Minja Veljović

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Professor of Spanish

minja.veljovic@boskovic.edu.rs

Education:

Bachelor studies:  “Ca’ Foscari” University , Italy (2019- 2022)

Master studies : “UCAM” University , Spain (2022 – 2023)

Module: Bilingual education, CLIL metodology

  • Professional training : How to apply CLIL metodology and design or adapt materials and exams

 Professional training:

Simultaneous interpretation working practice- Treviso, Italy, 2021 (Italian – Spanish)

Teaching assistant working practice- Murcia, Spain,2023 (Bilingual education)

 Working experience:

  • Italian, Spanish and English language classes for kids between the age of 6 and 16

 

Natalija Radović

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Spanish Language Teacher

natalija.radovic@boskovic.edu.rs

Education: Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade – Master’s Degree in Spanish Language and Hispanic Literature (Teaching Methodology, Applied Linguistics)

Master Course – Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, Complutense University in Madrid

Co-founder and Vice President of the Association of Spanish Language Teachers of Serbia

Professional development:

  • July 2009: Spanish Language Teacher Training Course, Autonomous University, Madrid (participant)

April 2011: One-day intensive Spanish Language Teacher Training Course by Edinumen Publishing House, Cervantes Institute (certificate)

  • November 2011: Training Course for International DELE Exam C2 Examiner, Cervantes Institute (certificate)
  • March 2012: One-day intensive Spanish Language Teacher Training Course by Edelsa Publishing House, Cervantes Institute (certificate)
  • April 2012: One-day intensive Spanish Language Teacher Training Course by Edinumen Publishing House, Cervantes Institute (certificate)
  • July 2012: Master Course in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, 100 hours duration at Complutense University, Madrid (certificate)

March 2013: Spanish Language Teachers Seminar, Cervantes Institute (certificate)

June 2013: Spanish Language Teachers Seminar, Cervantes Institute (certificate)

  • June 2013: Professional Development Seminar “Data Didakta” (participant)
  • August 2014: Scholar of Delibes School in Salamanca, recommended by the Spanish Embassy, 30-hour teacher training course (certificate)
  • June 2018: Course on Spanish Culture and the Use of ICT Tools within the project “The Culture and the Use of ICT in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language” KA1 Erasmus+, Delibes School in Salamanca, 15-hour duration (certificate)
  • June 2018: V International Congress of Spanish in Castilla y León
  • June 2018 – July 2018: Culture and ICT in ELE Class, Delibes School, Salamanca

 

Participation in Projects and Conferences:

 

  • February 2022: Speaker on the Spanish educational platform “Profedeele”
  • September 2022: Participant and material implementer – Handbook for Early Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language within the Profedepeques – DeTeleda project at the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade.
  • June 2019: Participant at the XIII International Symposium of SEDLL, one of the implementers of materials for “Cultuforma”, a free online learning platform about Spanish culture aimed at Spanish language teachers
  • September 2018: Participant in the organization of the Second National Conference of Hispanists at the Faculty of Philology
  • 2017: Author and implementer of the accredited seminar “From Grammar to Play” (ZUOV)

 

Dragana Suzić-Vidović

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Teacher of English

dragana.vidovic@boskovic.edu.rs

Education: M.A. in English Language and Literature, Belgrade University, Faculty of Philology, Department of English Studies

Professional experience:

2007-2024 Equilibrio – Educational system – Educational standards supervisor and English instructor (general, business and professional courses; preparatory courses for FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS and TOEFL exam)

2005-2007 Filip Filipović Primary school – English teacher

2002-2005 Memphis School of English – English instructor (general and business courses)

Professional training:

– TKT Essentials – Trainer Training Workshop

– Observing the observation: ways into enhancing the classroom observation experience

– Summer school – New methods in English language teaching

– The English Book – Oxford Day

– Cambridge Day Serbia

– The English Book mini seminar – ELT activities for children

– Holistic Approaches to the Teaching and Learning of Grammar

– ICT Across Curriculum Regional Seminar

– Teacher training seminar: Reading and Writing in Primary Schools

 

Nikola Polić

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Teacher of German language

nikola.polic@boskovic.edu.rs

 

Education:

Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade

  • BA – German language, literature, culture
  • Attending: Master academic studies – Serbian as a foreign language

 

Experience:

  • Berlitz International School of Foreign Languages
  • Private lessons and German language courses for adults and children

 

Certificates:

  • CAE (C1 Advanced English)
  • Certificate of completed courses in methodology and didactics of foreign language teaching during undergraduate studies
  • Youthpass certificate of participation in the Erasmus+ project Medienwelt

 

 

 

Milan Mirković

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Teacher of Religious Education (Orthodox Theology)
Cleric and Chanter at the Church of Saint Sava in Belgrade

milan.mirkovic@boskovic.edu.rs

 

Education:

  • Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in the field of Liturgics (Orthodox Worship)
  • BA from the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade

Additional information:

  • Engaged in scientific research in the field of Liturgy, with a particular focus on the construction and decoration of the Church of Saint Sava.

Milena Petrović

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Teacher of English

milena.petrovic@boskovic.edu.rs

Education:

  • PhD candidate at the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade
  • MA in Language, Literature and Culture, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philology (Title of the final thesis “Types of Calquing in Serbian Films Made between 2016 and 2021”)
  • BA in English Language, Literature and Culture, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philology

Working experience and professional training:

  • Teaching English as an Elective Course at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade
  • ELTA Conference
  • Scientific Conference Contemporary Studies of Language and Literature
  • International Conference Language, Literature, and Dialogue

Awards and scholarships:

  • Plaque “Prof. Dr. Sonja Dekanić Janoski” for Valedictorian of generation 2018/2019
  • Laudation of the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade for exceptional success in BA studies
  • Scholarship of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia for Remarkably Gifted Students from 2017 to 2023

Projects:

  • Trans-Atlantic & Pacific Project: Cross-Cultural UX Project
  • PARCOLAB Parallel Corpus

Irena Petrović

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Class teacher

irena.petrovic@boskovic.edu.rs

 

Work experience:

International Nursery School of Belgrade (INSB) – Class teacher

Prima International School of Belgrade – Class teacher (Y1-Y6)

Brook Hill International School – Class teacher

 

Other languages: English language, French language

 

Projects:

Character Against Violence

Festic– festival of theatrical performances for children

 

PhD Stefan Todorović

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Teacher of Serbian Language and Literature

Education: Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac, PhD in Philology (Linguistics), Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Serbian Language and Literature

Professional development:

– seminars and professional training workshops (digital technologies, pedagogical documentation, teaching Serbian language and literature)

– team leader – Cambridge Professional Development Qualifications (PDQ) – Teaching with digital technologies

– coordinator of the Literary Olympiad, a competition for secondary school students, organized by the Society for Serbian Language and Literature of Serbia, Belgrade Branch

– member of national review committees for competitions in Serbian language and literature (Literary Olympiad and Serbian Language and Linguistic Culture)

Professional experience:

– Teacher of Serbian Language and Literature, Kreativno Pero Primary School and High School, Mina Karadžić Primary School, Belgrade

– Research Trainee and Research Associate on a scientific project at the Centre for the Study of Language and Literature, FILUM, Kragujevac

Participation in projects:

– Scientific project: The Dynamics of Structures in Contemporary Serbian Language

Science:

– Published papers in the fields of linguistics and stylistics, participation in scientific and professional conferences

 

PhD Vesna Hlavati Širka

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Teacher of biology

 

Education: MA studies Ecology and environmental protection and PhD Biodiversity protection at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade.

Innovator in teaching

The author of the BIOSLOGOS work book, which was included in the ,,Good  practice examples’’ in the field of natural sciences in December 2022 by ZUOV.

Two years in a row (2023 and 2024) at the Faculty of Biology, won the prize for Innovations in the teaching of Biology for the teaching material Classification Key (2023) and Adaptations (2024).

In September 2023, at the “Science on Stage Serbia” festival, the ,,Pigeon Genetics’’ project was selected as a 5-star project.  In August 2024 the Pigeon Genetics project was presented in the competition part of the Science on Stage Europe festival in Finland.

Work experience:

-Associate of ZUOV in reviewing and approving teaching textbooks (more than 18 reviewed textbooks for both primary and secondary schools) since 2016.

-As an associate of ZUOV, held three trainings related to learning outcomes for school employees (Pančevo and Zrenjanin).

-Associate of the Center for Gifted Students “Mihajlo Pupin” Pancevo since 2018.

-Biology teacher since 2004 in different types of schools.

-As part of the Erasmus plus project “New skill-new school”, she attended a seminar in Berlin in 2018 “Project based learning”.

 

Scientific articles:

Hlavati Širka, V., Jakovljević, K., Mihailović, N., Jovanović, S. (2016). Heavy metal accumulation in invasive Reynoutria x bohemica Chrtek & Chrtkova´ in polluted areas. Environ Earth Sci 75:951.  DOI 10.1007/s12665-016-5763-6

Hlavati Širka V., Lakušić, D., Šinžar-Sekulić, J., Nikolić, T., Jovanović, S. (2013). Reynoutria sachalinensis: a new invasive species to the flora of Serbia and its distribution in SE Europe. Botanica Serbica 37(2): 105-112. UDK 582.665.11(497.11)

Jovanović, Hlavati Širka V., D.r Lakušić, N. Jogan, T. Nikolić, P. Anastasiu, V.Vladimirov, J. Šinžar-Sekulić (2018). Reynoutria niche modelling and protected area prioritization for restoration and protection from invasion: A Southeastern Europe case study, Journal for Nature Conservation, Volume 41, 2018, pages 1-15, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2017.10.011.

 

Milenko Miljić

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Teacher of geography

Eduacation:

-2010 – Geography Graduate for Environmental Science from the Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade

Professional Experience:

-DP Coordinator at Rudjer Boskovic School since 2024

-Environmental system and societies and Geography teacher since 2015

Workshops and certificates:
-Cambridge International Examinations online Professional Development course: Introductory Cambridge IGCSE Geography (0460)
-CTP Cambridge IGCSE Geography (0460)
-International Baccalaureate Environmental systems and societies (Cat.2) workshop

– IB MYP Programme workshop (Cat 3) Managing assessment in Individuals and societies

Examination experience:
-International Baccalaureate Environmental systems and societies – since 2017
-Cambridge IGCSE Geography (0460) – since 2018
-Cambridge International AS & A Level Human Geography Examiner – since 2020

– Cambridge O level/IGCSE Pakistan Studies Examiner – since 2024