Biljana Pipovic
EFL teacher, teacher trainer
RESUME
Professional ​
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Biljana Pipovic is an English teacher and a teacher trainer employed at Gimnazija ’Stevan Jakovljevic’ in Vlasotince with working experience of 27 years. She has also been working as a language instructor in private schools for 19 years teaching teenagers and adults of all language levels, both general and Business English. She has been a mentor to talented students, the members of the Regional Center for Talented Students in Vranje and eleven times award winner at the Republic Competition for Talented Students. She is the author and a teacher trainer of four seminars recognized as a form of professional development by the Ministry of Education in Serbia trying to make teachers change their approach to teaching, showing them that variety is the spice of ELT.
Skills
English Language Teaching
Teacher Training
Tutoring
Lesson Planning
Curriculum Design
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Work​
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Job position. EFL Teacher
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Gimnazija "Stevan Jakovljevic", Vlasotince
January 1998 - present
September 2022 - present
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Teaching EFL to teenagers; mentoring research papers; coordinating international projects
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Job position. Teacher Trainer
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Klett, Beograd
September 2018 - present
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Holding a seminar Beyond English - 8 hours of recognized teacher training.
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Job position. Teacher Trainer
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Data Didakta, Beograd
September 2011 - 2018​
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Holding a workshop English in Mind
Holding a workshop Unit Planning
Holding a seminar Razvijanje usmenog izrazavanja u nastavi engleskog jezika - 8 hours of recognized teacher training.
Holding a seminar Projektna nastava - korak dalje u nastavi stranih jezika - 8 hours of recognized teacher training
Holding a seminar Motivacija moguca misija 2 - 8 hours of recognized teacher training.
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Job position. EFL Teacher
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Studio stranih jezika "Beyond English", Leskovac
September 2017 - present
September 2011 - 2018
Teaching FCE, CAE & CPE candidates. Teaching adults.
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Job position. Teacher Trainer
The Competence Improvement Center Leskovac
August 2012 - 2018
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Holding a seminar Variety as the Spice of ELT – 8 hours of recognized teacher training.
Holding a seminar Variety as the Spice of ELT II – 8 hours of recognized teacher training.
Holding a seminar Motivacija - moguca misija - 8 hours of recognized teacher training.
Holding a seminar Variety as the Spice of ELT REVISITED– 8 hours of recognized teacher training.
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Job position. Mentor
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Regionalni centar za talente, Vranje
September 2006 - present
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A mentor to talented students, the members of the Regional Center for Talented Students in Vranje and 16 times award winner in the Republic Competition for Talented Students
Languages
English
Serbian
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Education
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University of Niš, Faculty of Philosophy
BA in philology - English Language and Literature
Field of study - EFL teacher
1990 - 1995
University of Oregon, USA
AEI DE TESOL Methods B, Winter 2013
Introduction to Pedagogy and Practices for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL Methods)
2013
Uni for Life, Graz (Austria)​
Tierschutz and Tier-Mensch-Beziehungen
Modul A und Modul B
Ethik; Vegetarismums; Religion; Speziesismus in der Sprache...
2016
European Quality Label for the eTwinning project Myths and Legends Explored; National Support Service, European Commision, 2024.
European Quality Label for the eTwinning projects Historia Magistra Vitae; Terra Nostra Mare Nostrum; National Support Service; European Commission, 2023.
European Language Label for the eTwinning project To read or not to read? Fondacija Tempus; European Commission, 2023.
European Quality Label for the eTwinning projects Movie Magic; Let's get personal! Think Globally Act Locally; To read or not to read; National Support Service; European Commission, 2022.
First Prize. Application form.
Empowering Youth Through Design Thinking, ERASMUS+ project. Serbian representative on behalf Vegga Youth Centre from Serbia. Pignola, Italy. 2023.
First Prize. Application form.
World CLIL 2022 Sharing Classrooms, Sharing World online conference.
NUFFIC (the Dutch organisation for internationalisation in education), Universiteit Leiden, Universiteit Utrecht and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. 2022.
First Prize. Application form.
Digital citizenship through language education seminar in Graz, Austria
eTwinning Serbia National Support Service, Fondacija Tempus, Serbia, 2021.
European Quality Label for the eTwinning projects Say NO to all -isms!, New Faces of Today and English and Mathematics: Two Universal Languages; National Support Service; European Commission, 2021.
First Prize. Application form.
Annual eTwinning conference Classroom in Action: Addressing Climate Change with eTwinning online conference.
eTwinning Serbia National Support Service, Fondacija Tempus, 2020
European Quality Label for the eTwinning projects Generation Gap, Language, Media and Communication, Language, Media and Culture and Cultural and Historical Heritage; National Support Service; European Commission, 2020.
The best eTwinning project in Serbia: Generation Gap, eTwinning Serbia National Support Service Fondacija Tempus, 2020.
Saint Sava Award of the Faculty of Philosophy. Lesson Plan. "Survival." Faculty of Philosphy Niš, 2020.
Best Teacher Ex-Yugoslavia. Application Form.
Asocijacija ANN_EX_YU, 2019.
Municipality Vlasotince October Award for exceptional work achievements. Vlasotince, 2019.
European Quality Label for the eTwinning projects Teacher for A Day II and I Has a Grammar; National Support Service; European Commission, 2019.
European Quality Label for the eTwinning projects eTeens, Teacher for a Day I and My Dream Profession; National Support Service; European Commission, 2018
European Quality Label for the eTwinning projects Go Green and Different. Still the Same.; National Support Service; European Commission, 2017
European Quality Label for the eTwinning projects Communication - human Connection and Traditional Flavours of My Country; National Support Service; European Commission, 2016
First Prize. Application form.
eTwinning seminar for teachers working at schools in disadvantaged areas.
eTwinning Serbia National Support Service, Fondacija Tempus, Serbia, 2015.
Third Prize. Lesson plan."To Ask or not to Ask".
My Creative Classroom Activity 2014.
The English Book, Belgrade, 2014.
First Prize. Application form.
Introduction to Pedagogy and Practices for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL Methods). Тhe U.S. Department of State, 2012.
First Prize. Lesson plan. Different Activities.
Great Activities with Minimal Resources.
The English Book, Belgrade, 2012.
First Prize. Lesson plan. Wow! Dictations!
Cambridge Summer School 2011.
Data Status, Cambridge University Press, Belgrade, 2011.
First Prize. Teacher the Great. Greatest Teachers.
Longman, 2009.
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