Sakthidevi Jayabaskar

Experience

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  Government of Tamil Nadu

  Jul 1987 - Jun 1993

  Secondary Grade English Teacher - TN Government Schools - In Vellala Vidudhi and Garudamangalam

  English language teaching for students of Grades I - VIII.Preparing supplementary remedial materials to improve their proficiency in EnglishBest part of this job is - the provision of a lot of leave and incentives for pursuing Under Graduation and Post Graduation

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  ECCO

  Aug 1993 - Mar 1994

  Secretary to the Director

  All secretarial tasks such as filing, organising correspondence, coordinating the office tasks

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  First Computers (formerly Brilliants)

  Mar 1994 - May 1999

  Deputy Manager - Market Research

  Creation of Digital learning materials and tested them in schools and colleges; Testing the interest of school and college students about computer aided learning of the school subjects and learning computing / coding skills

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  NIIT Limited

  Jan 1999 - Jun 2002

  Digital Resource Specialist

  Preparation of Digital resources to support class room learning of English Language Skills in the exclusive unit of NIIT which was called - LEDA - Learning through Exploration, Discovery and AdventureMentoring students of Grades KG - K5 in using the resources for practising and for self-directed learningGrading the learning through specific and measurable rubricPeer review of resources prepared by other subject expertsGiving presentations to teachers of various in the advantages of using digitised content for practice and remedial classes Show less

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  Velammal Educational Trust

  Jul 2002 - Jun 2003

  Secondary English Teacher - Grades 9, 10, 11, 12 - Tamil Nadu State Board and CBSE

  Teaching EnglishPreparation of Materials for remedial classes [English Language tasks]Preparation of in-house guides s and hand-outs for academic achievement [ supplementary ready- reckoners for preparing for English Language and literature examinations]Proof reading of materialsCompering Preparing students for various inter-house and intra-house elocution competitions

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  Ministry of Education, Eritrea, N.E. Africa

  Jun 2003 - Jul 2005

  Secondary School English Teacher and Material Developer

  Teaching O and A Level English for Secondary School studentsEnglish Language Education - ESL for Adults using Constructivist methodology

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  Velammal Educational Trust

  Jul 2005 - Mar 2011

  Higher Secondary English Teacher and Material developer - TN State Board and CBSE
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  PALI - A Teacher Training outfit of Velammal Educational Institutions

  Mar 2011 - Sept 2013

  Teacher Educator and Subject Expert

  Training teachers;Creating and curating educational resourcesAssessing Primary and secondary school teachers

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  Oxford University Press

  Mar 2011 - Sept 2019

  Consultant Resource Person

  Conducting Constructivist Teacher-Training Workshops to schools that use OUP resources. Topics of the workshops included : Effective Classroom Management, Developing Reading in the ELT classroom, Using Communicative Language Teaching in the Class room, Practising Continuous and Comprehensive evaluation methods as prescribed by CBSE.

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  The International School Bangalore

  Oct 2013 - Jul 2022

  IBDP English Teacher and CAS Coordinator

  Taught - IBDP English Language and Literature, English A Literature, Theory of Knowledge, IGCSE - English Language and LiteratureMiddle school - English Language and Literature - curricular alignment with Common Core KS 1 -3.Established systemic procedures to ensure the smooth run of the CAS programme.