About me? But it's not about me, is it? It's about you.
If you want to learn more about me, Val, the person, the teacher, the coach, the EDUpreneur, check out some of my blog posts. If you're interested in my credentials, just scroll down.
But know that this is not about me.
This is about you.
I've been through so much and I've seen so many educators struggle, that I've made it my life's mission to help you avoid unnecessary stress and anxiety, confusion and lack of confidence, and help you get to the place you deserve to be so that you can finally enjoy life on your own terms.
Thank you
Who has impacted your life and you would like to say THANK YOU to?
𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕'𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒏 2018.
Today, I feel so blessed and happy when people ask to work with me. People whom I've never met, I've never talk to, just decide to put their trust in me and allow me to guide them to fulfil their dreams.
And I am here today also because a bunch of people believed in me back in 2018, when I left everything behind and moved to the Uk.
I had been a successful teacher back in my country. But I was a no one here in the Uk. And still, a few Romanians found that they could trust me and answered my ad of having classes with me.
At that moment, I had a one year old girl. I used to teach classes online and have her with me, feeding her, wiping her bottom
, keeping her entertained.
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀, 𝗜 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱.
I still remember each of them. Narcis, Isabela, Bianca and Daniela. Maybe they don't know how much meeting them changed my life, but they'll always have a special place in my heart.
So, Thank you, guys! Hope you're well and we'll get to meet some day
I do believe things happen for a reason. Every single person you meet has a lesson to teach you.
𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀.
Who has impacted your life and you would like to say THANK YOU to?
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018 up to present : Manger, DOS, Language Teacher & Coach - VP Empower & VP Modern Foreign Languages
2019 up to present : OET Preparation Provider
2009 - 2018 : Manger, DOS, Language Teacher & Coach - DAGMAR D.V. & Intel Training
2007 - 2009 : JOUVE International, Romania / France
2003 - 2007 : Volunteer : Interpreter & Translator for various organisations, Romania
QUALIFICATIONS
2022 : Classroom activities, interaction and motivation (refresher course), NILE, Norwich
2022 : From Teacher to Trainer, NILE, Norwich
2019 up to present : Coaching within Education, Coaching Academy, UK
2019 : OET Preparation Provider, OET, Australia
2014 : CELTA (Pass A), Kaplan, Ireland
2011 : Management in ELT, Nile, Norwich
2007 : Translation and Interpreting - English and French, Bachelor's Degree, University of Craiova, Romania
2005-2006 : ERASMUS Scholarship, Universite Lille 3, France
2003 : Intensive Mathematics and IT&C, High-school Diploma, Mid-Level Programmer
Valentina has always been passionate about languages, starting taking regular private classes for both English and French since she was 9. However, she then went on to study IT before going back to her passion, languages.
Forward to 2009, she spent two years working for a French multinational company and the European Union, when she discovered a passion for teaching and qualified as a teacher trainer. She then owned and ran her own language school in her home country for 8 years.
In 2014, her journey as an international teacher began when she succeeded in obtaining her teaching qualification for adult students in Dublin, Ireland. That same year, she worked for Kaplan International in Kent, and the next year, returned to work for them in Brighton.
In December 2017, Valentina opened her online Modern Foreign Languages School for adults in England.
At present, Valentina runs two businesses in the United Kingdom, with headquarters in Royal Leamington Spa.
VP Empower, a coaching, mentoring and training academy, and VP Languages, an online language school for adults, collaborating with a great team of OET and IELTS expert teachers.
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