PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name TSANKO HRISTOV IVANOV
Address 21, Foxborough Rise, Lucan, Co. Dublin
Mobile phone +353 86 733 4867
E-mail [email protected]
Skype ID: tsanyoatskype
Nationality Bulgarian
Date of birth 15.07.1956

WORK EXPERIENCE
• Date May 2004 onwards
• Name and address of employer: Language Center PROFICIENCY Bukowska, SKAWINA POLAND
• Occupation or position held: Teacher of English, Educational Consultant, Teacher Trainer, E-learning consultant, Preparing web-based teaching and students’ resources
• Main activities and responsibilities: Teaching English to adults (18+) mostly Business clients from Electrabel, Lexmark and Nestle. Organizing placement test, demos, presentations. Group scheduling, monthly reports on students’ progress. Preparing TEFL materials for Business Purposes

• Date: August 1998 – May 2004
• Name and address of employer: Berlitz Poland, Domaniewska Warsaw, Poland, Slowackiego Krakow, Poland

• Occupation or position held: English Language Instructor
• Main activities and responsibilities : Teaching English to all levels and all ages (kids, teenagers, young studying adults, business people). For two years (1998-2000) I was responsible for Philip Morris Project (scheduling, progress reports, customer service)

• Date August 1989 - 1998
• Name and address of employer: Freelance Teacher of English for various schools around Europe. Primary House, Bristol, UK; Services for Open Learning, Barnstaple, North Devon, UK; Albertsgymnasiet, Trollaethan, Sweden; Mini Schools, Vienna, Austria; Center for Secondary English, Krakow Poland (owner)
• Occupation or position held: Mostly Teaching English.
• Main activities and responsibilities: 1990-1992 I opened the CSE in Kraków and set up a partnership with Primary House Bristol, UK (Jim Wingate, Director of Studies) to run their English teachers’ training programme in Poland.

• Date May 1983 - 1989
• Name and address of employer: Krakow Culture Centre
• Occupation or position held: Teacher of English and Course Manager
• Main activities and responsibilities: Teaching English to all levels and all ages.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• Dates August 1998
• Name and type of organization: Berlitz Poland providing training
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Berlitz English Instructor

• Dates 1991-1992
• Name and type of trainings: Introductory Certificate in Teaching English as a foreign Language ; Attended numerous workshops and trainings on teaching methods
• Name and type of organization: Primary House, Gloucester Rd. Bristol, UK
providing education and training
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Practical use of Suggestopedia, Total Physical Response, The Silent Way, Community Language Learning, Natural Approach, Neurolinguistic Programming
Educatonal Kinesiology

• Dates 1983
• Name and type of organization: Polish Board of Education
providing education and training National Commission of Certification
• Title of qualification awarded : Certified Teacher of English

• Dates 1975
• Name and type of organization
providing education and training: Bulgarian Board of Education
• Title of qualification awarded A level exam
• Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered


PERSONAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
MOTHER TONGUE : Bulgarian
OTHER LANGUAGES : English Native-like Speaker
Polish Native-like Speaker
French, Italian, At command level
Russian, Serbian, Macedonian At good level




SOCIAL SKILLS - Team work: I have worked in various types of teams of teachers, educators and
AND COMPETENCES facilitators. I’ve cooperated with all departments of educational institutions from sales and
customer services to course managers and language school directors

- Mediating skills: I can help any school staff with advice and conflict dispersing experience.

- Intercultural skills: I am experienced in working in a multilingual environment with understanding and respecting cultural differences.

ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS I am able to organize and run seminars and workshops on teaching methods and
AND COMPETENCES techniques for teachers of any languages.


TECHNICAL SKILLS AND Competent with most Microsoft computer programmes
COMPETENCES Experience with HTML, Javascript, Flash
Some experience with server based scripts (php, mysql)
Running several websites on my own addressed to Polish customers.
www.integria24.com/bg - about Bulgaria
www.integria24.com/ivc - online school


ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS
INFORMATION - “GESTALT” – Magazine of the National Association of Polish Psychologists and
Psychotherapists. Several articles on whole-brain teaching (1992-1993)
- “How to teach languages” – co-author (with Jim Wingate) of a teacher’s self-study script

PERSONAL INTERESTS
Travelling, getting to know people and places, learning languages, communicating
Playing and listening to music.
Building web-based materials for students