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Ruslana Kot

Ruslana Kot

Swords,Ireland

Summary

Enthusiastic teacher with 12 years of experience. Hardworking, reliable, flexible, respectful and responsible team-member. Very attentive to details and fast in learning. Love to inspire children to learn and can easily find an individual approach to the most challenging learners. Very good at building trustful relationships. Always interested in the most effective teaching strategies. Continuously work on my self-improvement what makes me very HAPPY and successful as personally as professionally.

Inspired writer (educational programs and fairytales/stories focusing on well-being; poems) and founder of an Ukrainian non-profit organization "Home of Evolution" (educational projects for the children focusing on learning English and developing habits to care about three levels of our home: 1) body 2) flat/house/room 3) planet Earth; doing good deeds practicing generosity, kindness, all other aspects of true-love).

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Writer

World
01.2023 - Current
  • "Flower of Life" (on the way to be a part of well-being section in curriculum/highly evaluated by an expert from Irish Department of Education):

a diary-book for children from 6 years to 18 - well-being program created to equip the children with variety of loving choices related to 8 life areas; building a holistic understanding of healthy, happy, and responsible lifestyle;

a book for teachers guiding how to teach 'Flower of Life' in the best way

  • "LOVEland" - a fairytale from children to children
  • "Purity" - poems.

Founder, Inspo-trainer for children and teachers

Home of Evolution
03.2021 - Current
  • Do 'Flower of Life' trainings for teachers
  • Create learning programs for children, monitor their progress etc
  • Lead projects 'Art of Peace', 'Harmony with English'
  • Collaborate with business-partners, government and student's parents
  • Network with educational leaders, cultivating mutually beneficial partnerships
  • Optimize daily and weekly operations to achieve maximum effectiveness.

SET/EAL

St. Christopher's Primary School
09.2024 - 10.2024
  • Currently I have been working full time SET/EAL for 5th/6th classes from 2nd of September to 25th of October.

SET (Special Education Teacher)

St. Christopher's Primary School
08.2023 - 06.2024
  • Had been working full time as a Special Education Teacher for 1th/2nd classes
  • Completed three sessions of EMOTIONAL COUCHING trainings conducted by our school NEPS psychologist.

Teacher

Scoil Mhuire Girls National School
11.2022 - 06.2023
  • Learning support for Ukrainian children and other nationalities
  • Worked 1 day per week for 5 hours, on Thursdays.

Teacher

Star of the Sea Boys National School
11.2022 - 06.2023
  • Learning support for Ukrainian children and other nationalities
  • Worked 1 day per week for 5 hours, on Mondays.

Teacher

St. Christopher's Primary School
11.2022 - 06.2023
  • Learning support for Ukrainian children and other nationalities
  • Worked 2 days per week for 5 hours on Tuesdays and 5 hours on Wednesdays.

Teacher

St. Paul's Primary School
10.2022 - 06.2023
  • Learning Support for Ukrainian children and some other nationalities
  • Worked 1 day per week for 5 hours, on Fridays.

Translator

IOM (International Organization for Migration)
04.2022 - 02.2023
  • Met new arrival Ukrainians, did coordinative speech for them, and helped to solve emergency cases
  • Translated interviews with Ukrainians for Immigration officers from Department of Justice when they decided if Temporary Protection is granted for people who left Ukraine because the war or not
  • I had been working there full time UN contract first 6 months and after I started to work at Irish Schools I changed the full time contract with IOM into flexible one and did that job one-day shift per week
  • I did dozens of learning courses to improve professional skills such as 'BSAFE', 'I Know Gender Module 16: Gender Equality and Migration', 'Information Certified Security Awareness', 'Data Protection Principles', 'PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse)' etc.

Communicative Agent, Event Manager

LDBK (building company)
01.2022 - 04.2022
  • Did content-plans for LDBK instagram (one of the most successful building company in Lutsk), communicated with customers, organized different activities for subscribers etc
  • Also I created events for the clients' children
  • Recorded interviews and short videos about that company work.

Founder, teacher, trainer for teachers

Conscious Learning (language school)
07.2019 - 02.2021
  • Made strategic decisions to guide company's growth and expansion
  • Launched new, innovative projects based on customer demand
  • Networked with industry leaders, cultivating mutually beneficial partnerships
  • Optimized daily operations to achieve maximum efficiency and effectiveness
  • Promoted brand at events and conferences and established strong reputation within industry
  • Directed day-to-day work of 9 employees and motivated teams to exceed objectives.

Senior Teacher in HDEE

Helen Doron Early English (Roman Makarchuk)
10.2015 - 08.2019
  • Have worked in HDEE for 4,5 years with the kids from 1 year up to 18 years old
  • I love that part of my life
  • I was teaching English like a native language focusing at the same time on a child's brain development
  • Did trainings for other teaching sharing the knowledge how to build 'prelearning' contact with students and get the most effective results during learning
  • Led and motivated staff to continuously improve their teaching skills
  • Participated in conferences for improving teaching skills (my topics were related to effective communication between parents and teachers; ecological teachers' feedbacks - healthy praising and correcting student's work)
  • Have completed training at a highly recognized international method of teaching children from infants to teenagers (0-19 years old) and obtained qualifications according to 11 programs for children (4-11 years old).

Teacher

Gymnasium N4 named after Modest Levytskyi
09.2018 - 11.2018
  • That was a period when it was difficult to apply modern, creative teaching methodology within state school in Ukraine so I have decided to leave that school after 2 months working there
  • Soon I have created my own organization and started to work on the educational projects for children from different schools, collaborating with the principals, parents, businesses, government etc.

Education

Diploma of Higher Education - Philologist, Teacher, Translator of English and Russian Language and Literature

East European Volyn University By Lesia Ukrainka
Ukraine
06.2016

Skills

  • I easily make a contact/build a nice connection with different people (as children, as adults)
  • Fast in solving challenging behavior issues
  • Other people tell that I am gifted to open up the children's hearts but I believe that it is just a result of my choice to LOVE all children wholeheartedly and some other teaching skills I developed during my professional way:
  • Very positive
  • Confident
  • Flexible and very adaptable
  • Responsible
  • Honest
  • Very interested in children's growth
  • Resilient
  • Punctual
  • Very attentive to details
  • Very fast in learning
  • Perfect effective communicative skills
  • Very creative
  • Good at public speaking
  • Good at teamworking and collaborations
  • Have brilliant active listening skill and intuition
  • Courageous
  • Very highly empathetic
  • Have leader nature
  • Always full of energy, positive vibes and enthusiasm for LIVING and DOING great projects
  • Very proficient in the use of Microsoft Office and other computer packages
  • Good at problem-solving
  • Good at team building
  • Good at strategic planning
  • Equanimous
  • Peaceful
  • Full of resourcefulness
  • Creative Writing
  • Content Creation

Certification

  • Supporting You In Your Role As A Special Education Teacher, Irish Courses
  • Wellbeing and Anti-Bullying in the classroom, Irish Courses
  • Children First, Irish Courses, TUSLA
  • The Tailored Bridging Programme for Ukrainian Teachers, Irish Courses
  • Emotional coaching, NEP Psychologist at St Christopher Primary school, 3 sessions are completed
  • Self-Compassion, Resilience and Self-Care Strategies for all School Personnel, 16th Sept, 26th Sept, 3rd Oct
  • Wellbeing in Education as part of School Self Evaluation, 10th Oct, 7th Nov, 5th Dec
  • ECOED4ALL. The Circular Economy, 5th Nov, Focus on consumerism culture and its impact on the environment. The concept of the Circular Economy will be discussed and how its links to sustainability, environmental protection, waste as a resource and social justice

Languages

Ukrainian
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
Ukrainian
Proficient
C2
Russian
Proficient
C2

Personal Information

Nationality: Ukrainian

Hobbies

I love reading, writing, nature-time, meditating etc.

Timeline

SET/EAL

St. Christopher's Primary School
09.2024 - 10.2024

SET (Special Education Teacher)

St. Christopher's Primary School
08.2023 - 06.2024

Writer

World
01.2023 - Current

Teacher

Scoil Mhuire Girls National School
11.2022 - 06.2023

Teacher

Star of the Sea Boys National School
11.2022 - 06.2023

Teacher

St. Christopher's Primary School
11.2022 - 06.2023

Teacher

St. Paul's Primary School
10.2022 - 06.2023

Translator

IOM (International Organization for Migration)
04.2022 - 02.2023

Communicative Agent, Event Manager

LDBK (building company)
01.2022 - 04.2022

Founder, Inspo-trainer for children and teachers

Home of Evolution
03.2021 - Current

Founder, teacher, trainer for teachers

Conscious Learning (language school)
07.2019 - 02.2021

Teacher

Gymnasium N4 named after Modest Levytskyi
09.2018 - 11.2018

Senior Teacher in HDEE

Helen Doron Early English (Roman Makarchuk)
10.2015 - 08.2019

Diploma of Higher Education - Philologist, Teacher, Translator of English and Russian Language and Literature

East European Volyn University By Lesia Ukrainka
Ruslana Kot