Amy MacGregor

Experience

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  Little Heroes Preschool

  Dec 2010 - Mar 2011

  Teacher's Assistant

  Teacher/class assistant for age-group 3-4 year olds and 4-5 year olds.

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  Travel Active

  Jul 2011 - Jul 2012

  Au Pair

  Working as an Au Pair for a Dutch family. Responsibilities included caring for, playing with and teaching the two young children as well as household chores.

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  Turbofluid

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2014

  Project Coordinator

  Coordination of financial, logistical and resource aspects of all projects.My responsibilities included maintaining and modifying project schedules; controlling incoming and outgoing expenses; developing, updating and retaining project reports and documents. In addition, I was responsible for the coordination of meetings, including travel arrangements as well as the expediting of suppliers.

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  Heifer International, South Africa

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2015

  Volunteer Editor / Proofreader

  Editing and proof reading reports, newspaper and magazine articles, press releases, proposals and requests. Content generally includes topics pertaining to agriculture, poverty alleviation, reading programmes and education. Articles and reports are originally written by both native English speakers as well as non-mother tongue English speakers.

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  Private Tutor

  Feb 2014 - Dec 2015

  Private Tutor

  Assisting senior primary school students with school work (particularly English, Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences). Helping students to develop efficient, personalised learning systems. Aiding students in improving their weaker learning areas.

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  Topica Edtech Group

  Apr 2016 - Dec 2016

  English Language Teacher

  Working online as an English teacher for adult Vietnamese students. Teaching basic and intermediate level classes in a 'virtual classroom' setting. Responsibilities include delivering clear, enjoyable lessons, good classroom management and time management skills, assessing students and being able to use the online technology (Adobe Connect and Big Blue Button) effectively.

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  Studio Fonkel B.V.

  Feb 2017 - Jan 2020

  Magazine Translator

  I translate a decor and lifestyle magazine, Bunzlau Castle, biannually. The magazine promotes Bunzlau Castle products and includes general articles about decor, holidays, recipes and hobbies. The articles are originally written in Dutch and I translate them into Standard English.

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  Babel taal- en communicatietrainingen

  Apr 2017 - Dec 2018

  English Language Teacher

  I teach English to a wide variety of students from beginners to advanced as well as Master's and PhD students from Utrecht University who need academic writing skills. The majority of the books and resources used are from Cambridge although I sometimes use Pearson and MacMillan too. I am responsible for creating lesson plans, liaising with other teachers, teaching and inspiring students and helping them to become confident and independent English users.

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  International School Utrecht

  Jul 2017 - now

  As the language coordinator, I work with the admissions team to determine English levels of new students and place them in the correct English group. I regularly track and record the students' English language progress and help the students to set language goals for themselves. I work alongside my colleagues to create a relevant curriculum for the department, based on students' language levels. I guide and support other staff with professional development in teaching English language acquisition students. More recently, I am involved with helping to implement a greater awareness and use of home languages as the school aims to become a 'Language Friendly School'. I am also involved with helping to coordinate government funding to be used for improving language and literacy skills in the school. Show less At the International School Utrecht, English Language Acquisition is an assessed subject. Teaching this involves understanding students' language needs and levels and preparing appropriate teaching resources so that students can grow their English vocabulary and grammar. I assess and report on students' reading, writing, speaking and listening skills throughout the term and I meet regularly with students to give them feedback and set language goals. I use the WIDA framework to help students with goal setting. I regularly meet with other colleagues in the EAL department to plan and share resources. I teach a variety of phases, from phase 1 (absolute beginner) to phase 4 (upper intermediate). Show less At the International School Utrecht, English Language Acquisition is a subject offered to students who are still new to English. As an EAL teacher in the Primary Years Programme (PYP), I teach young students English and work alongside classroom teachers to modify and scaffold tasks according to the English level of the student. This could be in the form of inclusion of the student’s mother-tongue, working with a buddy, more pictures and/or simpler task instructions. I provide support sessions to beginner students in the form of pull-out/parallel lessons and then, as the students’ English abilities develop, this support generally changes into in-class support where I team teach with the classroom teacher. In developing materials, I work with the EAL team and alongside other classroom teachers. The students’ ages range from 8 – 11 years old. I am responsible for writing bi-annual reports for the students and meeting with parents and teachers for feedback. Show less

  • EAL Language Coordinator in secondary

    Aug 2021 - now

  • EAL teacher in secondary (MYP)

    Aug 2019 - now

  • English Language and Literature Teacher (IB MYP)

    Sept 2019 - Jul 2021

  • English Language Acquisition Teacher

    Jul 2017 - Jul 2019