ENGLISH AND LITERTURE
ENGLISH AND LITERATURE TEACHER What nationality are you? KENYAN What languages do you speak (and at what level)? ENGLISH: FLUENT SWAHILI: FLUENT KALENJIN: FLUENT What country or area are you looking to work in and why? ANYWHERE What countries have you worked in? KENYA What countries do you have a visa to work in? KENYA What field do you currently work in? TEACHING ENGLISH AND LITERATURE What fields have you worked in before? TEACHING ENGLISH AND LITERATURE What qualifications do you hold? B.Ed [ARTS] Which do you consider more valuable? Formal education or skills and why? Skills. These are the valuable resourses a developing country needs Describe the benefits of working with others It encourages team work thus more work can be completed within a short time. Working together moreover enhances learning from each other hence developing one another. Describe the benefits of working alone One can concentrate and the output is rather refined, researched and the same individual can defend his stand or decision whenever called upon to do so. Working alone also builds the sense of responsibility. What was your worst working experience? Working under a sadist in a school. This man wanted me to pay for the disbuted he and my father had. What is the most important lesson you have learnt throughout your career? Honesty is the best policy; It is fullfilling to know that the career you are building is part of a defined purpose for which ou were created. What unique skills do you have? Rhetoric which can calm a blindfolded crowd What would you consider as your 'dream job'? Teaching in a university. What are the most interesting aspects of your field? To express the imagined as real, to convince students on the importance of the same and to communicate the irony that lies underneath effectively. Place your resume in the space below Korir, Vincent Kipkemboi P.O. Box 31, 30300 Kapsabet Tel: +254 725815443, +254 733208593 Email: vincentkorir@gmail.com Teacher and Literary Artist Qualification Summary * Bachelor of Education with a bias in English and literature * Advanced skills in writing and analyzing poetry and other literary materials * Extensive knowledge in research and presentation * Team worker and leader * Peer counselling skills * Iinformation and Communication Technology skills * Communication and interpersonal skills * Knowledge in paralegal Experience * Taught english and literature at Kapsabet High School * Taught as a volunteer teacher at Kebulonik Secondary School and St. Thomas High School and improved on my teaching skills. * I have written several poems, both personal and contemporary. * Established and lead Mosop Resolution Youth Initiative, and refined my interpersonal skills. * Facilitated Peer Counselling workshop to train more peer counselors. * Served Kapsabet Peer Educators Club and The Christian Union in the capacity of the Chairperson. * Lead a group of students in researching on the Oral literature of the Kalenjin Educational Background Date Institution Qualification 2005 to date Kenyatta University B.Ed (Arts) 2001-2004 Kapsabet High School KCSE 1991-2000 St. Mathews’ Septonok KCPE Certificate and Additional Skills * Certificate in Computer Applications * Certificate in Peer Counselling Seminars Attended * Career Workshop facilitated by Aflame International – Kenyatta University * International Youth Fellowship – Nairobi * Peer Counselling Workshop – Kapsabet * Paralegal - kenyatta University Referees: Mrs. Susan Sang’unya Kebulonik Secondary School P.O. Box 31, 30300 Kapsabet Tel: 0735616000 Prof. Wasambo Were Kenyatta University P.O. Box 43844, 00100 Nairobi Tel: 0733872926 How can potential employers contact you? P.O. BOX 576, 30300 KAPSABET KENYA vincentkorir@gmail.com +254 725815443 +254 733208593 |