Teaching Experience

Gizeli Figueiredo, Gizeliopedia's founder, and publisher, has five years of experience teaching abroad in high, middle, and primary schools, with three years in online education. Also, She has taught adults and prepared students for global exams, such as IELTS, SAT, and DUOLINGO. In addition, She conducts Business English sessions and Speaking clubs.

November 2022

English Second Language Teacher - Remote

Bee - English is Everywhere/ Kazakhstan

. Teach the "Bee - English is everywhere" curriculum to improve students' conversational abilities.
. Lead advanced speaking groups on controversial and cultural topics.

. Conduct Business English lessons.
. Create presentations and worksheets to address the student's needs.
. Administer and grade tests and assignments to evaluate student progress.
. Collaborate with teachers and department heads to meet quarterly and yearly educational goals.
. Develop activities and integrate technology to diversify instruction.
. Create new lesson plans based on course objectives.
. Create teaching materials and develop engaging lesson plans.
. Prepare progress reports on student growth to present to corporate leadership.
. Conduct student progress reviews and provide individual feedback for each student on strengths and weaknesses.
. Keep accurate records of assessments, grades, and student work.
. Multitask and prioritize student assignments to meet strict deadlines and last-minute requests.

August 2021 - Curently

E- learning/ Gizeliopedia

. Give General and Business English private lessons worldwide.
. Prepare students for International exams ( IELTS, SA, and DUOLINGO).
. Teach academic and business writing.
. Teach English to beginners and give speaking sessions.
. Conduct IELTS Mock tests and SAT lessons.
. Create Content, courses, website articles, social media posts, and videos.
. Upload short English lessons on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.
. Conduct Business English Lectures.
. Create English courses and resources.

August 2021 - August 2022

Online IELTS and ESL Instructor

Puza Academy/ Ankara, Turkey
·       Created teaching materials and developed engaging lesson plans for the IELTS Modules.
·       Conducted student progress reviews and provided individual feedback for each student on strengths and weaknesses.
·       Provided individual mentoring and special tutoring to struggling students.
·       Facilitated class discussion to help students work through questions and expand understanding.
·       Worked with an average of 10 students per class.
·       Conducted IETS Mock tests and provided students with accurate feedback.
·       Developed extra material and courses to help students enhance their English skills.

Outubro 2017 - June 2021

English as a Second Language Teacher

Aci Koleji, Darrusifa Koleji, Tema Koleji, Prestige English/ Ankara, Turkey
·       Developed and taught ESL curriculum to improve students' conversational abilities.
·       Collaborated with teachers and department heads to meet quarterly and yearly educational goals.
·       Increased over 50 ESL students' reading levels by integrating online word games and altering lesson plans for students needing extra guidance.
·       Emphasized critical thinking through small group activities.
·       Attended workshops to learn about student motivation and engaging learning activities.
·       Created new lesson plans based on course objectives.
·       Developed activities and integrated technology to diversify instruction.
·       Assisted department head in establishing daily schedules, curriculum and ESL activities.
·       Educated students in basics of English grammar and conversational speaking.
·       Created monthly academic status reports based on in-depth student evaluations.
·       Provided individual mentoring and special tutoring to struggling students.
·       Created curriculum and planned course content and methods of instruction.

January 2022 - Currently

Freelance Translator and Writer

. Translate documents from Portuguese to English or vice versa.

. Translate websites, business, legal, and medical documents.

. Proofread papers.

. Create content for social media and blogs.

. Create courses and worksheets.

. Write subtitles and captions.