Janani Jayanthan
Mango Hill,QLD
Summary
Experienced English as a second language teacher, academic literacy skills tutor and Science tutor. Skilled in both individual and group instruction. Hardworking with strong organisational skills, lesson preparation skills and time management skills.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
English as a second language (ESL) teacher
Impact English College Brisbane
11.2022 - Current
- English as a second language teacher for General English Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate and IELTS Classes
- Preparing classwork material and teaching classes
- Teaching English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, reading, writing, listening and speaking
- Teaching from the English file course book and providing extra material to reinforce the content
- Providing weekly tests and recording the test results.
Learning Advisor
Indigenous Advancement Strategy, Central Queensland University
03.2021 - 08.2023
- Zoom video tutoring for Indigenous students for first year university and tertiary prep courses in chemistry and biology
- Assisting students with revising and understanding the content.
Tutor
Fruition Tuition North Lakes
01.2022 - 04.2023
- Tutor for year 11 Chemistry, year 10 science, year 9 science and primary school literacy and numeracy
- One-on-one tutorial lessons
- Revising of the content taught in school
- Providing extra questions for the students to reinforce the content.
Science Tutor
University of the Sunshine Coast Moreton Bay
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Tutor for laboratory classes and tutorials in first year and second year Biology and Chemistry
- Demonstrating and explaining experiments
- Assessment marking work.
Casual marker
School of Access Education, Central Queensland University
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Marking of assignments for STEPS BIOL40108 Introductory Biology.
Academic Learning Advisor
Academic Learning Centre, Central Queensland University
01.2015 - 01.2020
- Teaching Academic literacy tutorials.
- Tutoring of Chemistry, Introductory Science and Microbiology subjects.
- Providing face to face and online assignment feedback to students about assignment writing structure, grammar and APA and Harvard referencing.
English as a Second Language Teacher
Language Studies International (LSI) Brisbane
10.2018 - 12.2018
- Teaching of elementary, pre-intermediate and intermediate General English Classes
- Teaching from the English File course book
- Teaching of lower and upper fluency classes
- Lesson planning
- Recording student attendance and test results.
English as a Second Language Relief Teacher
ACU Centre for Language, Australian Catholic University
10.2018 - 11.2018
- Relief Teaching for English for Academic Purposes (EAP) classes.
English as a Second Language Teacher
Langports Brisbane
05.2017 - 09.2018
- Teaching General English classes at the pre-intermediate and elementary level to ESL students of mixed nationalities
- Teaching from course books: Outcomes and English File
- Teaching grammar and vocabulary
- Teaching focus reading, writing, listening and speaking classes
- Teaching elementary and vocabulary options classes
- Relief teaching for Cambridge P.E.T course and F.C.E course
- Lesson planning, preparing tests and recording student attendance and test results
- Supervising study tour students on excursions.
Casual Learning Advisor
Indigenous Advancement Strategy, CQU Rockhampton
08.2015 - 12.2016
- One-on-one tutoring for indigenous students at CQU
- Assisting students with the content of their courses, teaching study strategies, teaching assignment writing skills and referencing skills.
Casual ESL Teacher
English Language Centre, CQU Rockhampton
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Teaching pre-intermediate and intermediate General English classes and study tours to ESL students
- Teaching English speaking, listening, writing, reading, grammar and vocabulary
- Excursion supervision to Great Keppel Island, Myella Farmstay and Dreamtime Cultural Centre
- Preparing lesson plans and teaching material.
Casual ESL Teacher
Union Institute of Language, Cairns
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Study tour teaching
- Supervising the study tour students on excursions
- Teaching study tour students about Australian animals, Aboriginal culture, Australian food and Australian icons
- Teaching a pre-intermediate General English Class, teaching English vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening and reading
- Selecting weekly target vocabulary from the reading and listening tasks and providing activities to strengthen that vocabulary throughout that week
- Providing a balance between teaching from the course book and teaching using material from the resource room and online ESL resources
- Grading my own language to the level that the students can understand
- Giving concept checking and instruction checking questions to check the students' understanding
- Lesson preparation and test preparation.
Casual ESL Teacher
Cairns College of English
01.2013 - 01.2014
- English classes teaching about Australia to Japanese high school and primary school students on study tours
- Supervising the study tour students on excursions
- Relief teaching for General English Classes
- Lesson preparation and test preparation.
Bollywood Dance Teacher
Far North Qld Dance Academy
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Instructing warm-up, cool-down stretches and teaching Bollywood dance choreography, editing the mp3s of songs to use for the dances, complying with the Ausdance code of ethics for dance teachers, creating advertisements and promoting the dance classes, dance performances at local events in Cairns such as the Cairns Show and Cairns Festival.
Private tutor: IELTS preparation
Self-employed
01.2013 - 01.2014
- One-on-one tutoring of English for IELTS preparation
- Helping with the listening, reading, speaking and writing components of IELTS practice tests
- Test-taking strategies such as skimming, scanning, paraphrasing.
Casual Research Assistant
Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Plant Molecular Biology Techniques
Casual ESL teacher
Cairns Language Centre
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Teaching general English classes to ESL students, teaching English vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening and reading at the elementary, pre-intermediate and intermediate level
- Teaching English to ESL students on study tours
- Supervising the study tour students on excursions.
Research Assistant in the Breast Pathology Laboratory
University of Queensland
07.2007 - 04.2012
- Immunohistochemistry, molecular biology techniques, supervision of undergraduate project students in the laboratory and demonstrating and explaining the experimental techniques to them, breast tissue banking: collection of human breast tissue and blood samples from the hospital, filing of patient consent forms, processing of blood samples to separate into separate components: serum and plasma, cut-up of the breast tissue for formalin fixation and freezing the tissue in liquid nitrogen, maintaining records in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access, placing orders and recording the details of laboratory consumables in an excel spreadsheet, presenting PowerPoint presentations about the research at lab meetings, recording minutes at laboratory maintenance meetings, writing risk assessments, attending staff meetings.
Research Assistant for the Sugar booster Project in the Plant Molecular Improvement Laboratory (PMIL)
University of Queensland
07.2006 - 06.2007
- Plant tissue culture and glasshouse work.
Research Assistant - Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory
University of Queensland
08.2002 - 06.2006
- Plant molecular biology, paraffin histology, plant tissue culture and glasshouse work.
Scientist
Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology
04.2012 - 06.2012
- Registering of specimens, data entry, cut-up of specimens, paraffin histology, microtome sectioning, slide preparation and staining.
Bench Tutor for 2nd year Microbiology Laboratory
University of Queensland
03.2001 - 11.2001
- Instructing students in microbiology laboratory techniques, demonstrating experiments, exam marking, and laboratory book marking.
Volunteer Sales Assistant
Oxfam One World Shop
12.1999 - 04.2000
- Using the cash register, stocktaking, pricing goods, helping customers, sales tactics.
Casual marker
School of Medical and Applied Science, CQU Rockhampton
01.2016
- Casual assignment and exam marking work in the School of Medical and Applied Sciences for the courses: Microbiology for Healthcare, Introduction to Forensic Science and Genomes, Genetics and Evolution.
Science Academic Learning Advisor
Academic Learning Centre, CQU Rockhampton
01.2015
- Instructing group workshops (study session tutorials) both face-to-face and online using blackboard collaborate for undergraduate Biology and Chemistry courses
- Entering student attendance records into a database.
Education
Master of Education - Education
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, QLD12.2025
Certificate of English Language Teaching To Adults
Australian TESOL Training Centre
Brisbane, QLD12.2012
Bachelor of Science - First Class Honours in Microbiology
University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD12.2001
Skills
Lesson Planning
Teaching strategies
Teaching English grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, listening, speaking and pronunciation
Teaching Academic Literacy Skills
Teaching Biology and Chemistry
Organizational Skills
Time-management Skills
References
- Dr Ryo Sekine, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay Campus, rsekine@usc.edu.au
- Dr Peter Davies, Lecturer in Earth Sciences , pdavies1@usc.edu.au
- Dr Melinda Dean, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science, University of Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay Campus, mdean@usc.edu.au
- Valerie Cleary, Head of Services, Academic Learning Centre, CQUniversity, (07) 3023 4239, v.cleary@cqu.edu.au
Timeline
English as a second language (ESL) teacher
Impact English College Brisbane
11.2022 - Current
Tutor
Fruition Tuition North Lakes
01.2022 - 04.2023
Learning Advisor
Indigenous Advancement Strategy, Central Queensland University
03.2021 - 08.2023
Science Tutor
University of the Sunshine Coast Moreton Bay
01.2020 - 01.2022
Casual marker
School of Access Education, Central Queensland University
01.2020 - 01.2022
English as a Second Language Teacher
Language Studies International (LSI) Brisbane
10.2018 - 12.2018
English as a Second Language Relief Teacher
ACU Centre for Language, Australian Catholic University
10.2018 - 11.2018
English as a Second Language Teacher
Langports Brisbane
05.2017 - 09.2018
Casual marker
School of Medical and Applied Science, CQU Rockhampton
01.2016
Casual Learning Advisor
Indigenous Advancement Strategy, CQU Rockhampton
08.2015 - 12.2016
Academic Learning Advisor
Academic Learning Centre, Central Queensland University
01.2015 - 01.2020
Casual ESL Teacher
English Language Centre, CQU Rockhampton
01.2015 - 01.2016
Science Academic Learning Advisor
Academic Learning Centre, CQU Rockhampton
01.2015
Casual ESL Teacher
Union Institute of Language, Cairns
01.2013 - 01.2014
Casual ESL Teacher
Cairns College of English
01.2013 - 01.2014
Bollywood Dance Teacher
Far North Qld Dance Academy
01.2013 - 01.2014
Private tutor: IELTS preparation
Self-employed
01.2013 - 01.2014
Casual Research Assistant
Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University
01.2013 - 01.2014
Scientist
Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology
04.2012 - 06.2012
Casual ESL teacher
Cairns Language Centre
01.2012 - 01.2013
Research Assistant in the Breast Pathology Laboratory
University of Queensland
07.2007 - 04.2012
Research Assistant for the Sugar booster Project in the Plant Molecular Improvement Laboratory (PMIL)
University of Queensland
07.2006 - 06.2007
Research Assistant - Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory
University of Queensland
08.2002 - 06.2006
Bench Tutor for 2nd year Microbiology Laboratory
University of Queensland
03.2001 - 11.2001
Volunteer Sales Assistant
Oxfam One World Shop
12.1999 - 04.2000
Master of Education - Education
Queensland University of Technology
Certificate of English Language Teaching To Adults
Australian TESOL Training Centre
Bachelor of Science - First Class Honours in Microbiology
University of Queensland
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