NOURJA McGURK

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Woodland Hills, CA, 91367

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Professional possessing an L.L.B, a B.A.(Hons) as well as an M.A. in Arts.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LIMERICK ELEMENTARY - LAUSD, Los Angeles, CA

High Impact Educator, Lead Teacher, October 2022 - Present

•Leading 3 after school classes for grades 1 and 2, with two assistant teachers assisting me during all classes.

PRIVATE TUTOR, Los Angeles, CA

2003 - Present

•Teaching privately with adult professionals, college students, high school students, elementary students as well as kindergarteners, with all their academic subjects/academic needs.

PUSHKIN ACADEMY, Woodland Hills, CA

December 2021 - October 2022

Part-Time Kindergarten Teacher

•Working closely with young students (ages 4-6) who are starting to learn English as a second language, many of which has recently escaped the war crisis in Ukraine.

•Teaching subjects such as Maths, Science, Art and English, in English to students who are beginning to learn the language.

NATIONAL BIOMECHANICS INSTITUTE, Los Angeles, CA

Case Manager, August 2019 – October 2019

•Managing all aspects of retained legal cases based on biomechanical and accident reconstruction studies being done by our team, using programs such as Google Sheets, Google Calendar, Sharefile, Zoho and Quickbooks.

•Summarizing medical records and legal transcripts, using programs such as PowerPoint.

BELCHER, Esq., Los Angeles, CA

Legal Assistant, June 2018 – June 2019

•Handling commercial real estate and loan documents, title documents, landlord/tenant matters.

•Drafting SNDAs/Estoppel Completion, Loan and Lease Abstracts, Property Abstracts.

ZWIEBEL AND ASSOCIATES, Toronto, ON, Canada

Legal Assistant, January 2015 – December 2016

•Handling over 500+ personal injury cases (MVA’s, Slip and Falls, Disability Insurance, etc.)

•Drafting, filing, preparing clients prior to court dates.

PACIFIC HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, Los Angeles, CA

Cinematography Teacher, January 2017 – June 2018

•Teaching 11th and 12th grade Cinematography (history, principles, methodology, philosophy).

•Bi-weekly tests and semester exams given, along with monthly projects.

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, Toronto, ON, Canada

Assistant French Professor, September 2013– December 2014

•Teaching French to 1st and 2nd year undergraduate college students attending U of T.

•Holding classes alongside core courseware.

•Holding after-hours office times to give extra help to students.

•Monitoring and helped during tests, exams.

LYCÉE AL-KINDI, Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, FR

English Teacher, September 2009 – June 2010

•Teaching English classes to 9-12 grade students.

•Preparing class works, tests, exams, as well as grading.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY of TORONTO, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Master of Arts in French, December 2014

CITY UNIVERSITY - SCHOOL of LAW, London, UK

L.L.B., June 2013

McMASTER UNIVERSITY, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Bachelor of Arts in French, June 2011

Université Lumière Lyon II, Lyon, Rhônes-Alpes, France

10/2009 - 06/2010

Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil, Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland

06/2002 - 08/2006

Englisches Institut Gymnasium, Heidelberg, Germany

09/1997 - 06/2000

A C H I E V E M E N T S

Katie Keeler Scholarship

University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 2013

McMaster Undergraduate Scholarship

McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, 2006

Deutsches Sprachdiplom I, II

Goethe Institut, Toronto, ON, 2004, 2006

Vocalise Diploma, Lv. 6

Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, ON, 2006

Ontario Secondary School Diploma with Bilingual Certificate

École secondaire Étienne-Brûlé, Toronto, ON, 2006

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

•Expert in Microsoft Office, with a focus on Excel, OpenOffice, Outlook and Power Point.

•Fluent in five languages: English, French, German, Farsi, Spanish (intermediate).

•Creative mindset, great work ethic, detail oriented and known for excellent organizational skills.

•Good interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in teams and independently.

•Superior critical thinking, strategical problem solving skills.

•Web and tech savvy, require little to no training

References Available Upon Request

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