Liudmyla Totsyna, Mariupol (Ukraine)
English Teacher at «Mariupol Lyceum of Kyiv City», Access Teacher
Education
Higher Education, Horlivka State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages, 2007
Work experience, Professional Development
- Award winner «Access teacher of the year 2023» (Portland, Oregon) for using her English Access Microscholarship Program experience to positively impact her local teaching communities in Ukraine and advancing international education exchange, issued by United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs.
- Top 10 teachers «Global Teacher Prize Ukraine 2020» https://osvitoria.media/experience/global-teacher-prize-ukraine-ogolosyly-top-10-najkrashhyh-vchyteliv-ukrayiny/
- Alumna of Fulbright Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA), Media Literacy Cohort, completed her internship at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA (September–July 2019).
- English language teacher at the English Language Education Scholarship Program English Access Microscholarship Program (abbreviated «Access») of the US Embassy (2017-2019, 2020-2021, 2021-2023).
- U.S. Embassy Access Alumni Civic Engagement Program Trainer 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022; «School of community active position and development» 2021. Program for Ukrainian teenagers that suffered from the war «Learning English – Overcoming Stress» (2022-2023).
- Participant of «Exploring American Perspectives through Popular Culture» English Access Microscholarship Academic Exchange Program, 2023 at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, the USA.
- Author of the course «English language. Grade 7». All-Ukrainian School Online 2021: https://lms.e-school.net.ua/
- Trainer for local, Ukrainian and international projects for EL teachers: «IMPULSE» 2019-2020, «GoCamp» 2019, Virtual Media Literacy Institute «Engaging Students with Media Literacy» 2020, «Teach for Ukraine» 2021.
- Course facilitator and trainer at the US Embassy projects «English for Media Literacy», «VeryVerified Course on Media Literacy» 2018-2019.
- Coach of the selected team of the Donetsk region of the All-Ukrainian Olympiad in English language.
- Mentoring at the summer camp «GoCamp Online: Arts and Creativity» 2020, «Ukraine is the Capital of Great People» 2022.
- English teacher at the local project «Online lessons for students of grades 5 – TO live» at the «Mariupol TV channel» 2020.
- Speaker, author of webinars for https://naurok.com.ua/ 2021, https://vseosvita.ua 2021.
- Co-author of the course «Teaching English in a Barrier-Free Space» https://teachingbarrierfree.com/
- Author of the course «English language. Grade 7». All-Ukrainian School Online 2021: https://lms.e-school.net.ua/
- UK Education Specialist, British Council Education UK Certificate for Agents – March 2016 http://bcagent.info/gal/business_card.php?id=14916
