MASINDI MUSETHA (24 / Ms. ), South-African, Teacher living in South Africa looking for Au Pair & Live-in Tutor job in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy & Netherlands for 10-24 Months

My name is , I am the eldest daughter of five siblings, I come from a very tightly nipped family as we are very close. I am twenty four years of age, I love reading, excising and just being an overall helpful human being because coming from a big family I learned a lot about different family values like unity, support and empathy.

I was a teacher assistant for a high school for four months, that job required me to assist individual learners with school work like English, English Literature and Mathematics, at times manage a whole class of leaners, engage with parents in relation to the learners. I assisted various educators with children ranging from thirteen to eighteen all in various learning phases and sports related curricular. I enjoyed working with the older learners because they are like young adults, they have a whiff of life and they are optimistic and full of hope and in that phase, I learned that all they need is direction, support and a listener.
I am currently a teacher assistant for a primary school, I have been working for the school for two months now, I assist a second grade teacher with her class, specifically I help the learners with reading, spelling, mathematics and basic problem solving or life skills. I currently work with learners as young as six years old to as old as thirteen years of age, with learners this young I learned that each child is an individual, as some are more confident than others, there is a lot of shyness and behind that is a lot of personality and character, I also learned to be patient with some learners as they all have different learning and understanding rates.

I love education, my mother has been a teacher for close to twenty five years now, my late grandmother was a teacher for more than fifty years and my grandfather was a Principal. I come from a big family that values education and integrity, we are warm, bubbly and full of character and loving. I have four younger brothers, so the only girls at home are myself and my mother.

I believe becoming an Au Pair would be a great opportunity for me for various reasons, firstly being that I love working with children and I love teaching as well, secondly I think the experience could vehemently broaden my perspective of life, teaching and grasping various different cultures from distant foreign places and lastly this is a very exciting opportunity. I think I qualify for the position because this year alone I have more than three thousand hours experience working with various different learners, I enjoyed working with the learners so much so that I want to study education further and grow in the career.