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Teaching Reference for Roya Abdoly

Dear Sir or Madam,

Iworked with and supervised Roya Abdoly for several months in the spring and summer of 2016, in my
capacity as Centre Director of the summer Junior Program at Eurocentres Toronto. My background is
academic and administrative. I supervised and evaluated teachers for many years.

Eurocentres is an internationalchain of language schools, offering instruction in seven languages across


1"8 countries. Our iunior Program is generally for students LLto 17 years of age and comprises English
language instruction, activities and accommodation.

One of the main tasks I assigned to Roya was the creation an activities program. This was an extremely
challenging task as we had 19 groups entering our junior program on various dates, for different lengths
of time. Manyof thesegroups had specified in advance which activitiestheywanted totake part in,
leaving us with limited flexibility in numerous cases. Groups were of different sizes and this impacted
decisions regarding which could be combined with others. Students originated from a number of
countries so cultural factors had to be accounted for.

Roya undertook the various aspects this task with enthusiasm and characteristic good humour. For the
master activities schedule, she constructed a complex yet user-friendly Excel workbook containing a
number of interconnected worksheets. She designed a large number of exciting activities, ranging from
beach volleyball to a Niagara Falls day trip. For each she worked out transportation requirements and
produced detailed notes and posters for the tour leaders. She made bookings at the different venues
selected for activities. This involved a great dealof online and telephone work.

In addition, Roya led all the activities for one of our most demanding groups for their four weeks at the
school. She handled this with admirable poise and flare. Whenever I overheard Roya dealing with
students and group leaders I noticed that she was able to provide clear explanations in language tailored
to the appropriate level of comprehension. Feedback we received on Roya was excellent.

During all of her work, Roya conferred with me whenever necessary. I consistently found her
communications to be clear and concise.

We were fortunate that Roya had the computer, logisticaland personalskills necessaryto undertake
this range of tasks. She is a very organized, focused individualwho takes her responsibilities seriously.
An intelligent problem-solver, Roya deals calmly with issues as they arise. ln addition, she was always on
time for work and was willing to work additional hours as required.

Roya Abdoly worked very well as part of our team and I highly recommend her to you for any position
requiring a bright, organized, innovative individualwith a congenial personality. She would make an
excellent teacher, in my estimation. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

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Rich Powell
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Centre Director - Junior Program, Eurocentres Toronto

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