arts from Linguistics/Theory And Methodology of TFL/TESL
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