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ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE INSTRUCTOR
Summary

Accomplished teacher with extensive experience in developing curriculum for English language learners and cultural training workshops. Extensive background in designing meaningful, relevant, and effective coursework that engages students and expedites learning.


Passionate about working with/for refugees in an effort to assist in navigating a new system. Adept at identifying learning barriers, and addressing those barriers in order to maximize students' success.

Highlights
  • Certified ESL Instructor
  • Bilingual in French and English
  • Decade of experience in working with other cultures/languages
  • Knowledge of social services, and community resources
  • Skilled at developing rapport
  • Two years teaching English abroad
  • Loyal and dedicated to the service of refugees and immigrants
  • Highly adaptable
Accomplishments
  • Recognized as Refugee Women's Alliance's "Most Dedicated Employee" in 2011.
  • Collaborated with Employment Specialist case managers in order to design an intensive ESL curriculum for new arrival refugees.
  • Currently designing effective, relevant textbooks for all class levels at Refugee Women's Alliance.
  • Volunteered at Refugee Women's Alliance as ESL instructor for two years before becoming a paid employee.
  • Volunteered with Remote Area Medical in British Guyana. Taught kindergarten level students in all subjects. Assisted medical team in restoring an abandoned hospital, creating a fully functional emergency room and air evacuation program.
Experience
English as a Second Language Instructor09/2007 to Current
Refugee Women's AllianceSeatac, WA
  • Create daily lesson plans for multi-level adult ESL classes for groups of up to sixty new refugees/immigrants coming from up to twenty different countries.
  • Conduct small group and individual classroom activities based on differentiated learning needs.
  • Perform ongoing as well as quarterly assessments for students.
  • Communicate effectively with other team members, including employment and social services case managers, in order to more effectively serve students.
  • Initiate and maintain strong collaborations with local community organizations, creating partnerships that greatly benefited student learning and understanding of community resources.
  • Assist in organizing and supervising 6 yearly trips to Olympia, for Refugee and Immigrant Legislative Day. Participated and led meetings with legislators, addressing proposed budget cuts that would greatly affect refugee and immigrant communities.

ESL Instructor04/2005 to 04/2006
Aeon CorporationIzumo, Japan
  • Taught English language skills to students from kindergarten age through high school age.
  • Created and taught specialized cultural lessons for children of all ages.
  • Conducted prospective-student interviews, performed level assessments.
  • Maintained all relevant student records and assessments.
  • Led follow-up meetings with parents, informing them of students' progress, challenges, and needs.

Naturalist/Research Coordinator05/2003 to 10/2005
East Coast EcosystemsLong Island, Nova Scotia
  • Collected and processed data concerning local whale species, specifically the North Atlantic Right Whale.
  • Designed and presented community outreach projects including newsletters, and whale adoption programs.
  • Conducted guided tours of local ecosystem, focusing on educating guests on the local whale and bird populations.
  • Coordinated guest reservations by phone, online, and in person.
  • Managed local office, maintained trip logs and processed payments.
Education
Bachelor of Arts: English2003Mount Saint Vincent UniversityHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Certification: English Language Instruction2003University of CambridgeHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Level 4 Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA)

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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Refugee Women's Alliance
  • Aeon Corporation
  • East Coast Ecosystems

School Attended

  • Mount Saint Vincent University
  • University of Cambridge

Job Titles Held:

  • English as a Second Language Instructor
  • ESL Instructor
  • Naturalist/Research Coordinator

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Arts : English 2003
    Certification : English Language Instruction 2003

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