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.
The Medical Language was meant to be
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐?
๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก (๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ โ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐, ๐ผ โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
), ๐ผ โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช.
My first two students were anaesthetists and I taught them French. Then I worked with resident doctors who wanted to work in the Uk or Germany , dentists and family doctors who wanted to work in France, and nurses who used to choose Italy in 2009-2011. Then nurses decided to try and find jobs in the Uk, and the rest is history.
This is an old interview I've recently found, from 2015, with one of our success stories back than. (Interview in Romanian)
So, I didn't end up teaching OET and working with nurses by mistake.
It's been a loooong tradition.
PS Did you know that my best friends are a dentist, a nurse and a pharmacist? Small world, right?
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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