Ladislava Whitcroft

Experience

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  Leagas Delaney, Skanska, Cerebrum, private clients

  Mar 2006 - Jan 2010

  Language Teacher: English and Czech for Foreigners
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  Swing Financial Marketing

  Apr 2006 - Apr 2007

  Marketing Executive

  Staff recruitment & Staff communicationMarketing: Coordination of trade shows and permanent venuesPR and copywriting: Publishing company’s newsletterSales training

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  Portal of Prague, Charles University of Prague, BigBookBrotherhood, GfK Prague, Cerebrum

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2015

  Translator and Content Coordinator

  Coordinating team of translatorsTranslating from Czech to English and vice versaEditing textsTypes of texts: comic books, culture reviews, academic texts, marketing and PR texts

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  Monitor CE

  Mar 2009 - Mar 2010

  Translator

  Media monitoring and translating for EU officials

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  Abeceda, o.s.

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2014

  Education Specialist in Reading Literacy, Content Creator, Teacher

  Designing and leading workshops for teachers and students (reading and media literacy, creative writing)Development of e-learning modulesDevelopment of electronic teaching bookWriting educational materials and articles Writing PR content and originating promotional articlesManaging team of external co-operatorsTranslating educational materials

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  Charles University

  Sept 2012 - Dec 2019

  Teacher and Researcher

  Qualitative research in the field of reading strategies instruction (international trends and their application in the Czech Republic)Lecturer for the courses: Creative and Innovative Thinking; Reading, Writing and Digital Literacy

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  ITC International Training Centre

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  Teacher and Educational Consultant

  Lecturer:Leading and designing educational workshops for international teachersTopics: Soft-skills, Creative Thinking, Reading and digital literacy

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  Modern Education

  Sept 2014 - Jan 2016

  Digital Competencies Educational Consultant and Lecturer

  Participation on the project related to ICT integration in elementary schools Development of e-learning modules and other educational materialsMarketing and social media (writing PR articles, maintaining Heureka school Facebook page)Leading workshops for teachersTraining consultancyParticipating on the development of a new innovative school

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  Lipa Learning

  Oct 2015 - Aug 2019

  Educational Specialist and Creative Copywriter

  Participating on the creation of games apps and activities for childrenWriting stories, poems for children that incorporate educational valuesPR and marketing: Writing educational and PR articles (blog, social media), marketing eventsParticipating on development of Lipa Curriculum

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  University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice

  Nov 2016 - Nov 2019

  Educational Specialist in Reading Literacy, Project Manager and Content Creator

  Action research project:Leading research aimed at the improvement of reading literacy of pupils from lower socio-economic backgroundDevelopment of e-learning modules, lesson plans, worksheets and other educational materialsWriting fiction and non-fiction texts for students, textbooks Managing team of school coordinatorsLeading workshops for teachersProviding support and consultancy to teachersIntroduction of innovative and scaffolding methods for pupils

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  National Technical Museum

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2022

  Education Program Specialist

  Developement of educational activities, projects and lessons, writing stories.

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  ADRA CZ

  Jan 2020 - now

  Education Specialist (areas: SDG, ICT in Geography, Pupils with different mother tongue)

  Writing scripts for educational filmsDevelopment of lessson plans and interactive activities (also for pupils with different mother tongue)Writing magazine a magazine for children with a different mother tongue

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  Ministerstvo práce a sociálních věcí ČR

  Jan 2020 - now

  Education Specialist in Digital Competencies

  Participating in projects that are aimed at developing digital competencies (DigiStrategie and DigiKompetence)