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Mariia Kokorina

@mariiakokorina

English educator and curriculum developer for young learners; created courses, lessons, and assessments across three countries.

Argentina
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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for curriculum development, educational content writing, and instructional design roles in early years and primary education. I also take on language-evaluation and AI-training projects that need a native Russian speaker with a teaching background.

At IEC Oriental Sun Kindergarten, I taught English to Chinese-speaking children aged 2–6 in a full-immersion setting, planning thematic units and daily lessons and tracking each child’s progress for parents. I also worked daily on pronunciation and intonation with complete beginners.

Across teaching roles in Russia, Poland, and China, I’ve developed course programmes, lesson plans, and assessments for young learners. I plan backwards from what children should be able to do, and create thematic units, worksheets, and progress checks in Canva; I’m also seeking curriculum development, educational content writing, instructional design, and language-evaluation or AI-training projects.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

IEC Oriental Sun Kindergarten logoIK

Kindergarten Teacher (English Immersion)

Sep 2024 - Aug 2026 (1 year 11 months)

• Worked as a class teacher: daily routines, transitions, classroom management and childrens wellbeing
• Taught English to Chinese-speaking children aged 2-6 in a full-immersion setting, delivering all classroom instruction and daily routines in English
• Planned thematic units and daily lessons within the kindergartens curriculum, including art, music and movement activities
• Worked daily on p

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English Second Language Tutor

Nov 2023 - Aug 2024 (9 months)

• Taught one-to-one English lessons online to learners of all ages and levels
• Built lessons around pronunciation, intonation and listening comprehension
• Assessed spoken performance and gave written feedback in English
• Designed lesson plans and digital materials in Canva, tailored to each learners goals

Private School Grafen logoPG

English Second Language Teacher for Young Learners

Sep 2022 - Aug 2023 (11 months)

• Taught English to Russian-speaking children aged 6–10
• Developed the course programme and lesson plans for the primary level
• Assessed progress and wrote regular feedback for students and parents
• Addressed Russian–English interference: contrastive phonetics, false friends, word order

The Church of Praise (NGO) logoTN

Personal Assistant

Mar 2021 - Aug 2022 (1 year 5 months)

• Translated business correspondence and documents from Russian into English
• Prepared UK visa applications and travel documentation in English
• Organised international travel for my employer — flights, accommodation, schedules — and provided support online during trips
• Maintained records and contact data in the companys CRM

Przedszkole Chatka Puchatka logoPP

Early Childhood Education Assistant

Nov 2019 - Nov 2020 (1 year)

A one-year placement with the European Solidarity Corps, the EU volunteering programme, hosted by the preschool and coordinated by Akwedukt Association.

• Planned and taught English lessons for Polish-speaking children aged 3–6
• Supported class teachers with daily routines and helped keep the classroom safe and engaging
• Worked daily in a Polish-speaking environment, building rapport with ch

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English Second Language Tutor

Open English School

Mar 2017 - Oct 2019 (2 years 7 months)

Taught English to children aged 3–10 at a private language school — group and one-to-one, both in person and online.
• Ran parallel groups at three age bands (3–5, 6–7, 8–10), often with mixed levels in the same week, differentiating tasks across a shared topic
• Rebuilt my materials for online delivery: digital flashcards, shared slides, activities a child could follow and respond to with nothi

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

UN

UNI-Prep

TESOL & TEFL Diploma

May 2024

SA

Stowarzyszenie Akwedukt

Youthpass

Nov 2020

TU

Tomsk State Pedagogical University

Bachelor of Education, FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS

2014 - 2019

Five-year teacher-training degree in foreign languages, combining language study with pedagogy and teaching methodology.

Coursework included theoretical and practical phonetics, lexicology, grammar and the methodology of teaching foreign languages, alongside pedagogy and developmental psychology. The programme included supervised teaching practice in schools, where I planned and delivered English

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Software and tools used professionally

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