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I am from Lithuania and I live in a small green town in the south of the country.  I've been living here ever since I graduated the university and got married. The same year I started working at Alytaus Adolfo Ramanausko-Vanago gymnasium and this is my 22nd year here.

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I am a member of different work groups at school and often cooperate with colleagues on different projects. Since 2003 I have been responsible for initiating, administrating and coordinating European Comenius and Erasmus+ projects.

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In 2018 I was selected for the Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Fulbright program for outstanding teachers from all around the world and spent two months in the United States of America studying 21st century competences at university and having internship at a high school.

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I'm interested in educational technologies and often use them in the classroom. In 2017 I was a member of a finalist team at a national level contest Samsung School for the Future. In 2020, with another team we were testing the SmartLab possibilities.  Since then, I took a lot of courses on integrating technology  in the instructional material, now I quite often lecture for teachers.

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Every year I run different eTwinning projects, I see them as a great opportunity to make learning more appealing to my students.
In November 2019 I had the privilege of attending an eTwinning FCL workshop Inclusive and Diverse Classroom" in Brussels, Belgium.
For successful cooperation on different projects I received several National and European quality labels.

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I teach EFL levels B1 to C1 to students aged 15 to 19. My students are mostly motivated ones who want to get well prepared for university studies. Ever since I started my career, I have always been looking for new ways of teaching, new challenges, better opportunities for my students. They, in turn, often reward me with with their achievements. In 2019 and 2022 my students took 3rd place in the Lithuanian English Language Olympiad.

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If not at school, I can be found on the road - I love traveling. When at home, I  ride a bike, go for long walks with my dogs, read, watch Netflix or knit. I can also be regularly met at a gym.

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In 2019  and 2022 I  hosted two English Teaching Assistants from the USA, helping them learn tricks of the trade.

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Well, hope this is enough to illustrate that I like learning and improving :) Also, I often share what I have learnt at seminars or conferences.

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Proud to be listed in Top 500 most efficient and successful teachers in Lithuania by the Ratings Magazine, December 2020.

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2020 Teacher of the Year award by Alytus city municipality

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Top 3 finalist of the Most Innovative Languages teachers in Lithuania, 2021

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Top 3 finalist of the Most Innovative Languages teachers in Lithuania, 2021