
Mariia Kokorina
@mariiakokorina
English educator and curriculum developer for young learners; created courses, lessons, and assessments across three countries.
What I'm looking for
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
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
• 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
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
• 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
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
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
UNI-Prep
TESOL & TEFL Diploma
May 2024
Stowarzyszenie Akwedukt
Youthpass
Nov 2020
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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