Leonora Child - HR and Learning & Development Specialist, Discovery Summer

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Work Background

Discovery SummerAcademic Manager

Jan. 2013Discovery Summer LtdResponsible for quality academic outcomes of 6 summer schools for up to 1000 international learners. Talent sourcing and team building - 250 annual interviews resulting in 85 new hires each year | Development of job descriptions, interview questions, performance management and appraisal systems | Liaison with leading independent schools for event delivery | Event lead for annual 3-day residential training conference for up to 35 senior managers | Training and development programme development for 120 employees per year

ELC Anifadis Group of Language SchoolsDevelopment Consultant

May. 2021Chalkida, Central Greece, GreeceSchool compliance and management audits to be inspection ready | Senior management training | HR systems development - job descriptions, interview & assessment, safer recruitment | Large-scale literacy-based syllabus development for 800 learners (KS1 – KS3) | Developing and training 40 teachers in project-based/task-based learning modules |

York/Pearson GreeceTrainer

Mar. 2021Athens, Attiki, GreeceTeacher trainer for leading international schools | Real-world teaching methodologies to meet department training objectives | Driving engagement in leading EFl publications

University of Nizwa, OmanEFL teacher and TOEFL instructor

Sep. 2012 - Dec. 2012Oman

Discovery Summer LtdCourse Director/Director of Studies

Jul. 2009 - Aug. 2012UK - summer time only

FREELANCEFreelance English Tutor/EFL Consultant

Sep. 2005 - Aug. 2012Thessaloniki

Mediterranean CollegeHead of English Department

Oct. 2007 - Jul. 2008Thessaloniki, Greece

Straight Up Language SchoolTeacher

Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2007Young Learners - Task Based learning with emphasis on pronunication* Exam preparation (KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE)* Sylllabus design and material development