Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Voluntary Services
Hobbies and Interests
Certification
Timeline
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Wilberforce Martey Obiri

Tema

Summary

I am a young Ghanaian man driven by a strong desire to learn and to excel in whatever I devote myself to do. I am educated and I have a rich working experience in both voluntary and full time employment. I speak fluent English and currently a Teacher of Christian Religious Studies (CRS). I look forward to bringing my years of experience into a new working environment.

Overview

11
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

Ghana Education Service

Teacher
01.2018 - Current

Job overview

  • Able to employ my knowledge in my Theological Studies to facilitate learning of Christian Religious Studies thereby preparing students to write the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination with over 75 percent securing pass in the subject
  • Able to Prepare Lesson Plan for each Lesson thereby learning to develop a strategy of creating short and target activities to achieve success in big tasks
  • I have developed multiple ways of building and maintaining rapport with students and colleagues thereby creating an atmosphere where students and colleagues can freely approach me with challenges or any difficulty
  • This has made it strengthened the ability to examine my work and relationship in the process of work
  • The demands of Teaching requires conducting tests and reviewing work given to students
  • These constant practices has drawn my attention to the usefulness of relying on assessment to measure work output
  • I am also able to make targeted interventions to solve unique problems because carrying out test help to see areas of necessary interventions
  • The role of a Teacher has enhanced my communication skills and confidence in opening conversation with new people
  • Over the 5 year period I have been teaching, I have come across over 100’s of students and year in year out I come to meet new students
  • The constant routine has helped to develop a varied approach to opening and engaging interesting conversation as a medium of community lesson and instructions
  • I have also developed the skill to work in a routine environment and by doing repetitive tasks efficiently by employing new ways: inviting resource persons, watching of educational documentaries and student presentation to avoid boredom which can lead to redundancy.

Literacy and Evangelism International – Ghana

Administrative Assistant
01.2016 - 02.2018

Job overview

  • I was trained to opened files to keep correspondence for the organizations activities
  • This helped to maintain proper records in order to draw attention to staff on meeting external appointments and aid in quarterly and yearly reviews
  • I was assigned to record management meetings and to provide copies of the records to management members in future meetings to help review decisions of previous meetings
  • This help the organization to keep track of goals and objectives for the year
  • I carried out visits to the partners of the organization and to donors to follow up on the mails the organization sends to them
  • I help the Organization to realize monetary pledges made to the organization to help fund its activities.

Presbyterian Church of Ghana

Evangelism Secretary
01.2013 - 01.2015

Job overview

  • I worked with a Team of Executives as Evangelism Secretary in organizing a retreat for Young individuals between the ages of 18 and 30 at Ada Senior High School in order to enhance the devotion of members to God and encourage friendship within the youth
  • We were able to assemble over 170 young people for the retreat from 10 congregations
  • Visit local youth groups to monitor their activities and help them strengthen the participation of the you in the local congregation and by this help to keep all the youth groups in line with the District activities for the year.

Education

Akrofi Christaller Institute of Theology Mission and Culture

Master’s Degree from MA (Theology and Mission)
05.2016

University of Ghana, Legon

Bachelor’s Degree from Bachelor of Arts (Social Work with Political Science)
05.2012

Achimota Secondary School, Accra

Senior High Certificate from West African Senior School Certificate
06.2007

Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • Driving
  • Student Engagement
  • Classroom Instruction
  • Public Speaking
  • Subject matter expertise
  • Student Assessment
  • Technology Integration
  • Filing
  • Report Writing
  • Internet Research
  • Problem-Solving
  • Team Teaching and Collaboration
  • Positive Reinforcement
  • Parent-teacher communication
  • Student-Centered Learning
  • Minute Taking
  • Client Relations

Voluntary Services

  • Literacy and Evangelism Ghana; a member of Literacy and Evangelism International, Tulsa Oklahoma
  • Field Work Practice at the Social Welfare Department in Tema (Ghana)

Hobbies and Interests

  • Playing Chess
  • Hanging out with friends
  • Football

Certification

  • Introduction to Investment, Ghana Stock Exchange - 1 month
  • Online Computer Driving License, University of Ghana - 3 months

Timeline

Teacher

Ghana Education Service
01.2018 - Current

Administrative Assistant

Literacy and Evangelism International – Ghana
01.2016 - 02.2018

Evangelism Secretary

Presbyterian Church of Ghana
01.2013 - 01.2015

Akrofi Christaller Institute of Theology Mission and Culture

Master’s Degree from MA (Theology and Mission)

University of Ghana, Legon

Bachelor’s Degree from Bachelor of Arts (Social Work with Political Science)

Achimota Secondary School, Accra

Senior High Certificate from West African Senior School Certificate

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