Bob Hardy

CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Robert Andrew HARDY Marital Status: Engaged Residential Location: To Kwa Wan, KLN, Hong Kong Nationality: British Visa Status: Permanent HK ID holder E- Mail Address - Tel: - TEACHING EXPERIENCE Apr 00-present - Teaching mostly children at Kindergartens, primary schools and tutorial Centers and at their homes. In Hong Kong preparing children for their interviews. Familiar with the Cambridge learning system i.e. Starters, Movers and Flyers and the Letterland/Jolly phonics systems. Occassionally helping children prepare for speech festivals. Have worked for the following Kindergartens/Primary Schools in the past in HK on a part-time basis. A few were for one or two years. Fei Ngan Kindergarten, Hong Yat Ct, Lam Tin (1 year) Shamshuipo Tak Shin Kindergarten (3 months) Tsing Yi Trade Assn Tseung Kwan O Kindergarten (1 year) Pok Oi Hospital Mrs. Yam Wing Yin Day Nursery, Whampoa, (P/T) Teikyo University Internatl Centre (HK) Ltd, Happy Valley (2 years) St Lorraine Kindergarten (South Horizons) (Now closed down) (2 years) Palm Springs Coml Centre, Yuen Long San Tin (P/T) St Lorraine Kindergarten (Yuen Long) (P/T) Cheung Wah Kindergarten. Fanling, (2006 - 2008) St. Christopher Nursery, Kwai Chung (Sept 2007 – Mar 2008) St. Lorraine Kindergarten, Yuen Long (Sept 2008 – July 2009) Lee Andrew Memorial Kindergarten, Tai Po (Oct 2009) (Temporary) Good Health Kindergarten, Ma On Shan (Aug 2010–July 2011) St Lorraine Kindergarten (Yuen Long) (P/T) (Aug 2011–July 2012) (Jan 2013–July 2013) (Aug 2013 – July 2014) Pui Ching Middle Primary School, Homantin , Kindergarten section (2016/2017) various dates as supply teacher. Greenfields kindergarten,Sheung Shui (May 2017) as supply teacher. PRIMARY SCHOOLS Taikoo Primary School, Quarry Bay, (6 months p/t) Fanling Assembly of God, Fanling , (Summer course) C.C.C. Kei Faat P.S. , Yau Tong (P/T) Kwong Ming Primary School P.M. (Phonics course) S.K.H. YUEN CHEN MAUN CHEN JUBILEE P.S. Tai Po (Feb 2015–Jun 2015) (Ass Net Teacher) LEARNING CENTRES Apr 2016 – Present DREAMWAVE Art and education centre, Yuen Long Feb 2015 – Feb 2016 THAMES CULTURE EDUCATION CENTRE, Hang Hau, HONG KONG (Centre closed down) Jun 2012 -- Sep 2014 NOBLE EDUCATION CENTRE, Yuen Long, HONG KONG Teaching students from k1-k3 Jan 2013 – Sep 2014 BABY ARTS WORKSHOP, Ma On Shan, HONG KONG Teaching Letterland phonics and Cambridge to K1-3 students Aug 2009 – Dec 2012 ABC ENGLISH LTD, Tsuen Wan Teaching students from K3 – F5 Aug 2009 – Nov 2009 GLOBAL KIDS, Olympic, Kowloon, HONG KONG Teaching K2 –P3 students in learning centre, Mar 2006 – Aug 2009 MR.BROWN’S EHNGLISH HIGHWAY, Yuen Long, HONG KONG Teaching students from K1 up to P6 students in learning centre. Mar 2000 - Feb 2006 CITEL INSTITUTE, Causeway Bay, HONG KONG Teaching in classroom sometimes but mainly in student homes. Feb 1998 - Mar 2000 H.K.ENGLISH CLUB, HONG KONG. Teaching adults/children in walk-in classrooms. Feb 1996 - Dec 2000 CITY COLLEGE.HONG KONG Teaching adults/children at education centre. Dec 1995 - Jan 1996 MANILA, PHILIPPINES Teaching university students from South Korea. Mainly helping to improve their communication skills. Oct 1995 - Dec 1995 ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLUB, HONG KONG Teaching adult groups and children phonics, grammar and daily conversation. Jun 1990 - Jul 1993 Teaching English in South Poland, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Italy and undertook casual work to help improve language skills. OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE Aug 1993 - Oct 1995 I.T.H. TRAVELLERS HOSTEL, JO'BURG, S.AFRICA Manager of a hostel catering for worldwide travellers visiting South Africa and responsible for arranging tours. My language skills were useful in this job in this job. EDUCATION Sept 1971 - June 1977 MYTON HIGH SCHOOL, Warwick, U.K. Sept 1977 - July 1978 MID-WARWICKSHIRE COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION, U.K. . Completed a course in Electrical Engineering. Jan 1984 - Feb 1986 B.K.E. ADMINISTATION SCHOOL, Heerenveen, HOLLAND. Completed a course in Administration. HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Listening to music, reading,watching football on T.V. surfing the web and creating lesson material. LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English, Dutch and German with basic knowledge of others. TEACHING AIM I believe, by creating a fun atmosphere with my classes, children will enjoy learning to speak English.