Palm Beach State College - Department Chair, EAP Resume Example

This position is responsible for guiding students to the mastery of basic to complex grammar, sentence structures, paragraphs, and essays applied to Academic English, as well as reading comprehension skills, vocabulary, cultural aspects of the U.S, and critical thinking skills and strategies necessary to be successful in college level courses. Courses taught include beginning to intermediate grammar, high-intermediate to advanced writing, and beginning to advanced reading. Other courses taught not related to my full-time assignment include pronunciation and English for Spanish Speakers. College level courses taught include Applied Linguistics and Elementary Spanish I.

Committee Involvement at Palm Beach State College 

During my professorship, I have served on a number of committees giving me insight into the various aspects and inner workings of the college including but not limited to the Diversity Committee, the Student Discipline Hearing Committee, Employee Recognition Committee, the Alumni at the Fair Committee, the Strategic Planning Committee, the Faculty Advisory Council, the Academic/Service Awards Committee, the Hispanic Serving Institute Committee, the Staff and Program Development Committee, the Campus Grade Appeals Committee, the Faculty Promotion Committee, the Bookstore Advisory Committee, Hiring Committees for various roles, and most recently the Curriculum Committee on which I served as a member and the Chair.

This was a full-time Student Affairs position responsible for providing advising services for undergraduate students with an emphasis on assisting EAP students and students on F1-Visas from the admissions process to graduation. This position required fluency in Spanish. Responsibilities included assisting students in admissions, testing, orientation, registration, program curriculum, career path guidance, transfer services, tuition, financial aid, and other outreach services. Additional duties as Head EAP Advisor included hiring and advising work-study students, which required management of a budget, coordinating and conducting EAP orientations in English and Spanish, serving as a coordinator between the Testing Center and the EAP Program, and designing orientation packets and program flow charts.

This was an adjunct faculty position responsible for guiding students to the mastery of basic to intermediate grammar structures as they are applied to written and spoken English. Other skills taught emphasized vocabulary and reading comprehension on a basic to intermediate level. Courses taught included beginning to intermediate grammar and beginning reading.