ESL Teacher
Duties and Responsibilities:
•Presently teaching advanced class of immigrants and refugees who desire to improve their language skills for employment and integration into US culture
•Excellent communication skills for interacting with students, colleagues and supervisors
•Develop content-based academic units and lessons for students in multi-level class
•Identify and address language needs of students while creating interactive classroom with positive learning environment
•Teach grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, listening, and speaking using current best methodology practices
•Excellent organizational skills for multi-tasking and completing all required ancillary duties and participate in ongoing training
Department of Defense
Defense Language Institute English Language Center (DLIELC) at Joint Base San Antonio Lackland (JBSA)
January 1999-August 2015
Senior Instructor
Supervisors: Ms. Leslie Eble (210-671-2514)/ Mr. Antonio Martins (210-831-9535), may be contacted
Duties and Responsibilities:
•Created positive, interactive classroom learning environment to facilitate language acquisition in a multicultural institution with students from over 100 countries
•Motivated and guided students to improve reading, listening, speaking and writing skills at advanced level in preparation for future training with US military personnel
•Assisted students in developing ability to research, to write and to edit research papers in preparation for college-level and MA programs in the US at the National Defense University, Staff and Command schools for both US Army and Navy, Naval Post Graduate School, and the US Army War College at Carlisle Barracks
•Developed and implemented goals, objectives, and curriculum for advanced classes as well as courses such as Managing English Language Training Programs and Materials Development Seminar
•Outstanding communication skills for mentoring and collaborating with colleagues
•Strong organizational and time management skills to accomplish ancillary duties as an instructor and participate in ongoing training
Overseas Experience
January-August 2010: Baku, Azerbaijan
Instructor/Supervisor/Team Leader
Duties and Responsibilities:
•Supervised three instructors and 40 students in an intensive English program (IEP)
•Taught Azeri officers and enlisted personnel EFL all four skills major skill areas, grammar, and vocabulary in preparation for future training in the United States at DLIELC
•Test Control Officer (TCO), responsible for all test security
•Advised Office of Defense Cooperation and DLIELC on training needs of students
January-August 2009: Kirkuk Air Base, Kirkuk, Iraq
Instructor
Duties and Responsibilities:
•Taught Iraqi air force cadets all four major skill areas, grammar and vocabulary in an IEP at advanced level in preparation for flight training with US military personnel
•Test Control Officer (TCO), responsible for all test security
•Advised Office of Defense Cooperation and DLIELC on training needs of students
January-August 2006 and January-August 2007: Estonia National Defense College, Tartu, Estonia
Instructor/Team Leader
Duties and Responsibilities:
•Taught EFL at both basic and advanced levels in an IEP
•Developed writing curriculum for both basic and advanced courses and trained colleagues to implement new curriculum
•Advised Office of Defense Cooperation and DLIELC on training needs of students
August-December 2003: Miklos Zrinyi National Defense University, Budapest, Hungary
Instructor/Team Leader
Duties and Responsibilities:
•Evaluated and made recommendations for four schools to improve performance in areas such as methodology, evaluating instructors, and curriculum, enhancing the ability of Hungarian military students to acquire English language skills for duty in English-speaking environments
•Team-taught with Hungarian colleagues in advanced courses as an instructor
•Collaborated with Hungarian colleagues on curriculum and learning needs of students
in a multicultural environment
•Advised Office of Defense Cooperation and DLIELC on training needs of students
January 2001-August 2002: Carol 1 National Defence University, Bucharest, Romania
Instructor/Supervisor
Duties and Responsibilities:
•Developed Program of Instruction (POI) and curriculum for advanced EFL course to support language needs of Romanian officers who would interact with American military personnel at NATO, in Afghanistan and in Iraq
•Supervised and trained eight instructors to teach advanced course in an IEP
•Taught Romanian officers in advanced classes in preparation for duty in English-speaking environment
•Advised Office of Defense Cooperation on training needs of students
June 1996- June1998: Peace Corps of the United States at Exarch Jocif Language School in Razgrad, Bulgaria
Teacher
Duties and Responsibilities:
•Created bridges of understanding and cooperation between the nations of Bulgaria and the United States
•Taught EFL in high school at all grade levels as well as developing and implementing new curriculum for literature class
•Developed special projects for resource room and language lab for all language classes taught at school
Education:
University of Miami: Graduated with BA in journalism, 1991
Towson State University: Earned teaching certificate in social studies, 1994 Towson State University: Earned teaching certificate in English, 1995
University of Texas at San Antonio: Graduated with MA in English, 2005
Awards and Recognition:
Instructor of the Quarter: January to March, 2003
Instructor of the Quarter: October to December, 2006
Instructor of the Year: January to December, 2014
Global War on Terrorism Award for service in Iraq (with medal), 2009
Joint Civilian Service Achievement Award for service in Iraq (with medal), 2009
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