Sonja A.

**WORK EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION:**

**Primary School "Rade Končar", Zemun**

Serbian Language and Literature Teacher, January 2022 – Present

• Teaches Serbian language to students from Year 5 to Year 8.
• Leads the drama and literature club. Writes dramatic texts and prepares performances and shows. The literature club she leads won 3rd place in the Republic Literature Club Competition.
• Prepares students for all levels of grammar and literature competitions.
• Intensively prepares students for the Small Matura (lower secondary school leaving exam).

**Primary School "Grabovac", Grabovac, Obrenovac**

Serbian Language and Literature Teacher, April 2007 – January 2022

• Taught Serbian language to students from Year 5 to Year 8.
• Led the journalism club, creative writing club, and organised the Reading Marathon in the school. Prepared students for recitation competitions and grammar competitions.

**Secondary Technical School, Mladenovac**

Serbian Language and Literature Teacher, September 2005 – April 2007

• Taught Serbian language and literature to all grades of secondary school, as well as to classes of students with special needs.

**Primary School "Janko Veselinović", Belgrade**

Serbian Language and Literature Teacher, September 2002 – August 2005

• Taught Serbian language to students from Year 5 to Year 8.
• Led the journalism club in the school. Worked with students on preparing and publishing school newspapers.
• Led the linguistics club and creative writing club in the school.

**EDUCATION:**

• Master of Serbian Language and Literature.
• Graduated as a Serbian Language and Literature Teacher from the Faculty of Philology – University of Belgrade, Group for Serbian Literature and Language.
• Fifth Belgrade Gymnasium, Social-Language Stream

**LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES:**

• Licence to work in primary and secondary schools in the Republic of Serbia.
• Certificate of completed training for teaching Civic Education.
• Passed English as a first foreign language at the Faculty of Philology.
• German language course – B1 level at the Austrian Cultural Centre.

**SKILLS:**

• Excellent knowledge of Serbian language – spelling and grammar, Serbian and world literature.
• Excellent presentation and teaching skills. Experienced teacher and tutor.
• Excellent knowledge of teaching methods.
• Excellent knowledge of English, written and spoken.
• Basic knowledge of German, written and spoken.
• Good knowledge of computer work: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Windows OS, internet.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent learning and adaptation skills.

**INTERESTS AND HOBBIES:**

• Wrote and published two children's novels "How I Learned to Love My Name" and "How I Almost Became a Poet". Awarded the Sova Award for the best unpublished novel and the children's criticism award Dositej's Feather.
• Wrote and published several short stories for adults in anthologies.
• Attends numerous seminars organised by the Ministry of Education and the Institute for Assessment.

**PERSONAL DETAILS:**

• Date of Birth: 30 October 1978.
• Married, three children.