Henry Uchechukwu Dike

Dynamic professional with expertise in public speaking, crowd control, and effective communication. Demonstrates strong cross-cultural leadership skills and empathy, ensuring successful collaboration in diverse environments. Proficient in time management and teamwork, with a commitment to integrity and self-confidence. Skilled in English language proficiency and special needs accommodation, utilising positive reinforcement techniques to enhance learning experiences. Adept at operating audiovisual equipment and implementing audio-visual aids to support educational objectives. Dedicated to child protection and safeguarding, facilitating productive parent-teacher conferences through strong written and verbal communication.

Passionate School Teacher with more than 3 years of experience in developing and implementing diverse and creative curriculums. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction and observation. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, self-esteem and responsibility.

• The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiIL): Guidelines for Family Justice, Land Justice and the prevention of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) 2025
• Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria licence and certification 2022
• Jobberman Soft - Skills Training certification 2022 (Personal effectiveness, effective communication, employability, emotional intelligence, and critical thinking)
• Nigerian Institute of Animal Science (Graduate Animal Scientist) 2013
• Health, Safety and Environment 2 of 3 from the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management, London 2013

• King of Kings Foundation Schools, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria, 2020, till date, Utilize visual aids such as charts, pictures and video to reinforce concepts and make pupils/young learners understand new topics, Incorporate music and movement into lessons to help children aged 2-11 years retain information. Use song and rhymes to teach new vocabulary, Use hands on and interactive activities such as building blocks, puzzles, art projects to make learning fun and engaging for young learners since they learn best through play and exploration.
• Girls Secondary School, Ikenegbu, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria, 2015, 2018, Managed and maintained classroom environment conducive to learning, Prepared lessons plans according to school standards and assigned subjects., Facilitated student led discussions to enhance comprehension of course material., Developed and implemented assessments to evaluate students understanding., Participated in parent-teacher conferences to communicate students' progress and important information., Assisted in planning, organizing and execution of extra-curricular activities, inter house sports activities like table tennis, football matches, races. I have managed classroom-based projects involving planning, coordination, monitoring, and delivery of learning outcomes.

• Comprehensive High School, Okundi, Boki Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria, 2012, 2013, Planning, designing and managing of learning activities where students work individually or in groups to solve a problem, create something or investigate a topic (project-based learning), Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators and parents to help students reach learning objectives., Demonstrated ability to create engaging and interactive lesson plans for students of all ages and abilities., Developed strategies to effectively manage classroom behavior, promote positive learning environment and ensure student safety., Maintained accurate records of attendance, grades and other relevant data related to student performance., Facilitated small group instruction sessions and prepared end of term report cards and reported to the principal of the school who in turn assessed level of Achievement of set goals/objectives., Corrected students' assignments, issued tests, recorded marks thus evaluating students' understanding of terms and concepts.
• Akatta Secondary School, Akatta - Oru East Local Government Area, Imo State, Nigeria, 2004, 2006, Ensured students belonged to at least one school club such as literary and debating club to enhance their self-development. Also, presented scheme of work at the beginning of each new term giving students timeline to achieve a set goal (project). Roles such as class captains group leaders, scribes etc were assigned to students as they belonged to the school club, Assisted in sensitizing, creating awareness and encouraging out of school secondary school students who had stopped going to school as a result of shortage of teachers (occasioned by inadequate government support and/or funding) in my village/local school to resume school. Students were urged to deliver their assignments (projects) via presentation thus giving them a sense of project management deliverables., Taught Biology (for Senior Secondary) and Agricultural Science (Junior Secondary) to students in my local/village school and evaluated their performance (cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains). Late submission of assignments (projects) and absenteeism from class which are project risks were highly discouraged by me., I monitored every learning goal (project objective) via frequent class check-ins and daily attendance taking and/or attendance register.

• Elected Assistant Secretary, Students' Union Government (S.U.G.) 2009
• Elected Financial Secretary, Students' Representative Council (S.R.C.)/ Students' Union Government (S.U.G.) 2008