EDUCATION

New Jersey City University                                                  Jersey City, NJ                                                  1999-2002

B.A., Political Science

South Mountain Community College                                      Phoenix, AZ                                                           1999

A.A., General Studies

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Avalon English                                                                      Seoul, Korea                                            Dec 08’-Dec 09’ 

Tianjin University of Technology & Education                   Tianjin, PRC                                             Jan 08’-Sept 08’

Hunan Institute of Technology

Oral English Instructor                                     Hengyang, Hunan Province P.R.C.                                Sept 07-Jan 08

Spoken English/Business English Instructor

Taught University students spoken & business English. Utilized various teaching methods to assist students with writing, grammar and oral English. Helped students grasp and acquire practical English skills.

G&B English                                                                            Sunchon, Korea                                                 2006-2007

English Instructor

English instructor for Private Language Institute. Approximately 1,300 hours total teaching experience.

Experience teaching various students ranging from elementary to middle school; beginners to advanced levels & from ages 2-13 yrs old. Additional experience with personal tutoring. Familiar with utilizing and implementing classroom lesson plans, strategies for evaluating academic progress; as Well as using long and short term bench marks to facilitate and better enhance student learning. Acquired Additional skills by the utilization of personalized individual classroom  tutoring to further develop the English speaking skills of those students who were more linguistically challenged. Ample experience in utilizing state of The art classroom teaching technologies such as over-head projectors, computers and language lab related Programs. Served as a consultant to other non-native English speaking teachers, so as to better assist their Students.  Most importantly, very organized, punctual and motivated to help others learn.  Personal experience in learning and acquiring various foreign languages has better enabled myself to be more prepared to help teach other students master their foreign language abilities. Undergraduate degrees in general studies and political science has better prepared me for the challenges and opportunities that I have and will encounter with various cultures, education systems and social integration. My military experience has bestowed  motivation, pride, professionalism, responsibility, accountability and integrity among my core values

Foreign Languages

English (Native)

Italian (Reading, Writing & Speaking) Extremely Proficient

Spanish (Reading Writing & Speaking) Extremely Proficient