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Nikola Jankovic

Nikola Jankovic

Shanghai

Summary

Observant and friendly individual with strong communication, presentation and active listening skills. Dedicated to improving quality of teaching methods and techniques in classroom settings. My current work position includes:

  • Designing and organizing STEM (science/engineering) classrooms across the school. The school was built 5 years ago and most of the classrooms were empty. I helped build and organize everything within classrooms from scratch.
  • Full design of STEM curriculum for middle school and helping with creating STEM curriculum for primary school.
  • Leader of middle school international teachers. Observing their classes, providing necessary training, working together on creating curriculum and lesson plans. (Resigned this position for a position of STEM Director)
  • Helping colleagues of other subjects with implementing PBL style of teaching to their curriculum.
  • Researching about and organizing educational activities outside of school (productions, museums, agriculture, nature field trips, etc.).

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

STEM Director/teacher and Curriculum Developer

Shanghai Thomas School
09.2020 - Current
  • Observed teaching techniques in classroom setting and evaluated teacher performance.
  • Led curriculum improvement with course leaders with focus on increasing pass rate and overall performance.
  • Researched teaching aid options and organized introduction and implementation in teaching and classroom settings.
  • Teaching middle school students, grades 6-8.
  • Served on school committee for STEM curriculum development.
  • Coordinated and collaborated with other faculty members during lesson plan development.
  • Communicated with students and parents regarding academic progress, assignments, and behavior.

Curriculum Developer

MAD Science
05.2019 - 09.2020
  • Advanced curriculum development in robotics, engineering, physics, etc.
  • Design of summer camps, winter camps, and mini-camps.
  • Teaching summer and winter camps for research purposes.
  • Developed assessments and user polls to evaluate course effectiveness, altering content and delivery to achieve student learning goals.
  • Developed workforce training programs to improve organizational efficiency.

ESL Teacher

Kiddie English
08.2017 - 03.2019
  • Design and execute lesson plans.
  • Head teacher - interviewing and providing training to new teachers.
  • Designing and executing extra classes - marketing purpose.
  • Developed activities and integrated technology to diversify instruction.
  • Modified curriculum plans with colleagues to meet changing student needs.

Mechanical Engineer

Philip Morris International
01.2015 - 01.2017
  • Used investigative troubleshooting strategies to efficiently locate and diagnose system faults.
  • Led project scheduling and budgeting to successfully complete engineering projects within target parameters.
  • Collated, analyzed and interpreted results from derived data.
  • Wrote technical instructions for machine operators.
  • Lead the machine group for research purposes.
  • Designing and upgrading machine parts for improvement in production.

Education

Certificate of Higher Education - Middle School education

Moreland University - Teach Now Certification
Arizona
07.2022

Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering

COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES, BLACE, SERBIA
Serbia
07.2017

Skills

  • Course management
  • Organizational performance
  • Instructional material production
  • Training module creation
  • Curriculum development
  • Performance assessment analysis
  • Project-based learning

Accomplishments

  • Achieved Outstanding Mentor through effectively helping students with Future City competition.

Languages

Serbian
Native
English
Fluent
Chinese (Mandarin)
Beginner

Interests

  • I enjoy cooking for friends and family gatherings
  • Strategy Games
  • Woodworking
  • I like working with my hands and fixing things
  • Playing Sports
  • Team Sports
  • Gym Workouts

Timeline

STEM Director/teacher and Curriculum Developer

Shanghai Thomas School
09.2020 - Current

Curriculum Developer

MAD Science
05.2019 - 09.2020

ESL Teacher

Kiddie English
08.2017 - 03.2019

Mechanical Engineer

Philip Morris International
01.2015 - 01.2017

Certificate of Higher Education - Middle School education

Moreland University - Teach Now Certification

Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering

COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES, BLACE, SERBIA

Personal Information

Education

2017,2012