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Fiona JOLY

Fiona JOLY

San Diego,CA

Summary

Seasoned in educational leadership and project management, I've significantly enhanced academic and cultural programs in the Alliance Française network, managing teams up to 27. My expertise spans intercultural communication and French teaching, working successfully in challenging environments all over the world.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

French Language Teacher

Alliance Française of Mexicali
Mexicali, Mexico
01.2022 - 05.2024
  • Company overview: An association promoting French culture around the world.
  • French lessons in a virtual classroom for an adult audience: general French for all levels, preparation courses for international certifications, conversation and phonetics workshops, group teaching, and private lessons.
  • Examiner-corrector at DELF sessions (All public, Junior and Prim).

Director

Alliance Française of San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí, Mexico
09.2019 - 08.2021
  • Managed a team of 27 people.
  • Oversaw the accounting and monitored the budget with the Board of Directors.
  • Continued development of the Alliance's policy in close collaboration with the board of directors, in particular, facing and responding to the new challenges caused by the pandemic period.
  • Monitored the quality of education provided internally (370 different students in 2020) and externally (more than 1,300 students in 2020, in agreement with seven educational establishments – nursery, primary, middle school, high school, and university), in close collaboration with the educational coordinator and the external course coordinator.
  • Promoted and developed a new offering of virtual courses and services during the pandemic.
  • Implemented projects in close collaboration with the Alliances Françaises Federation in Mexico, in particular, the development of the Apolearn distance learning platform to meet the challenges of online courses.
  • Organized cultural, face-to-face, and virtual programming.
  • Promoted French international certifications, and evaluated the students.
  • Taught French during teacher replacements, both face-to-face and virtual.

Director

Alliance Française of Mexicali
Mexicali, Mexico
07.2016 - 07.2019
  • Guaranteed compliance with the quality approach imposed by the Alliance Française Foundation regarding all relevant regulations, policies, and procedures.
  • Oversaw the implementation of the educational and cultural policy of the establishment, in consultation with the president of the Board of Directors.
  • Cultivated strong relationships with students by responding promptly to inquiries or complaints.
  • Recruited, managed, and monitored a multicultural team of 10 teachers.
  • Strengthened partnerships with schools for external courses (five schools).
  • Strengthened capacity for teachers (class evaluations, educational meetings, training).
  • Successfully implemented an exam center for French international certifications, organized the exams, and evaluated the students.
  • Taught French to adults and children from levels A1 to B2.

Education Program Manager

Action pour un Développement Durable
Jacmel, Haïti
07.2015 - 06.2016
  • Company Overview: International Solidarity Association.
  • Coordinated a project to improve educational conditions in 16 rural schools.
  • Planned and monitored all the project activities executed by a team of ten facilitators.
  • Successfully integrated a team that had no project manager for six months and helped them reach 80% of the project activities at the end of the year.

Academic and Cultural Coordinator

Alliance française of Gitega
Gitega, Burundi
01.2013 - 04.2014
  • Improved the financial management of the institution.
  • Successfully wrote the financial reports to renew the subventions from the French embassy.
  • Implemented cultural activities to enhance the talents of the Burundian youth.
  • Managed and developed French classes.
  • Developed and reorganized the library.

“Youth Space Development” Project Manager

Alliance française of Cap-Haïtien
Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
10.2011 - 07.2012
  • French civic service to live an experience of citizenship, and openness to the world.
  • Taught French to children and adolescents.
  • Developed the library, and in particular, the space dedicated to young audiences.
  • Took part in the organization and communication of events (concerts, cinema club).

Event Project Manager

Association Centrale 7
Nyoiseau, France
02.2010 - 05.2010
  • Master's degree internship.
  • Company Overview: A collective of artists working to revalorize mining heritage through the development of contemporary art in rural areas.
  • Organized the opening evening of the 2010 season.
  • Took part in the institutional communication of the event (participation in press conferences and radio broadcasts).
  • Monitored the artists selected in residence.
  • Followed-up on the logistics of the event.

Education

Master's Degree Language Sciences - French As A Foreign Language And Linguistic Areas

University of Bourgogne
Dijon, France
09-2024

Master's Degree Communication, Management And Projects Management -

University of Angers
Angers, France
01.2010

Master's Degree Foreign Languages ​​applied To International Affairs And Strategic Information - Management of Humanitarian & Cultural Development

University of Provence
Aix-en-Provence, France
01.2009

Bachelor's Degree Foreign Languages Applied To International Business -

University of Haute-Bretagne
Rennes, France
01.2008

Skills

Project management

Event organization

School administration

Human resources management

Intercultural communication

Academic coordination

Qualified French teaching

Continuing education

  • 2018, Seminar of the Alliance Française of Puebla, Mexico
  • 2017, Seminar of the BELC (Office of Language and Culture Studies), Mexico
  • 2015, Training in Design and implementation of an international solidarity micro-project / Establishment of a forecast budget and search for financing / Monitoring - evaluation with The European Raid Guild, France
  • 2012, Preparation for departure on a first volunteering mission abroad with France Volontaires

Personal Information

  • Age: 37
  • Date of Birth: 02/23/87
  • Driving License: B
  • Permanent resident of the United States

Certification

  • Examiner and scorer for the following French language diplomas and tests:

- DELF

- TCF

- TEF

- DFP

Languages

French
Native/ Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Spanish
Full Professional

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

French Language Teacher

Alliance Française of Mexicali
01.2022 - 05.2024

Director

Alliance Française of San Luis Potosí
09.2019 - 08.2021

Director

Alliance Française of Mexicali
07.2016 - 07.2019

Education Program Manager

Action pour un Développement Durable
07.2015 - 06.2016

Academic and Cultural Coordinator

Alliance française of Gitega
01.2013 - 04.2014

“Youth Space Development” Project Manager

Alliance française of Cap-Haïtien
10.2011 - 07.2012

Event Project Manager

Association Centrale 7
02.2010 - 05.2010

Master's Degree Language Sciences - French As A Foreign Language And Linguistic Areas

University of Bourgogne

Master's Degree Communication, Management And Projects Management -

University of Angers

Master's Degree Foreign Languages ​​applied To International Affairs And Strategic Information - Management of Humanitarian & Cultural Development

University of Provence

Bachelor's Degree Foreign Languages Applied To International Business -

University of Haute-Bretagne

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