Basil Mussad

An energetic British master's degree graduate is seeking an English language teacher role. Seven years of teaching experience, including three years of teaching English as a Foreign Language abroad. Bringing commitment, expertise, and a desire to impact students' lives positively.

Learning Support Assistant                                                  Feb 2023 – Ongoing

  Spa School Bermondsey

• Work with students in key stage 4,5 and 6 who have a range of complex Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
• Aided teaching staff in preparing lesson plans, achieving consistently positive results in evaluations by the headteacher.
• Managing incidents and challenging behaviour.

Teaching Assistant                                                                                                        Sep 2021– Dec 2022

Saint Gabriel's College,London,UK

• Supported teachers in preparing and implementing curriculum, lesson plans for year 7 to year 11 classes. 
• Succeeded in adhering to school-wide improvement plan for teaching assistants that led to consistent Ofsted rating of Grade 2.
• Provided one-on-one support to students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Learning Operations Manager                                                                                    Oct 2019 – Sept 2021

Sainsbury’s Head Office,London, UK

• Together with the Head of Learning Experience and Product, helped push a fast-paced delivery schedule, supported and challenged time constraints, searched for possibilities to deliver more precise solutions, and ensured those solutions aligned with Sainsbury's Save to Invest strategy.
• Implemented standards in design, editorial, inclusivity and accessibility in a learning and development environment for company employees.

GCSE and ILETS Tutor                                                                                               Sept 2016 – Sept 2019

Southwark College,London,UK

• Designed GCSE revision materials and lessons for students that can be looked at after lessons and helped guide GCSE students throughout the course.
• Supported students in Sixth form entry personal statements.
• IELTS tutoring and exam preparations with student average band score of 8 in their IELTS exams.
• Actively prepared and strengthened students for standardised reading, language skills, and writing testing.

Lecturer in English for Specific Purposes (ESP)                                                     Sept 2014– Jun 2015

Shendi University, Sudan

• Taught English for Academic Purposes (EAP), which consisted of conversation, composition, presentation skills, debating and speech articulation, and business English.
• Planned and ran a one-year educational program for beginner students that concluded with an intermediate-level final exam (94% positive exam scores). 

TEFL Teacher                                                                                                                 Aug 2013 – Jun 2014

Addis Ketema Secondary School Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Used the Ethiopian Grade 7-10 English Student Text Book issued by the Ethiopian Ministry of Education to teach TEFL to 60 students. 
• Personally developed and designed a set of audio-visual educational resources and used mnemonics to help students develop their language skills and enhance English learning experiences. 
• Increased literacy levels among students by 50% through the reader's workshop's coordinated student group performances. 

TEFL Teacher                                                                                                                  Oct 2012 – Aug 2013

Nova International School, Sudan

• Demonstrated Cultural Awareness/Adaptability by teaching the school's TEFL core curriculum to 30 students of diverse cultural backgrounds in an international classroom. Utilised the Total Physical Response (TPR) and Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) to teach students from Collins Cambridge IGCSE English Student Book covering subjects such as reading and writing.
• Increased reading levels by 40% by devoting additional time to reading within the classroom by effectively altering lessons to accommodate lower reading and language levels. 
• Collaborated with faculty members on joint class activities that included school plays, programs, and guest speakers for the students. 

Teaching English for Academic Purposes | Oct 2022 – Dec 2022 |  University of Surrey,UK

Master of Arts EDUCATION: CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY |  Sept 2021– Sept 2022 | Goldsmiths, University of London

Master Diploma of Educational Studies in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Three Hundred Hours including teaching component) | Sept 2020 – Jan 2021 | TEFL Training College, UK

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) International Relations | Sept 2016 – Jul 2019 | SOAS University of London, UK

Access To Higher Education Diploma (Humanities Combined With Social Sciences) | Sept 2015 – Jul 2016 | London South East Colleges: London, UK