Romancia Reneke

I'm a native English Speaker and a qualified ESL teacher with 2 and a half year’s teaching
experience in China. I have a BA Honours Degree in Motion Picture Medium (Film &
Drama), TEFL Certification and a TKT Young Learners Certificate from Cambridge.
After graduating from University, I took on a teaching job in China with the initial intent of
partaking in cultural exchange. I soon discovered that this is a career path I see myself
pursuing and quickly became passionate about laying a foundation for young learners in
the field of education.

I taught English as an Additional Language at a Language School
and then became a Homeroom teacher at a Bilingual Kindergarten.
After 2 and a half years, I decided to take some time to revisit my University Studies by
doing further coursework in Drama before returning to teach. I returned to South Africa and
did just that. I spent a year partaking in an intensive Drama and Self-Development course
with an acting coach, performed in a theatre show, signed with an Actor’s Agent and
freelanced as an actress.

During this time, we were hit with the Covid pandemic, which meant returning to China
wouldn’t be an option for longer than I could’ve imagined. Now that the world has returned
to some semblance of normalcy, I want to continue teaching full-time and impart the
knowledge and skills I’ve gained in both Drama and ESL teaching on to young learners.
Outside of my working hours, I will be completing my PGCE teaching qualification and then
move on to pursuing my Master's Degree in Education.

I look forward to potentially joining your school as a dedicated member of staff and
committing to laying a foundation for my students’ future successes, whilst simultaneously
learning and growing as a teacher.

Thank you for taking the time to consider my application.

Work Experience (China)
August 2018 to August 2019
Employer: Fortune Kindergarten (Shanghai)
Position: Homeroom teacher

December 2016 to June 2018
Employer: English First Xuzhou, Jiangsu
Position: ESL Teacher

Additional Work Experience

2022 – Real Estate Agent at Harcourts Blue, South Africa
2020 - 2021 – Actress at Canvas CAM, South Africa
2019 - Assistant Transport Coordinator/2nd Unit Coordinator on international feature film Rogue for Mannequin Pictures
2016 – Freelance Voice Acting on Turkish TV series “Kara Para Ask” – Bladeworks Post-Production
March 2015: Production coordinator for Electronic Press Kit – “BloedBroers” TV series on Kyknet AmaAwesome Productions
March 2013: Supporting role in the movie “Kite” (2014)

I have a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Honours) in Motion Picture Medium from The South African School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance (Private University)
• I am a qualified EFL teacher - a 140-hour certificate from I-to-I TEFL Leeds, United Kingdom.
• 168-hour TEFL Certificate from the TEFL Academy, UK.
• Native English speaker
• More than 2 years of teaching experience (ESL & Homeroom Kindergarten)
• TKT Young Learners certificate – Cambridge English