Hello, my name is Alex.
I am a friendly, outgoing person who enjoys working with people.
Although my working and academic life so far has not been directly connected with teaching, I believe that it has allowed me to acquire many skills that I could apply and would help me in the teaching environment.
Throughout University I took on lead roles in team projects where I learned valuable organisational skills, being well prepared and completing all objectives on time.
I also had to develop my presentation skills to a high standard in order to progress through university.
After university, during my engineering career I have undertaken tutorial roles and have experience tutoring on a one to one basis. I have learnt a great deal about step by step learning and most importantly patience with a person studying a relatively new subject. I believe I can make positive use of this experience in a teaching environment.
I believe my most valuable experience has been gained from my most recent job role as a support worker, working with adults with severe autism and learning disabilities.
In this job I was faced with many challenges. First I had to build a relationship with an individual so that we could understand, and learn from each other. Also my job role
was to help individuals between the ages of 16 – 30 to achieve a normal enjoyable life.
I found this very rewarding.
This job left me with skills and qualities such as patience, understanding of different communication abilities, and specifically difference in levels of understanding and learning between individuals. I feel my experience here will be invaluable within a teaching environment.
I have also been involved in many social clubs and events from a young age, my top interests have been swimming, basketball and running. These experiences have given me excellent social skills which I will be able to apply to this job.
Above all of this I am a very hard worker with a very ;od work ethic. I have been working from a very young age.
Although I have no direct teaching experience I hope you will consider my application.
Thank you.
Alex Board
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