ENGLISH PROFESSOR                                            08/2009 to 08/2010

Developed curriculum, created lesson plans, and taught English to a diverse group of students at this sixteen-year-old educational institution in South Korea. Designed programs to encourage active student participation and skills development in speaking, listening, reading, and writing English in class and amongst themselves.

Highlighted Duties:

§   Designed and taught Freshman and advanced English courses to 500+ Chinese and Korean students; provided appropriate exercises and lab assignments and managed class/student administration and recordkeeping.

§   Collaborated with other department heads and programs to successfully integrate new students and build a strong learning environment at the university.

Accomplishments:

à Designed, developed, and implemented curriculum for a Phonics program, a Freshman writing course, and an advanced oral English program; students consistently achieved highest performance marks in the department.

à Initiated student assistant internship program to facilitate student integration and character development.

Directed all daily operations at YALI and managed $3.2M annual budget. Led staff of 35 administrators, 65 English teachers, and 6 media lab clerks in multiple aspects for the instruction of English for 3,000 Yemeni students.

Highlighted Duties:

§   Coordinated school activities with U.S. Embassy officials; designed and implemented new staff contracts.

§   Performed top-to-bottom operational review and implemented staff and student surveys.

§   Planned, designed, forecasted, and tracked YALI budget of $3M+.

Accomplishments:

à Shepherded handover transition from America–Mideast Educational and Training Services (AMIDEAST) management of the YALI program to Yemen College of Middle Eastern Studies.

à Coached and retained 98% of teachers and staff during difficult transition from AMIDEAST.

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTOR                                                                                                            06/2006 to 07/2007

Taught Defense Language Institute–designed ESL curriculum and American Culture courses to more than 400 Royal Saudi Naval Cadets.

à Designed and implemented the materials development from committees and initiated classes to assist teachers in the use of computer-assisted learning in the classroom.

Designed and implemented Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Business English, International and Product Marketing, and multicultural corporate training courses. Provided consulting services, recruited and hired training professionals, designed budgets, tasked workflow, and solicited new clients as owner/manager.

Accomplishments:

à Sustained a 75% client acquisition rate for corporate clients, exceeding performance of much larger competitors.

à Designed ESL courses, taught classes, managed and trained teaching staff, conducted student evaluations and exams while working with global clients Nokia, IBM, Siemens, Intel, Volvo, DaimlerChrysler and Microsoft.