PERSONAL INFORMATION

Ilinca Sadoveanu

 

 

Topeliuksenkatu 3 B, D 43, 00260, Helsinki, Finland

 +358 414 869 744      

 ilinca.sadoveanu@gmail.com

 

Date of birth 07/11/1987

 

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

27.10.2014 - present: Kindergarten Teacher, with English as the language of instruction

 

Ankkalampi Duckies Kindergarten, Helsinki  (Address: Töölönkatu 2, Helsinki)

• Caring for the 2-4 y.o. group, catering to the individual needs of the pupils and parents, planning activities suitable for the age group, taking the children on field trips, etc.

 

1.10.2013 - 26.10.2014: Kindergarten Teacher, with English as the language of instruction

 

Kielo International Kindergarten, Helsinki  (Address: Paulankatu 2, 00240, Pasila)

• Caring for the 3-5 y.o. group, catering to the individual needs of the pupils and parents, planning activities suitable for the age group, taking the children on field trips, implementing various educational projects, creating teaching materials, games and worksheets, keeping the kindergarten blog up-to-date, collaborating with parents and my team mates etc.

 

1.09.2010 – 30.07.2013: Kindergarten Teacher, with English as the language of instruction

 

Elf School, Cluj-Napoca  (Address: N. Pascaly street, no. 2-4 ; http://www.tandarica.ro/)

• Caring for a group of seventeen pupils, catering to the individual needs of the pupils and parents,  planning activities suitable for the age group, taking the children on field trips, implementing various educational projects,  communicating with project partners (City Hall, museums, schools, other institutions), writing on the kindergarten’s blog and Facebook page, collaborating with the kindergarten psychologist and speech therapist, etc.

 

5.09.2009 – 6.12.2009: Comenius Assistant at two schools in Finland

 

Grant awarded by A.N.P.C.D.E.F.P. – National Agency for Community Programmes in Education and Professional Training

Assistant teacher at: Tammerkosken koulu, Rautatienkatu 3-5, 33100 Tampere, Finland and Tammelan koulu: Ilmarinkatu 17, 33500 Tampere, Finland

• Assisting the English language teacher during class, helping pupils understand English and improve their skills, tutoring pupils with difficulties, producing teaching materials, raising pupils’ awareness about Romanian culture and language, participating in the schools' common activities, teaching English, Environmental Studies, Mathematics

 

02.2010 – 06.2011: Voluntary work

 

• For a non-profit organisation, F.R.C.C.F., helping pupils from disadvantaged families with school-related activities (homework and learning English).

 

16.09.2011 - present: Freelance translator - Authorised translator and interpreter for English and Finnish

 

Authorised by the Romanian Ministry of Justice (Authorisation no. 32369)

• Translating commercial / technical / legal / educational documents between Finnish, Romanian and English 

 

1.06.2010 – 26.07.2010: Client Service Analyst – Finnish language

 

Unicall Services Group S.R.L.

• Answering phone calls, clarifying and solving clients’ problems, introducing given information in a database, dealing tactfully with complaints.

 

EDUCATION

 

 

3.11.2011 – 09.07.2014: Bachelor of Education – Preschool and Primary School Teacher Education (studied one semester at the University of Helsinki, as part of an Erasmus scholarship)

 

University of Oradea, The Faculty of Social Humanistic Sciences, Preschool and Primary School Pedagogy

• Fundamentals of Psychology, Fundamentals of Pedagogy, Special Education, Curriculum Theory and Methodology, Child Psychology, Information and Communication Technology, Theory and Methodology of Instruction, Preschool and Primary school pedagogy, Multicultural Education, Arts and Crafts etc.

 

 

1.10.2010 – 29.06.2012: Master of Arts (British Cultural Studies)

 

Babeș Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, The Faculty of Letters

• British Cultural Studies: The Power of the Press, The Literature of Identities, Discourse Analysis, Post-Colonialism, English and Englishness, Sociolinguistics, The Study of official British Documents, Law and Education in Great Britain.

 

 

09.2006 – 06.2009: Bachelor of  Arts – Philology

 

Babeș Bolyai University, The Faculty of Letters, Philology Department

• English as major and Finnish as a minor subject (language, literature, history, geography, culture)

 

09.2006 – 06.2009: Certificate for graduating from the Subject Teacher Education Programme

 

Babeș Bolyai University, Department of Teacher Training

• Teaching English and Finnish to pupils aged 7 to 14

 

12.2005: Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE)

 

• Listening, Reading, English in Use, Writing, Speaking

 

06.07.2006: Certificate of Professional Skills – Advanced English

 

Emanuil Gojdu National College, Oradea, Romania

• Advanced English

 

2002 - 2005: Baccalaureate diploma

 

Emanuil Gojdu National College, Oradea, Romania

• Mathematics, Computer Science, English (bilingual class)

 

 

 

RECENT TRAINING COURSES

 

 

 

Supporting Children’s Development of Early Math Skills through Music and Movement - Presented by Lili M. Levinowitz, Ph.D., Professor of Music Education at Rowan University and Director of Research for the Center for Music and Young Children and Lauren Guilmartin, MA, Project Manager in Research and Development at Music Together, LLC (January 2015)

 

From Chaos to Calm: Help Children Learn How to Self-regulate, Pay Attention and Care for One Another - Presented by Becky A. Bailey, Ph.D., award-winning author and Founder of Loving Guidance, Inc. (January 2015)

 

Building Young Children’s Sounds, Words and Brains: Your Words and Interactions Matter - Presented by Renate Zangl, PhD, child language researcher and author of Raising a Talker (February 2015)

 

 

 

PERSONAL SKILLS

 

 

Mother tongue: Romanian

 

Other languages:

English C1  Proficient user

Finnish B1 Independent user

 

 

Computer skills

• Competent with Microsoft Office;

 

• Using electronic equipment (laptop, photo camera, video camera, projector, CD player, microphone, document camera, web cam).