Angeliki Fotoglou

Educator with an academic background in SEN teaching, and who enjoys the challenge of teaching students academically while also helping them thrive socially

• 2023 - 'Mother-tongue/bilingual' teacher of English language, Language Consultants s.r.l.s.

- Istituto Comprensivo "Gianni Rodari" (primary school and nursery), Baranzate (MI)
- Istituto Comprensivo "Fabrizio de Andrè" (primary school), Peschiera Borromeo (MI)
- Kids & Co English Summer Camp, Monza

Main duties: design and delivery of teaching activities.

• 2020/2022 - Teaching assistant, educational agency CER, Green Meadows Academy (special school), Guiseley, UK 

Main duties: (i) teaching all areas of curriculum, (ii) managing students’ behaviour, (iii) support to students with SEN, mostly in the Autistic spectrum.

• 2018/2019 - Teaching assistant and nursery cover, educational agency CER, Leeds. 

Main duties: (i) teaching all areas of curriculum, (ii) managing students’ behaviour, (iii) support to students with SEN.

• 2011/2022 - Part-time teacher, School of the Greek Orthodox Community of Leeds. Main duties: teaching Greek language, history, mythology and culture; classroom & behaviour management. Teaching is undertaken at all ages and levels: nursery, primary school, GCSE preparation, A-Level preparation, Ellinomathia of Modern Greek. Extra-curricular work: Assistant in traditional Greek dance and music classes. Examination officer: organization of exams; access arrangements for students with SEN.

DEGREES AND QUALIFICATIONS

• 2011 Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in maintained schools and nonmaintained special schools, UK 

• MA Special Educational Needs, awarded with Distinction. University of Leeds Key modules: SEN International Perspectives, Developmental Disorders, Teaching Children with Learning Difficulties. Thesis: Critical study on issues of museum accessibility for people with disabilities. 

• ERASMUS European student-exchange programme. Universidad de la Laguna de Tenerife, Spain, Department of Philology. Key modules: Archaeology BA courses. 

• BA (Ptychion) History and Archaeology, Specialization in Archaeology and Art History, awarded with Distinction, University of Crete, Greece Key modules: archaeology, art history, Greek and Latin literature, psychology and history.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

• 2021 - Continuing Professional Development Course ‘New to Year 2’, Affinity Workforce. 

• 2021 - Continuing Professional Development Course ‘Leading learning in specialist provision’, Affinity Workforce.  

• 2015 - Teaching Greek as a Modern Foreign Language, Centre for the Greek Language 

• 2009 - Education of children with disabilities in special schools or institutions, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Pedagogy “Special Needs Education”.