Ms Alessandra Alvaro - Bondi Junction , Sydney

I have been tutoring in Europe and Australia for the last 10 years. I have come across people from different cultures and background and developed my cross-cultural sensitivity.
I love traveling and getting in touch with new cultures and habits even though I still remain European. The first time I came to Sydney I was fascinated by the multicultural aspect of life and always wanted to come back. I traveled all over Europe, lived and worked in Spain, England and France for a while but living in Australia has changed my perspectives, I never feel a foreigner here. I think teaching is one of the jobs that allows you to really communicate with people. I have been teaching all ages and levels and love the challenge of it. I think every class is different and every student has a different approach to language my passion is to find a way to build a class around a course or a student.
I am mostly available in the afternoons evenings but can have a flexible schedule if necessary

Experience
Since Sept 2005 Italian teacher at Coasit-Sydney

Aug-Dec 2009 Teacher for the Italian Institute of Culture-Sydney
Sep 2007 - July 2010 Full-time tranlsator for Flairview-Orbitz-HotelClub

May 2007-May 2008 Italian teacher for UNSW-Sydney

April-Aug. 2007 Italian Teacher for the Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre-Sydney , Australia

Jan 05-Jul 2007 Teacher-Administration/Language Assistant for the Language Exchange-Sydney-Australia
Feb-Apr 05 Grant Manager/Translator-OXFAM IYP(International Youth Parliament) Sydney-Australia
Oct 2004 Dec 2005 Translator/Language Dep Assistant-Etcom (Multicultural Marketing and Advertising Agency), Sydney-Australia

Oct 2002-Feb 2004 Teacher/Translator for the following private language schools and language services providers: Sat&Steekle, Astex, Open Languages, MTCI Idiomas, The Canadian Centre, English Systems. Madrid-Spain
Oct 2000-Jul 2002 Lecturer of Technical and specialised Translation and Simultaneous Interpreting- S PIO V School for Interpreters and Translators, Rome-Italy
Oct 99-Jul 2000 English Tutor-(on line and distance learning courses)S PIO V University for Interpreters and Translators, Rome-Italy
Oct 99-Jul 2002 Freelance Translator/Interpreter in the field of Medicine, Economics, Information Technology, Software, Web Pages (English-Italian-English/ French, Spanish-Italian) Rome-Italy

Qualifications
Jan 2012 Certificate IV Training & Assessment - in progress
June2006 Master Degree in International Relations and International Communications-Macquarie University, Sydney-Australia
July 2000 Master as Interpreter and Translator(computer aided translation system Trados) with a specialization in the field of Information Technology/Computer Science- IALS Regionale Lazio, Rome-Italy
Jul 1999 BA (honours) Modern Languages and Literature -La Sapienza University, Rome-Italy
Jul 1993 Training course as Tour Leader, Conference Hostess and Event Management-RTO - IALS Regionale Lazio, Rome-Italy