1. AL I C I A J A N S E N VA N NI EU W E N H U I Z E N
174 Old Main Road, 34 Yezimbali Park, Bothas Hill, 3610 • Cell: 082 835 4613 • Email:
jvnaliciaruth@gmail.com
E S L T E A C H E R
PERSONAL PROFILE
My name is Alicia Ruth Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen. I am from a small town called Riebeek Kasteel in the Western
Cape, South Africa.
I enjoy snowboarding, art, running, and cycling. I’m interested in natural medicine and dietary lifestyles and its
effect on our health. I enjoy a wide variety of friendships across the world and as part of my background in
counseling, I find interpersonal relationships and conflict management as very interesting topics.
For two years I was privileged to be part of the Klein Nederberg High School in Paarl, the Western Cape. I
worked closely with the local church and the social worker of the area while teaching Biblical Studies and acting
high school counselor during that time.
Over the last three and a half years, I had the opportunity to teach in South Korea. There I taught all grades
(Kindergarten, Elementary school, Middle School, High School and I taught adult night classes from beginner to
advanced). Most recently (March 2015 to June 2016), I was afforded the opportunity to become part of a school
that required their teachers to develop the yearly curriculum for the entire county schools (all grades). Meaning, I
had to actively design and develop the course materials as well as the books printed for the course. All of the
materials underwent rigorous scrutiny and was perused and approved by the local EPIK School education board.
These courses are structured as an ESL support program to the county schools and students attend the programs
either as weekly students or in short course studies for 3 to 5 days.
I had the responsibility for developing the curriculums, the course materials, lesson plans, all activities, book
material and teacher training for the following programs within the school:
 Kindergarten program for both short courses and regular classes (2015-2016)
 Preschool program for regular weekly classes (2015-2016)
 Phonics and reading program for regular weekly classes (2015-2016)
 County School program (i.e. the entire Gr1 and Gr2 - 9 lessons in total as well as 7 lessons for the Gr3 to
Gr6 Elementary School and Gr1 and Gr2 Middle School programs).
 The creative writing, reading comprehension and oral testing program for the Super Kids Program for
regular weekly classes. The Super Kids program consisted of the best students from the county area that
would often be selected to go overseas during winter or summer vacations.
 Level 3 (highest level) adult night class students. A shared responsibility between myself and another
teacher from the school.
I have thoroughly enjoyed teaching English to the students in schools in South Korea.
My capacity and my understanding of teaching English to speakers of a foreign language and my teaching toolkit
have grown immensely. I also enjoy having and building good friendships with my peers and Korean co-teachers.
I was often invited by Korean teachers to co-teach on creative writing, reading programs and social media
programs using Facebook, Kakao Talk and SNS (the latter two being Korean social networks) and to collaborate
on projects with Google Docs as well as Google Hangout.
It is always my personal and professional aim to expand my understanding of teaching as well as the creativity
and fun in my classroom.
I am reliable and hardworking. I enjoy working with a team and co-teachers and respect my peers. I’m willing to
learn and apply myself to the outline provided by head teachers and management.
Besides enjoying teaching, I aspire to become a doctor in natural medicine. I came back to South Africa to
further my medical studies towards becoming a Naturopath.
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
I understand that each student should be seen and taught as an individual.
I focus on three areas in the classroom that I believe are conducive to establishing such an environment, (1) the
teacher acting as a guide, (2) allowing the students natural curiosity to direct their learning, and (3) promoting
respect for all things and all people.
I encourage students to seek answers and guide them in their written and oral work to help develop and better
express their logical arguments through the English language. Within my teaching techniques, I strive to find
creative ways through technology, props, pictures, TPRS, stories and games to help my students find the context
to which they can relate.

2. AL I C I A J A N S E N VA N NI EU W E N H U I Z E N
174 Old Main Road, 34 Yezimbali Park, Bothas Hill, 3610 • Cell: 082 835 4613 • Email:
jvnaliciaruth@gmail.com
C O R E C O M P E T E N C I E S & E X P E R T I S E
Curriculum Development Adult ESL Teaching
Building/Making teaching activities Teacher Training
Teaching Administration
Leadership Lay Counselling
Public Speaking Dance, mime, and drama
Incorporating Technology and Project-
based lessons
Assessment and grading according to international
language standards as set out by Cambridge.
E D U C A T I O N
TESOL 1 DEC 2012- 9 JAN 2013
CAPE TOWN SCHOOL OF ENGLISH, CAPE TOWN
FIRST AID CERTIFICATE 2&3 AUG 2012
THEOLOGY BTH (NQF LEVEL 7) DEGREE (3 YEARS) JAN 2008 - DEC 2010
SOUTH AFRICAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, TIMOTHY MINISTRY TEAM, WELLINGTON
MAKING CONTACT WITH CHILDREN - WORKSHOP JUN 2008
HUGUENOT COLLEGE, WELLINGTON
BASIC PSYCHOLOGY (1 YEAR) JAN 2008
HUGUENOT COLLEGE, WELLINGTON
SENIOR CERTIFICATE OCT 2007
INTEC COLLEGE
L A Y - C O U N S E L L I N G A N D T E A C H I N G E X P E R I E N C E
MGEC ENGLISH VILLAGE, MUJU-EUP, JEOLLABUK-DO PROVINCE MARCH 2013- 6 JUNE 2016
ESL TEACHER
RESPONSIBILITIES
 Creating curriculum applicable for each level
 Preparing ESL books for printing
 Grading and assessment of students on a regular basis.
 Conducting interviews with students to access their conversational English
 Creating a Kindergarten program with an array of activities and games centered on repetition of core ESL
lessons.
 Training and orientation of new teachers, helping some Korean teachers by assisting in their teaching
goals.
 Preparing extra ESL lessons that will advance students use and understanding of English to talented
students from the Muju-gun area in the Super Kids program.
For example, reading comprehension tests, Speaking opportunities, Creative writing lessons
 Writing and presenting summer and winter camp programs.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
 Creating, researching and finding applicable activities and speaking opportunities related to the topic of
each lesson.
 Putting in place a successful Kindergarten program.
 Creating and structuring of teaching curriculum for both extra ESL programs and Kindergarten ESL
lessons.
 Designing and making activities that inspire an interest in the lesson.
EPIK PROGRAM, MUJU-EUP, JEOLLABUK-DO PROVINCE MARCH 2013- MARCH 2015
ESL TEACHER
RESPONSIBILITIES
 Co-teaching with both Elementary and Middle School English teachers
 Preparing ESL book related lessons

3. AL I C I A J A N S E N VA N NI EU W E N H U I Z E N
174 Old Main Road, 34 Yezimbali Park, Bothas Hill, 3610 • Cell: 082 835 4613 • Email:
jvnaliciaruth@gmail.com
 Grading
 Preparing extra ESL lessons that will advance students use and understanding of English.
For example, reading comprehension tests, Speaking opportunities, Creative writing lessons, Dolch sight
words, Phonics, and Diphthongs.
 Writing and presenting summer and winter camp programs.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
 Creating, researching and finding applicable activities and speaking opportunities related to the topic of
each lesson.
 Successfully implemented extra non-book related ESL applicable language teaching, i.e. creative writing,
reading, increased vocabulary expansion and speaking activities
 Structuring of teaching curriculum for both extra ESL programs and Kindergarten ESL lessons.
KLEIN NEDERBERG HIGH SCHOOL (ONE DAY A WEEK) JAN 2009 - SEP 2010
TEAM LEADER/ ORGANIZER AND TEACHER
RESPONSIBILITIES
 Leading a teaching team
 Organizing weekly visits to the school
 Outlining boundaries as well as effectively formatting a structured schedule and teaching criteria
 Teaching
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
 Trained team members to eventually fulfill leadership and organizational roles
 Successfully handled difficult situations impacting on the relationships with the school leadership
 Established regular communication sessions with headmistress
 Youth lay counseling: Successfully ministered and conducted handovers to social workers in the following
areas: divorced parents; various difficulties and relational strain based within the home; suicidal
tendencies; abortion; molestation and early pregnancy
 Structuring of teaching curriculum, teaching difficult concepts within religion as well as personal and
relational conduct.
 Teaching in both English and Afrikaans
C A R E E R S U M M A R Y
MGEC ENGLISH VILLAGE, MUJU- EUP, JEOLLABUK-DO PROVINCE MARCH 2013- CURRENT
ESL TEACHER
EPIK PROGRAM, MUJU- EUP, JEOLLABUK-DO PROVINCE MARCH 2013- MARCH 2015
ESL TEACHER
GOEDGEDACHT TRUST JUN 2012 – JAN 2012
BOOKINGS CLERK
WYNLAND LABORATORY (WELLINGTON) OCT 2011 - MAY 2012
RECEPTIONIST
ARABESQUE GALLERY (WELLINGTON) FEB 2011 - JUN 2011
ASSISTANT MANAGER
PROVENCE GUEST FARM AND WEDDING VENUE (WELLINGTON) JUN 2008 - MAY 2012
ASSISTANT VENUE MANAGER (PART-TIME)
WAITRESSING; STUDIES; OUTREACH TO ZIMBABWE 2007

4. AL I C I A J A N S E N VA N NI EU W E N H U I Z E N
174 Old Main Road, 34 Yezimbali Park, Bothas Hill, 3610 • Cell: 082 835 4613 • Email:
jvnaliciaruth@gmail.com
CUTTING GALLERY, HAIR SALON (VREDENBURG) 2006
SHOP ASSISTANT
YUKON SPUR (VREDENBURG) 2003 - 2006
WAITER
R E F E R E N C E S
Wayne Logue (Head teacher at MGEC English Village, Muju-Eup) Skype ID: waaayne
Email: wayne.logue@gmail.com
Jiyun Lee (Co-teacher at Muju Middle School, Muju-Eup) Korea: 010-511-99477
Email: leejiyun7@naver.com
Soogie Kim (Co-teacher at Guemok Elementary, Muju-Eup) Korea: 010-375-75106
Email: soogie@hanmail.net
Jinwoo Lee (Co-teacher at Guemok Elementary, Muju-Eup) Korea: 010-465-80620
Peter Templeton/ Anne Templeton (Goedgedacht Trust) RSA: 083 658 3855 (Anne) | 022 482 4369
RSA: 083 230 8839 (Peter)
Email:goedgeda@iafrica.com|petergoedgedacht@telkomsa.net
Paul Moughtin (Owner, Arabesque Gallery) RSA: 082 045 3670 | 021 864 3214
England: +44 798 042 9581
Email: paul@ArabesqueGallery.com
Ms Swartz (Teacher, Klein Nederberg High School) RSA: 072 198 5439 | 021 862 2720 | 021 862 8516
Carel Albertyn (Leader, Timothy Ministry Team) 083 298 7227 | 021 873 6542
Email: carel@timothyteam.co.za

5. AL I C I A J A N S E N VA N NI EU W E N H U I Z E N
174 Old Main Road, 34 Yezimbali Park, Bothas Hill, 3610 • Cell: 082 835 4613 • Email:
jvnaliciaruth@gmail.com
A photo of me in spring 2015.
Muju Middle School Gr2 Students playing a speaking board game that I created (2014).

6. AL I C I A J A N S E N VA N NI EU W E N H U I Z E N
174 Old Main Road, 34 Yezimbali Park, Bothas Hill, 3610 • Cell: 082 835 4613 • Email:
jvnaliciaruth@gmail.com
At a dear friend’s wedding celebrating two cultures coming together in love (December 2014).
One of my many kindergartener programs at our English name day celebration!

7. AL I C I A J A N S E N VA N NI EU W E N H U I Z E N
174 Old Main Road, 34 Yezimbali Park, Bothas Hill, 3610 • Cell: 082 835 4613 • Email:
jvnaliciaruth@gmail.com
Helping Gr3 Elementary student, Joon, Express what he
has learned about living on the Space Station during
our Astronaut Day at the 2014 summer camp.
Learning
how to ski
with co-
teachers at
the Muju
Resort in
December
2014.
Helping a Korean teacher from public school plan out how to help her students create an infographic and
YouTube presentation about Radon Gas and its dangers in ESL (October 2015).

8. AL I C I A J A N S E N VA N NI EU W E N H U I Z E N
174 Old Main Road, 34 Yezimbali Park, Bothas Hill, 3610 • Cell: 082 835 4613 • Email:
jvnaliciaruth@gmail.com
Let’s draw shapes! Kindergarten class on Shapes (2015).
ESL becomes hands-on learning with project-based learning!
(2015)

9. AL I C I A J A N S E N VA N NI EU W E N H U I Z E N
174 Old Main Road, 34 Yezimbali Park, Bothas Hill, 3610 • Cell: 082 835 4613 • Email:
jvnaliciaruth@gmail.com
Super Kids (Talented students) take their creative writing class and make it come alive using a computer comic
book program (2015).
High School Taekwondo students learn about first aid in English and create a stretcher out of duct tape,
newspaper and poles to include project-based learning. Students then engage in a relay race using spoken
English and quick responses to help classmates (2015).