Kevin Morice

  Teaching experience

• Head of Maths at IB school Erudito Licėjus Since August 2022
  Vilnius & Kaunas, Lithuania
  
  Principal: Dr Nerijus Pačėsa
  Vice Principal: Gintarė Aldonytė
  
  
  • Largest IB school in Lithuania: 700 students (100 DP) on 2 campuses
  • Designed curriculum and chaperoned 5 international teachers (years 4-12)
  • Maths events organiser: Kangaroo, Matematikos Olimpiados...
  • Taught DP2 Maths AA and AI HL on both campuses


• IB teacher at Bishkek International School (BIS) June 2020-July 2022
  Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
  
  Principal: Dr David Grant
  Vice Principal: Jacques Prinsloo
  HoD: Toon Cavens [Maths], Jan Scott [TOK]
  
  • Taught Maths across the school: DP2 HL, IGCSE 1-2 and MYP 1-3
  • Also taught Theory of Knowledge and IG Economics
  • In musical cast of large Lion King show (on marimba: see 70')
  • Recruited as permanent IB Examiner (IAs + 250 papers/year)


• IB teacher at the English School of Mongolia (ESM) December 2016-July 2018
  Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  
  Principal: Graham Hill
  
  • Maths teacher: DP2 Further Maths, IGCSE
  • Also taught Theory of Knowledge, IG Physics and IB French
  • In charge of clubs (athletics, table tennis, ICT, Maths), took part in musical


• University lecturer substitute at Paris Descartes, TA at Paris Sorbonne September 2013-August 2016
  Paris, France
  
  Co-lecturer w/ Econ. Prof. Marie Jeanneret
  Pre-Uni course: DU Paréo (w/ Marion Petipré)
  Uni TA in Eng. Literature w/ Prof. Xavier Kalck
  
  • Taught Linear Algebra in BSc Econ Y2, designed finals (40 students, 192h)
  • Selected to lead University Maths Foundation course (12 st., 2015-16)
  • University seminars on Translation in BA Eng Literature (30 st., 96h)

  Education

• MSc in Computer Science (Informatics) Dissertation Title:
  Postquantensicherheit für ElectionGuard [Long-term security for Microsoft's ElectionGuard]
  Abstract in German
  Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jörn Müller-Quade
  Advisor: Dr Felix Dörre
  
  
  • Computer Architecture, Coding (C++), Optimisation, Quantum Algorithms
  • Streams: Kryptografie & Sicherheit, Theoretische Grundlagen der Informatik
  • Course fully in German (Sample)
  Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - 2020-2023
  


• MSc in Mathematics Dissertation Title:
  Sécurité de l’e-passeport: PKI et SHA256
  Supervisor: Prof. Sylvain Duquesne
  Advisor: Prof. Dimitri Petritis
  
  
  
  • Cryptographic protocols, Error-correcting codes (ECC), Statistical machine learning
  • Course fully in French (M1, M2)
  University of Rennes 1, France - 2018-2020


• BSc in Mathematics Supervisor: Prof. Antoine Lemenant
  Referee: Prof. Olivier Bokanowski
  
  
  
  • Numerical Analysis, Convex Optimisation, Fourier Analysis
  University Paris 7 Diderot, Paris - 2013-2014 Valedictorian


• BSc in Sociology Dissertation Title:
  Durkheimian thinkers in 1900s press
  Supervisor: Prof. Philippe Steiner
  
  
  • Sociology of Networks, Statistical Clustering, Urban Sociology
  University Paris 4 Sorbonne - 2012-2013


• BSc in Economics Supervisor: Prof. Mathieu Crozet
  
  
  
  • International Trade, Econometrics, Economic History
  University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - 2011-2013

  Strengths

• Languages
  English (native), French (native), German (C1), Spanish (B1)


• Coding Skills
  
  • Fluent in Python 2 & 3
    • useful for Maths IA or CS Extended Essay supervision
    • built-in on preferred GDC model Numworks (training provided in class)
  • C++ used in academic projects
  • Command of tech tools: R, Turbo Pascal, Excel macros, HTML markup, etc.


• Outstanding organisation
  Provides excellent Maths structure for students age 14-19
  Experienced organiser of Maths tournaments with bespoke prep
  Strategies for multilingual classes & intra-class differentiation
  
  e.g. Mėnesio mokytojas [Teacher of the Month] article in Jan 2024 Erudito newsletter, misunderstandings included.


• Interpersonal skills
  Teacher internal awards in each of my schools

  Profile

My references will show I am a dynamic Maths teacher with a strong interest in technology and proven communication skills. I can teach in English (mother tongue) or French. My lessons mostly eschew individual laptops in class.


The leftmost square has an area of 4.
What is the area of the square on the right? I believe in learning through stimulation: I propose challenging activities to help my DP students develop deeper solving skills, as passive Maths bears little fruit. My classes always contain a starter (puzzle, quote or game), then strive to illustrate the power of abstract tools in their lives, for instance by creating their own metrics to improve ("gamification"), inspired by the newly acquired concepts.

I can interchangeably teach Mathematics and Computers to broaden abilities (automation, web design, for reports).

  Other

PhD Reviewer and Freelance Translator

• Doctoral works
  • Gender Before Mainstreaming, 350k words (2023) [History/Sociology] Dr Myriam Piguet (Univ. de Genève)
  • Wage Impacts of German Works Councils, 150k (2022) [Economics] Dr Clément Brébion (CBS)
  • Black Monday 1987: Acid Test for Deregulation, 200k (2021) [Finance] Dr Johanna Gautier-Morin (EUI)
  • Zombie International Currency: Sterling 1945-71, 95k (2020) [History] Dr Maylis Avaro (UPenn)


• Academic translator
  • My First Kyrgyz Data Book (70 pages) (release due summer 2024) Altynai Mambetova
  • CORE textbook The Economy 2.0: Microeconomics (2016, reed. 2024) w/ Axelle Charpentier
    [named in book]
  
  
Internships

• DeStatis (German Federal Office of Statistics), Wiesbaden, Germany Summer 2014
  Abteilungsleiter: Roland Sturm (Destatis)
  Referentin: Dr Suzanne Maus (Eurostat)
  • Processing Business Registers for German firms, with Java
  • Automation of Corporate Profiling via Jahresberichte (Annual Report)


• Louvre Coin Room (Cabinet des Monnaies et Médailles), Paris Summer 2013
  Dr Frédérique Duyrat (now Director of Collections at Ashmolean museum, Oxford)
  • Filing of recent Roman-era treasure of the Mediomatrici Gallic tribe
  • Digitization of Greek-era coins (incl. the golden Eukratides) before move

Reading

• Classics for timeless storytelling: Aristophanes, Plutarch, Xenophon, Apuleius
  Winner of the ARELA Classics essay competition (2006): "Animals in Classical Greece"


• Puzzle books to kindle my passion for mathematical challenges
  Riddles: Ian Stewart's Mathematical Mysteries or Agg's felt-tip puzzles, among many
  AMS books: Wagstaff's Joy of Factoring, Nelsen's Proofs Without Words for activities

Sports
• Badminton and table tennis competitor in local leagues
• Amateur rock-climber and tumbler (trampoline gymnastics)
• Keen rider (extensive experience in Mongolia and central Asia)