Temitope Adedeji English Language
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A resilient and resourceful individual with over six (7) post graduate work experience in Teaching, Theatre & media directing/production, business development and content creation, Administration. Skilled in presentation, creative thinking, event planning and team supervision. Known to possess the ability to meet deliverables and work seamlessly under strict timelines, be detail oriented with a positive mindset.

I Believe in student centered style of teaching. I am a results-oriented professional who has been consistently praised as focused, passionate and goal driven by my co-workers and management in every Organization I have worked. Over the course of 7 years practicing my career, I’ve developed a skill set directly relevant to the role you are hiring for, including creativity, people management, and ability to inspire, impact knowledge and motivate. Overall, I have consistently demonstrated interpersonal, leadership and teamwork ability in my profession.

Subjects

  • Acting Beginner-Expert

  • English & Literature Beginner-Expert

Experience

  • English/Drama Teacher (Feb, 2022–Present) at Tender Years Preparatory School, Abuja
    • To Stage the School productions
    • Come up with the directorial concept for all production as the artistic head
    • Help student understand Set and costume design
    • Take students through the syllabus to prepare them for Cambridge Checkpoint examination
    • Direct all Stage performances
    • Help the students become better in written and spoken English
    • Help students learn how to develop the performance possibilities for a text
    • Help students develop acting skills
    • Help students understand textual analysis as well as dramatic analysis of a text.
    • Help students understand the use of props
  • Drama/English Teacher (Feb, 2020–Nov, 2021) at Blessed Assurance Group of Schools, Ibadan.
    • To provide Strategic direction in the schools Drama Club
    • To review teaching method, monitor student achievement, encourage students involvement in Drama.
    • Take students through the IGCSE Drama syllabus and English WASSCE Syllabus.
    • Help students learn how to develop the performance possibilities of a text
    • Help students develop dramatic material of their own.
    • Help student develop performance Skills
    • Help students understand textual analysis as well as dramatic analysis of a text.
  • Freelance Drama Director/Content Creato (Mar, 2019–Nov, 2020) at British International School Lekki Lagos GreenSprings School Lekki Lagos
    • Exposing students to the art of acting and stage performance
    • Help students to actualize their characters
    • Actor training (voice and movement)
    • Help the costumier research clothing, designs and materials indicative of the particular location or time period when the play or movie is set.
    • Help the costumier and set design understand the overall plot of the script or play text.
    • Help the costumier understand how to create the costume chart which follows characters lives throughout the progression of the production
    • Help the costumier sketch clothing ideas
    • Brainstorm with the set designer to create a set design inline with the directors artistic vision.
    • Create rough ideas for the set designer
    • Help directors interpret the script so they can understand the stand point of the writer and formulate their artistic vision
    • Help directors with techniques to break down characters so actors can play their roles very well.
    • Teach aspiring directors how to organize and lead the cast and crew members
  • Freelance Drama Teacher, Literature and English Home Tutor (Mar, 2018–Oct, 2019) at Oritamefa Baptist Model School Senior Secondary Students, Oyo. state Imperial lessons. DCrest Tutor
    • Introducing the students to Dramatic literature as a tool to help them understand text better.
    • Preparing students for Examinations such as IELTS, WASSCE, IGCSE, TOEFL, SAT and UTME.

    • Teaching students the techniques how to read and understand literature text
    • Teaching students how to write comprehensively and pass examinations
    • Online tutorials for students using Applications like Zoom and Google Classroom
    • Complete breakdown of literature from the basics
    • Exposing students to Theatre Performances.
    • Exposing students to grammar and use of English.
    • Delving into the rules of grammar.
    • Helping student understand how to read and summarize (understanding summary)
    • Complete breakdown of the WAEC and IGCSE Syllabus topics
  • Freelance Creative Director, Script writer and Content Creator (Feb, 2018–Nov, 2018) at Kaftan Television, Ondo state
    • Research industry-related topics
    • Prepare well-structured drafts using digital publishing platforms
    • Interview industry professionals and incorporate their views into the media concept
    • Write, Edit and proofread original scripts and adaption before production
    • Identify audience’s needs and recommend new themes
    • Develop and research ideas for original movie screenplays, and Short comedy skits.
    • Create an initial framework, or treatment, for screenplays.
    • Write or adapt a story into a script.
    • Meet with film executives to pitch screenplays and ideas.
    • Weave together visual elements in scenes with plot and dialogue.
    • Work with producers and other directors to edit and adjust the script as needed
    • Train Actors and Actresses to have better understanding of their character
    • Lead the cast and crew for productions in general.
  • Administrative Officer (Apr, 2017–Nov, 2018) at Nibam farm Enterprise, Ibadan
    • Manage the operations of the office.
    • Key liaison between the visitors, vendors and staff.
    • Create and disseminate all correspondences through bulletins, phones, emails etc.
    • Ensure and manage compliance to all office policies.
    • Coordinate logistics for the office and supervise the use/inventory of office supplies
    • Perform other administrative duties assigned.
  • Artistic Director/Actor Trainer (NYSC) (Mar, 2016–Mar, 2017) at Waziri Junaidu History and Culture Bureau, Sokoto State
    • Creating the organization’s program, i.e. selecting the stage plays that will be displayed during the season
    • Setting and overseeing the schedule production for the season and training actors to get into their character.
    • Casting actors, actresses for the roles and choosing the production crew . working closely with the Head of each department (Costumier, Set Designer, Light Designer, Sound Designer and the Stage manager)
    • Being in charge of theatrical development: commissioning playwrights to write original short plays, read and select the scripts that are submitted to the theatre.
    • Managing the team for performances within and outside the state
  • Artistic Director/Drama Teacher (Mar, 2015–Nov, 2016) at Black Impact Theatre, Ibadan
    • Creating Concepts and artistic vision for theatre performances
    • Introducing Stage reading of plays,prose,poetry to secondary school students and year 1 university students and using it as an avenue to make the students understand the texts better.
    • Analysing scripts and Character breakdown in literature text.
    • Introducing secondary students to a full Theatre production from reading to performance
    • Casting Actors and Actresses for Stage production,
    • Blocking play movements, leading rehearsals and monitoring production pacing
    • Meeting with the designers to explain the vision and also listen to their ideas.

Education

  • TEFL (Teaching English as a foreign Language) (Mar, 2022–Jul, 2022) from ESL Association of China
  • BA (Hons) Bachelor's of Arts (Mar, 2011–Nov, 2015) from University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria

Fee details

    ₦10,000–15,000/week (US$6.46–9.69/week)

    Dependent on how farmilar the student is to the topic.

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