Janaline Smalman

I am an Educator, Artist, Creator, Lifelong learner, and Humanitarian. My 15 years of teaching have taught me many skills such as compassion, empathy, patience, acceptance, and how to adapt to multicultural situations.

Work Experience and Professional Development

July 2021                    English Language Teacher

To Present                       Illumine: China, Shanghai            

Outline

English language teacher for grade 2 students.

Key Responsibilities

• Teaching grade 2 children aged 5 – 8 in person for a 5-week summer camp and online after.
• Created activities for the children.
• Developed an English curriculum for the summer camp and specific educational goals.
• Teaching English reading and writing.
• Encouraged a positive learning environment with excellent student-teacher interaction.
• Write student reviews to help identify their strengths and advise how to build on areas that need improvement.

2020 -2021                      Middle School English Language Arts Teacher

Wenlai IIC Middle School: China, Shanghai          

Outline

Middle School English Language Arts teacher for Grade 6

Key Responsibilities

• Daily Grade 6 English teacher for speaking, writing, and comprehension activities.
• Grade 6 English reading class. Helping students develop reading and comprehension skills.
• Prepared lesson plans to accommodate students with varying English proficiency levels in the same classroom.
• Prepare and Administer semester exams on all the material covered in class.
• Conducted group and individual Reading and Grammar activities in the classroom.
• Encouraged a positive learning environment and excellent student-teacher interaction.
• Write student reviews each semester to help identify their strengths and advise how to build on areas that need improvement.

2018 - 2020                     Middle School English Teacher

Pinghe Bilingual School: China, Shanghai            

Outline

Middle School English teacher for Grade 6 - 8

Key Responsibilities

• Curriculum development for grade 7
• Grade 6 and 7 English reading class. Helping students develop reading, comprehension and creative writing skills.
• Prepared lesson plans to accommodate students with varying English proficiency levels in the same classroom.
• Prepare and administer exams.
• Encouraged a positive learning environment and excellent student-teacher interaction.
• Participated in faculty and parent conferences.
• Communicated with other teachers at weekly meetings to improve the teaching curriculum.

2016 - 2018                     English Language Trainer    

                                                Learnlight: Spain                            

Outline

Online English Language Trainer for Adults.

Key Responsibilities

• Business English trainer on a one-to-one basis online
• Conversational English trainer for adults online
• Nurtured students’ ability to think critically by fostering discussion around daily and controversial topics.
• Virtual Groups English Trainer for adults with shared video
• Helped students with English for Business and Presentations
• Doing level testing of new and prospective students, placing them into a suitable level, and assigning the correct level to students.
• Conducted monthly student evaluations to provide feedback on strengths and weaknesses.

2014 - 2016                     Travel Agent

Pentravel: Cape Town, South-Africa       

Outline

Leisure Travel Agent 

Key Responsibilities

• Leisure Travel Agent: Customer service oriented
• Booking flights on Amadeus
• Deal with Suppliers and tour organizers on behalf of my clients
• Attend workshops by travel suppliers and agents for product knowledge
• In charge of marketing goods for our Pentravel shop
• Keep an ongoing relationship with clients

2013                           Business English Teacher                  

                                                Communicorp: Chile, Santiago  

Outline

Teaching business English at companies to adults

Key Responsibilities

• Conversational English trainer for adults on a one-to-one basis
• Group Business English classes to adults.
• Prepared lesson plans to accommodate students with varying English proficiency levels.
• Conducted group and individual Reading and Grammar activities.
• Encouraged a positive learning environment and excellent student-teacher interaction.
• Nurtured students’ ability to think critically by fostering discussion around controversial topics.
• Developed management techniques to motivate students and promote proper social interactions.

2010 - 2013                English Language Teacher

                                                BKC-International House: Russia, Moscow                          

Outline

Teaching young learners, teenagers, and adults (beginner, elementary and intermediate, Upper-intermediate and Advanced) English as a second language.

Key Responsibilities

• Personalized lessons conducted lessons based upon the academic needs of students to ensure student mastery of unit goals.
• Teaching an FCE preparation course
• Facilitated and trained students for the TOEFL exams
• Taught In-company Business lessons for 1 year. 
• Developed management techniques to motivate students and promote proper social interactions.
• Doing level testing of prospective and new students.
• Skillfully balanced the expectations of parents, students, and management to accommodate the desires of all parties.

2010 – 2012                    English Language Teacher

                                                Native Speakers: Russia, Moscow                            

Outline

Teaching at a Gymnasium Zhukovka Private Grammar School to help students of all ages and levels with their English grammar and speaking.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepared lesson plans to accommodate students with varying English proficiency levels.
• Developed management techniques to motivate students and promote proper social interactions.
• Teaching young learners, teenagers, and adults (beginner, elementary and intermediate, Upper-intermediate and Advanced) in one-to-one classes.

2011-2012                 English Language Teacher

                                    StudyLab, Russia, Moscow          

Outline

Teaching teenagers (Study Teens group). Had weekend sessions with students where the lesson is based on a fun topic and tried to make the learning process fun but very informative.

Key Responsibilities

• In charge of developing classroom materials.
• Administered implementation and design of all the lessons.
• Conducted group and individual Reading and Grammar activities.

2010 – 2011                    Primary School English Teacher

                                                Choueifat International School: UAE, Al Ain        

Outline

Teaching Grade 3 and 4 English and Social studies

Key Responsibilities

• Designed and planned daily unit lessons for each class and administered tests and evaluations.
• Participated in faculty and parent conferences.
• Teaching Grade 5 and 7 Special English, this was to help students who were having trouble in their regular classes or whose English marks were not up to standard.
• Developed management techniques to motivate students.

2009 – 2010                    High School English, History and Geography Teacher        

                                                Choueifat International School: UAE, Al Ain                        

Outline

Grades 7,8 and 9 English, Social Studies/History, and Geography Teacher

Key Responsibilities

• Teaching Grade 7,8 and 9 Social Studies/History and Geography
• Teaching Grade 7,8 and 9 English – Grammar, Literature, Anthology, and Writing
• Teaching Grade 8 and 9 Special English, this was to help students who were having trouble in their regular classes or whose English marks were not up to standard.
• Mediated issues between students and fostered a cooperative and cohesive classroom that reached its learning objectives.
• Skillfully balanced the expectations of parents, students, and management to accommodate the desires of all parties.
• Wrote lesson plans and conducted lessons based upon the academic needs of students to ensure student mastery of unit goals.
• Administered quizzes, and tests.
• Participated in faculty and parent conferences.
• Wrote student reviews each semester to help identify their strengths and advised how to build on areas that needed improvement.

2008 – 2009                    English Language Teacher

                                                Shane English school: Japan, Tokyo                        

Outline

English language teacher to children and adults of all levels.

Key Responsibilities

• Teaching children ages 2-13 (Beginner, Intermediate, and Upper-intermediate), my youngest students were a brother and sister aged 2 and 3.
• Teaching teenagers ages 14-18 (Intermediate, Upper-intermediate, and Advanced)
• Teaching Adults (Intermediate, Upper intermediate, and Advanced)
• Teaching Business English to Adults
• Designed and planned daily unit lessons for each class and administered tests and evaluations.
• Facilitated and trained students for the TOEFL exams
• Developed management techniques to motivate students and promote proper social interactions.

2008                           English Language Teacher

                                                UNCAN T&G Winter Camp: South Korea, Jeonju                

Outline

English Winter school for primary school students.

Key Responsibilities

• Teaching children aged 5 – 16, I had morning classes with a group of 23, 6-year-old beginner students followed by afternoon lessons with teenagers aged 14 to 16. 
• Had to create activities for the children.
• Developed an English curriculum for the winter camp and specific educational goals.
• Designed and planned daily unit lessons for each class.
• Encouraged a positive learning environment and excellent student-teacher interaction.
• Managed 20 students per class and supervised collaborative projects to maintain an engaged learning environment.

2007                                    General and Business English Teacher

(10 weeks)                        RMIT University: Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City                        

Outline

Teaching university students English to prepare them to be able to study Business Management in English– aged 18-23

Key Responsibilities

• I presented a weekly workshop on Giving Presentations and on Pronunciation at RMIT University to the students.
• Teaching a Corporate Business class for 4h a week (aged 28-45)
• Designed and planned daily unit lessons for each class and administered tests and evaluations.
• Nurtured students’ ability to think critically by fostering discussion around controversial topics.
• Conducted group and individual Reading and Grammar activities.
• Encouraged a positive learning environment and excellent student-teacher interaction.
• Administered oral tests to assess development.

2007                                    English Language Teacher

                                                ILA: Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City                                                 

Outline

Teaching children ages 5-18 English as a second language (Beginner, Intermediate, Upper-intermediate, and Advanced)

Key Responsibilities

• Level testing young learners for 5h a week.
• Attended weekly improvement seminars on different teaching-related topics.
• Prepared lesson plans to accommodate students with varying English proficiency levels.
• Had weekly meetings with other teachers to improve the teaching curriculum.
• Conducted monthly student evaluations to provide feedback on strengths and weaknesses.
• Encouraged a positive learning environment and tried to create a love for the English language.
• Developed classroom management techniques.

2021    Human Development and Art Therapy                                         

Vancouver Art Therapy Institute, Canada

2021    Abnormal Psychology and Art Therapy                                        

Vancouver Art Therapy Institute, Canada 

2021    Psych 406:  Intro to Theories of Counselling and Psychotherapy Athabasca University, Canada 

2020    iPGCE (International Postgraduate Certificate in Education)

The University of Nottingham, UK / 2020

2006    CAMBRIDGE CELTA                                                                    

EmbassyCES, Cambridge, UK 

2002    BCOM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT                  

The University of Pretoria, South Africa