Elliot Hunt

For the last academic year I have been working as a full-time ESL teacher at Satit Pattana Secondary School in Bangkok. I therefore have a full academic year of professional experience teaching ages 12-18. This includes lesson planning and creating materials, grading and tracking the progress of my students, and writing reports. In this time I have utilised and developed my creative and organisational skills, and demonstrated my ability to teach a range of ages and ability levels. Moreover, it has been rewarding to build a relationship with students and witness their progress. This is something that I am excited to experience more of in this career while I endeavour to further improve my teaching skills.

Prior to the aforementioned job, I successfully completed a full-time CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) course in Spain, during which I learned to teach English in both theory and practice. I learned how to plan effective lessons, along with various teaching methods to ensure that students learn, engage with and retain the information taught. I truly enjoyed this course and it made me realise that a career in teaching is something I want to pursue.

Furthermore, I have earlier classroom experience as a voluntary tutor/ assistant in French and Spanish language classes. With this experience I began acquiring skills such as preparing classroom materials, running activities smoothly, and working with children both one-to-one and in a classroom setting. In addition to teaching experience in a school setting, I have worked as an au pair in Spain several times, looking after children between the ages of 3 and 14. As well as teaching English, I am confident in caring for children outside of a classroom environment in terms of their well-being.

Aside from teaching experience, my roles in customer service and as a police officer have honed my natural communication skills. As such I can communicate with all kinds of people in numerous circumstances, from relaxed to very high-pressure. This experience also demonstrates other traits including patience, listening skills, and problem solving.

Finally, as a person I am naturally very empathetic and caring about others. I  believe that this plus my friendly demeanour makes students feel that they can approach me with problems both within and outside of the classroom. I take teaching very seriously, and I understand and enjoy the responsibility of inspiring students to achieve their full potential.

Satit Pattana Secondary School, Bangkok: ESL Teacher (May 2022 - Present)

Duties:​​​​

• Teaching English to students aged 12-18
• Lesson planning
• Grading and writing student reports

Skills gained: ​

• Organisation, planning, and creating materials
• Patience and classroom management
• Working well under pressure (e.g. last-minute covers)
• Time management of various deadlines

Greater Manchester Police: Neighbourhood Officer (July 2018 - March 2019)

Duties:​​​​

• Patrolling the town, communicating with the public
• Paperwork for each case handle
• Attending meetings with local business owners

Skills gained: ​​​

• Long-term problem solving
• Communication with a diverse range of people
• Fast decision-making under pressure
• Handling confrontation calmly & diplomatically
• Assertiveness 

NHES, Nottingham: Volunteer Teaching Assistant (Nov 2015 - Feb 2016)

Duties: ​​

• Teaching core subjects to young people requiring additional ​​​​support

Skills gained: ​

• Teaching skills
• Dealing with challenging behaviour

Steps to Active Kids, Nottingham: Volunteer sports coach (Nov - Dec 2013)

Duties: ​​​

• Helping to coach primary school children with low self-​esteem
• Teaching children about the importance of a healthy lifestyle

Skills gained: ​​

• Working with and engaging young children

Madrid & Valladolid, Spain: Au Pair (Summer 2013 & 2014)

Duties: ​​

• Teaching English to young children aged 7-14
• Caring for the young children aged 2-14

Skills gained: ​​

• Organisation & punctuality for scheduling activities and in caring ​​​duties
• Adaptiveness, quickly acclimatising to a new environment

Bright Owls, Shrewsbury: Volunteer teaching assistant (Summer 2011)

Duties: ​​​

• Assisting in French and Spanish classes to parents and children

Skills gained: ​​

• Confidence for teaching individuals and a class
• Creativity
• Preparing classroom/workshop activities and materials

2019: ​​London School of Languages, San Sebastian (Spain)

Cambridge CELTA Certificate

Classification: Pass B

2016 – 2017​: The University of Edinburgh (Scotland)

​​​MSc Psychology of Mental Health (conversion)

​​​Classification: Merit

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2012 – 2016: ​​The University of Nottingham (England)

​​​BA Jt. Hons French and Hispanic Studies

Classification: 2:1

2009 – 2012: ​​Shrewsbury Sixth Form College (England)

​​​A levels: French (A), Spanish (B), English Combined (B)

​​​AS levels: Performance Studies (A)

2004-2009: ​​The Priory Secondary School, Shrewsbury (England)

GCSEs: 13 (A*-C) including Triple Science, Maths, Statistics, English