Ricky Bland
Teacher Trainer
Director of Studies
Web Developer
Event Organiser

Ricky Bland
Personal Portfolio & CV

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Job & Project History
Qualifications & Skills
Projects
Milestones & Growth

My Journey So Far

Work History

Teacher Trainer & Academic Manager

2019 - Present

Planning and delivering bespoke courses, materials creation, manager on short courses

Krakow, PL

Director of Studies

2017 - 2019

Academic management, teacher training for MoE courses, teaching ESP (film, finance, IT)

Kyiv, UA

Self Employed, Krakow

2014-2017

Teacher (exam prep, in-company, teens

Krakow, PL

Senior Teacher

2013 - 2014

Teaching exam classes (CAE, FCE, PET)

Cordoba, ES

IELTS Teacher

2012-2013

Specialist in preparing students for the IELTS exam.

Istanbul, TR

Short Projects

Senior Teacher (Winter Camp)

2024

Helped launch a pilot winter camp in China. 40 students peak.

Hainan, CN

Director of Studies (Summer)

2024

250 students peak, teacher training responsibilities, British Council inspection preparation, revamped available course materials.

Hampshire, UK

Director of Studies (Summer)

2019-2023

120 students peak, designed and delivered 4 bepsoke courses, created various IT systems to assist with camp admin

Sussex, UK

Centre Manager (Summer)

2018

200 students peak, mutli-centre campus.

Sussex, UK

Centre Manager (Summer)

2017

70 students peak, inspection preparation.

Devon, UK
Expertise and Experience

Skills and Qualifications

🎓 Qualifications

Certifications and achievements that validate my expertise and dedication to excellence.

DELTA (Module 2)

Cambridge ESOL - 2017

DELTA (Module 1)

Cambridge ESOL - 2013

CELTA

Cambridge ESOL - 2011

🚀 Skills

A versatile toolkit built from problem-solving, innovation, and hands-on experience.

Sveltekit & Typescript

Udemy - 2023

IH Director of Studies Course

IH - 2015

Introduction to Computer Science & Python

Udacity - 2014

Exploring new frontiers in development

✨ What I'm currently building

AtlasKino

Mapping film, documentaries, podcasts and more to the world's cultural regions.

QGISSveltekitAirtablePocketbase

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Tesolate

Resources and materials for English language teachers.

Lesson & Course DesignSveltekitSanity

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Polskify.me

An interactive language learning app for Polish.

SvelteKitTypeScriptPocketbase

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Gaiagraphia

A challenge to provide the most information about the culture, history, and geography of the world in a map of the smallest possible file size.

Data VisualizationQGISTopoJSON

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