Benny Voncken

Via Stoica is a company that focuses on providing practical tools to improve well-being and quality of life using the ancient wisdom of Stoicism. This philosophy of life will help you get in touch with who you are and build upon that to increase your peace of mind.

The company was created as a natural evolution from The Stoic Padawan and a collaboration between my two co-founders and myself on X

The Via Stoica Podcastis the podcast to bring the right kind of Stoicism to the virtual streets. Together with Brice and Brendan, I show you what the ancient philosophy can do to help you live a better and more meaningful life.

Every Tuesday a new episode airs. Check us out at viastoica.com

The Stoic Coaching programs offered at The Stoic Padawan provide you with the ancient wisdom of Stoicism to improve your life and help you discover your meaning and take control back over your life.
We offer different coaching programs. Such as Life Coaching, Sober Coaching, Financial Coaching, and Business Coaching. You can find more information here: https://bit.ly/41DMENG. Book your free consul

As a personal project, I started writing about how philosophy, specifically Stoicism, has impacted my life. In doing so I hope that others might learn from it and have the same positive experiences as I have.
In my free time, I write these reflections, maintain and optimize the website, and create all the visuals. I also keep an active social media presence to promote The Stoic Padawan.

During my role as Learning Support and Development Specialist, I learned many new skills. Such as public speaking, creating specific training, PowerPoint, organizing projects, and many more. This role was a continuation of my work at the Ministry of Education.

Assessment Specialist for the Elite stream at the Ministry of Education -UAE

Worked as English Teacher at Ministry of Education – UAE.

Storyboard Creator as a member of the Grade 12 Focus Storyboard Team within the Video Content Creation Project of the Ministry of Education.

Worked as Co-founder & Director of Studies at Zephyr Centro de Idiomas .

Worked as Trinity Exam Inspector & Supervisor at Trinity College London.

Assisting the English Language teachers during their lessons, teaching parts of the lessons and evaluating the speaking and listening skills of the students ranging from preschool, primary and secondary.

Centre Manager and head Teacher at TECS´ new centre in Cádiz.
In charge of the day to day management of the centre.
Taking care of the observations and profesional development of the teachers at the centre.
Planning, preparing and coordinating special events and festivities throughout the academic year.
Liaising with TECS head office and with the parents of the students.
Primary and Secondary sch

Setting up the school and physically ensuring all classrooms meet EF specifications, and are maintained throughout the season.
Coordinating timetables for all academic groups, and liasing with the Centre Manager to complete intake schedules and fill classes with students.
Allocating teachers and classrooms to groups of students, and playing a ‘hands on’ role in allocating students into classes on

Providing assistance to the students who are taking the online English course, offering language and technical support.

English teacher in Oxford. Teaching English to students from all over te world and providing assistance during some of the activities.

Main responsibilities:
- Provide application support consultancy through advice, guidance, and appropriate technical activities
- Manage simple tickets after having received functional analysis and guidance / coaching on the technical way to implement it
- Generate easy-to-maintain bug free code and customizing respecting NGA best practices
- Operate required system tests using either provided or

Main responsibilities:
- Providing guidance, resolving problems and giving advice to Client and employees related to HR policies and procedures.
- Providing guidance, resolving problems and giving advice to Client and employees related to technical related issues.
- Acting as a point of contact for HR and Payroll employee inquiries.
- New starter and employee master data management.
- Payroll proc

Teaching English and monitoring a class of 21 students. The summer camp was six weeks with 3 groups who each stayed for two weeks.

Teacher of English as a foreign language to all levels. Children from 8 years of age to adults.

Teacher of English as a foreign language to all levels. From children from 3 years of age to adults.

English teacher/monitor on an English summer camp in the Sierra Nevada. Working for CL Granada. Teaching two 2 hour classes a day and monitoring the group during the activities and daily routine. The students age was 10 to 12 years old.

Tasks during my Traineeship:
Contact for the Dutch clients.
Responsible for the Dutch 24/7 hotline.
Complaint handling.
Making courtesy calls to the Dutch and English clients.
Preparing and checking the checklists on a daily base.
Sending the transfer reminders to the guests.
Making booking and amending upon clients request.

Third year internship at the department for Campsite Staff Recruitment.
General administration, assisting during the recruitment and selection process.
Assisting during the trainings given to the new campsite staff.

Nov 2023

Jun 2020

Mar 2020

Apr 2020

Mar 2019

Master's degree in Secundary Education, Baccalaureate, Vocational training and language instruction - specialty : English as a foreign language

A TEFL course to become a teacher of English as a foreign language.

Minor: Imagineering.

Feb 2017 · Expired Feb 2019

Jun 2016