CURRICULUM VITAE



PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name		ANDRADE, MARIA DO CARMO ISABEL ALVES CAMACHO DE
Address		CASAS PRÓXIMAS, RUA 2, Nº 10, STº ANTÓNIO, 902 [Send email to request phone number] 01 FUNCHAL, MADEIRA
Telephone
                                      Cell phone		00 351 291 753883
00 351 93 6119869
Fax		---------
E-mail		[Send email using form at bottom] ; carmoandrade68@gmail.com 


Nationality
                                                                                
       
                                   Place of Birth		Portuguese

Johannesburg, South Africa

Date of birth		27/09/1968

WORK EXPERIENCE
• Dates (from 1993 to 1994)

• Dates (from 1994 to 1999)
• Dates (from 1994 to 1999)

• Dates (from 1998 to 1999)
• Dates (from 1994 to 2009)
• Dates (from 1999 to 2004)
• Dates (from 2005 to 2007)		- Teaching Practicum in Education for the Degree in
Modern Languages and  
   Literature, Portuguese/English.
- Secondary School Teacher
  Coordinator
  Head Teacher 
- Private Portuguese teacher to foreigners
- FreelancerTranslator 
- Legal Assistant/Translator
- Secondary School Teacher
  Head Teacher 
  Project Coordinator (English Club)
• Name and address of employer		- “Escola Secundária Francisco Franco”, Funchal,
Madeira 
- “Escola Secundária Jaime Moniz”, Funchal, Madeira 
- “Madeira Management Cia. Lda.”, Rua dos Murças, nº 88, 900***-058 Funchal,
Madeira
• Type of business or sector		Secondary School
Management Company
• Occupation or position held		Teacher
Coordinator
Head Teacher
Legal Assistant/Translator
• Main activities and responsibilities		AS A TEACHER:
- Taught English and Portuguese to several levels: from the 7th to the 11th
standards
- Invigilated national tests and exams
- Wrote exams
- Acted as member of exams’ correction jury
- Coordinated night classes; Inserted students’ marks in specific forms and
collected 
   information regarding students’ progress with other teachers
- Gave pedagogical support to several handicapped teenagers 
- Gave private Portuguese classes to foreigners
- Coordinated a school project called “English Club”
- Drew up a project: “SOS Language”
AS A LEGAL ASSISTANT/TRANSLATOR:
- Translated scientific and informative documents for university students and
foreigners (English-  
   Portuguese and vice-versa; French to Portuguese and English).
- Translated legal documents (powers of attorney, deeds, contracts,
certificates) and other types 
  of texts from English, French and Spanish into Portuguese
- Translated all kinds of legal documents from Portuguese and French into
English and    Portuguese
- Certified translations at the notaries
- Wrote and forwarded faxes, e-mails and letters, related to legal matters, in
the English and 
  Portuguese languages to  foreign and national clients
- Forwarded companies’ documents (certificates, deeds, contracts) to clients
- Communicated with foreign clients directly over the phone regarding several
legal matters 
- Issued and forwarded proxies and letters requested by clients
- Issued and filed certain legal documents, such as, management agreements and
declarations 
  of trust 
- Gave support to my colleagues in the drawing up of English texts (faxes,
e-mails) 
- Requested certificates of fiscal residence for clients
- Requested certificates of several companies at the Commercial Registry of the
Free Trade 
  Zone of Madeira
- Requested certified copies
- Attended some meetings with overseas directors and foreign clients
- Invoiced work done

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Dates (from 1992 to 1994)
• Dates (from 1988 to 1992)
• Date (1999)
• Date (1998)
• Dates (from 1995 to 1998)

• Date (1998)

• Date (1996)
• Date (1995)

• Date (1995)
• Date (1994)

• Date (1994)
• Dates (from 1986 to 1987)
               
               • Dates (from 1985 to 1986)
               • Dates (from 1981 to 1987)

• Dates (from 1979 to 1981)
• Dates (from 1975 to 1979)		- Teaching Practicum, “Escola Secundária Francisco
Franco”, Secondary School
- Degree in Modern Languages and Literature, Portuguese/English, University of
Lisbon
- Professional Training Course, “ The Ocidental Culture in the End of the
Millenium”, Funchal
- Seminar of English Teachers, Funchal, Madeira
- Four Conferences of A.P.P.I. (Portuguese Association of English Teachers),
Lisbon, Oporto   
  and Funchal
- Professional Training Course, “The Portuguese Poetry of the Second Half of the
20th Century”, 
  Funchal, Madeira
- Seminar on the continuous training of teachers, Funchal, Madeira
- English Teachers’ Course, “Self-Access and Independent Learning”, “The Bell
Language  
  School”, Cambridge, England
- Professional Training Course on Secondary School Teaching, Funchal , Madeira
- English Teachers’ Course on language study, pedagogical skills, materials
creation and  
   professional development, Margate, England
- 5th Conference of Teachers of Madeira, Funchal, Madeira
- “Diplome Pratique de Langue Française, “Alliance Française”, Language School,
Funchal,  
   Madeira
- First Certificate in English, University of Cambridge, Funchal, Madeira
- Secondary Schools, “Escola Secundária Francisco Franco” and “Escola Secundária
Jaime 
  Moniz”, Funchal, Madeira
- Preparatory School
- Primary School
• Principal subjects/occupational 
skills covered		- English and Portuguese linguistics, Phonetics, Syntax, English
and Portuguese Cultures and  
  Literature, Psychology, English and Portuguese Didactics, etc.
- Pedagogical and translation skills. 
• Title of qualification awarded		University Graduate

PERSONAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
Acquired in the course of life and career but not necessarily covered by formal
certificates and diplomas.

MOTHER TONGUE		PORTUGUESE

OTHER LANGUAGES

		ENGLISH           FRENCH          GERMAN        ITALIAN       SPANISH
• Reading skills		EXCELLENT     GOOD              BASIC               BASIC     
      BASIC
• Writing skills		EXCELLENT     GOOD              BASIC               -----     
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• Verbal skills		EXCELLENT     BASIC               BASIC               -----    
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SOCIAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
Living and working with other people, in multicultural environments, in
positions where communication is important and situations where teamwork is
essential (for example culture and sports), etc.		- Coordinated night classes;
Inserted all of students marks in specific forms and collected 
   information as to students’ progress with other teachers
- Gave pedagogical support to several handicapped teenagers 
- Gave private Portuguese classes to foreigners
- Communicated with foreign clients regarding several legal matters 
- Coordinated a multicultural project: “English Club”


ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS 
AND COMPETENCES 
Coordination and administration of people, projects and budgets; at work, in
voluntary work (for example culture and sports) and at home, etc.		AS A TEACHER –
coordinated several classes.
- was responsible for projects linking school with society with students- 
- helped organize exhibitions at a secondary school 
AS A UNIVERSITY STUDENT - worked with teams to present projects on several
subjects to teachers
                                           and colleagues


TECHNICAL SKILLS 
AND COMPETENCES
With computers, specific kinds of equipment, machinery, etc.		- WORKING KOWLEDGE
OF MS WORD, MS EXCEL, POWERPOINT AND INTERNET - COMPUTER COURSE,    JULY 1995.
- DREAMWEAVER COURSE, SEPTEMBER 2008

ARTISTIC SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
Music, writing, design, etc.		WRITING - POETRY – ONE POEM PUBLISHED
                 - WRITER FOR HELIUM AND WEBOOK.
MUSIC – 1 YEAR AT MADEIRA’S SCHOOL OF ARTS 

OTHER SKILLS 
AND COMPETENCES
Competences not mentioned above.		YOGA
HIKING
SWIMMING COMPETITIONS AS A TEENAGER


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION		RECOMMENDATION LETTER FROM “MADEIRA MANAGEMENT CIA.
LDA.” SHALL BE PRESENTED TO YOU UPON REQUEST

ANNEXES		CERTIFICATES SHALL BE PRESENTED TO YOU UPON REQUEST.