DRITA SKILJA
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JOB OBJECTIVE: To get a job as an ESL Instructor
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
. More than 30 years as an ESL instructor
. Ontario TESL Certificate
. outstanding communication skills, enthusiastic with passionate
commitment to learners' progress
. Active team member who effectively collaborates
. Contributes in the practicum component of the TDSB TESL
Training Program
. Hosted and taught international students
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
. creates multicultural awareness
. Develops curriculum appropriate to students' learning abilities and
reflects real-life needs and interests
. Provides opportunities for students to practice and improve all
language skills appropriately to the learners' needs.
. Monitors learners' progress by documenting their continuous
progress by
assessment and evaluation.
WORK EXPERIENCE
1999 - present Adult ESL - LINC Instructor TDSB
2005 - present Highbrook L.C., ESL level 4/5
2009 - 2010 Bathurst Heights, ESL Level 2
2007 - 2009 2944 Danforth, LINC level 2
July 2005 2944 Danforth, LINC literacy 1, summer school
2005 - 2007 Overland L.C..ESL level 2
2006 July Cummer LINC literacy, summer school
2003 - 2005 Gooderham L.C.,ESL level 5
2003 - 2005 Overlea, LINC level 2
2002 - 2003 Mary and David Thomson, ESL level 3
2001 - 2003 Kenton L.C., LINC level 4
2002 - 2003 Ellesmere, LINC level 4-5
July 2002 Highbrook L.C. ESL level 2, summer school
2001 - 2002 St. Stephen's Church, LINC level 5
July - 2001 Flemington Plaza, LINC level 1, summer
school
Sep. - Dec.2001 3000 Danforth, ESL advanced level
March - Oct.2001 Fisherville J.H., ESL level 1
2000 - 2001 Mary and david Thomson, ESL level 3
2000 - 2001 Gerrard "K" Club, ESL level 5
July 2000 Highbrook L.C. ESL level 2 summer school
1999 - 2000 Parkdale C.I., ESL level 5-6
1996 - 1999 "International Language Centre" Tirana, ESL
level 8
1981 - 1996 Foreign Languages C.I., Albania
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Member of the TESL Toronto
Certified for participation in
the TDSB ESL-LINC related
professional development Work
Shops and Conferences such
as, Cognitive Styles and
Multiple Intelligences, Teaching
Reading in the Adult ESL
classroom, Good Teacher? Better
Teacher.. Best Teacher!,
Teaching Spoken English, Universal
Activities, Developing a Term
Plan, Teaching Listening In
The ESL Classroom, etc.
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION
1981 University Degree - B.A. Major in
Teaching ESL, Tirana
State University
2000 ONTARIO TESL CERTIFICATE