聘外易

 Instructor, Preparatory Program, Princess Norah University
(September 2012-June 2013)
Prep program duties:
•    Teaching TESL to level 1 and level 4 students.
•    Keeping good relations and working together with a co-teacher.
•    Proctoring during exams.
•    Special recommendation:  received a teaching report without any negatives / features that needed attention.

Instructor, Preparatory and CORE Programs.   
Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia
(September 2007 – July, 201 2 x 2 year contracts)
Prep program duties:
•    Taught PRPL 0011 AND PRPL 0012 (Study Skills 1 & 2) to students in the preparatory and core programs.
•    Set up workable classroom programs and was assigned to teach logistics to other instructors of Study Skills on both the male and female campuses.  
•    Maintained student records for 120 students (average) each semester.
•    Co-developed and designed course material with counterpart on the Men’s Campus.
•    Integrated sustainable development practices by introducing students to habits of recycling and saving electricity.
•    Designed quizzes, projects and various forms of evaluation for Study Skills.
•    Inspired the students to make 3D models based on concepts such as “export”.
•    Integrated Blackboard, Microsoft Word 7 and Microsoft Power Point in classroom instruction.
•    Introduced students to thinking skills by means of intellectual property, i.e. patents, trade marks, and industrial design.
•    Took on extra English classes, i.e. for Business English, DYNED and IELTS-like preparation.
•    Co-examined oral interviews with students.  
•    Substitute for other instructors as needed.
•    Proctor during examinations.

CORE program duties:
•    Lectured: Professional Development ; Oral Communication; Written Communication; Psychology.
•    Set exams and proctored those.
•    Substituted for other lecturers as needed.
•    Wrote course reports towards the accreditation of Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University with TEIC (Texas Education Institute Consortium) and SAUDI educational authorities.


Co-teacher, EFL
Hagwon, Busan area, South Korea.   (February 2007 – Agust 2007).
•    Assisted in teaching English to under-aged children in a rural area;
•    Developed games for English programmes.

Reflexologist / Counsellor / Academic Coaching
Self-employed;  traveling practice Pretoria / Cape Town area. (Part-time during 2002-6)
•    Practiced reflexology, counseling and marriage advising.
•    Coached student-clients on a weekly basis.
•    Acted as a sound-board to graduate students.
•    Taught thinking skills, (i.e. critical-creative thinking as in designing patents).
•    Taught sustainable developments skills, i.e. in making solar ovens from everyday materials.
•    Organized the practice; kept up schedules;  made house calls;   maintained client files; maintained absolute confidentiality.

Lecturer:  Business English
West Coast College, Malmesbury.  (August 2005 – January 2006).
•    Taught Business English at FET-level to XHOSA and Afrikaans-speaking students.
•    Participated in organizing the first Mr / Ms West Coast College contest.
•    Maintained records for 120+ students.
•    Was quoted in the local newspaper (SWARTLANDER,  for efforts towards Sustainable Development).
•    Set examinations and proctored as needed.

External examiner:  Comparative Education
University of South Africa, Department of Education, Comparative Education  (Part-time, 1994 – 1996).
•    Examined student’s answer sheets for Comparative Education.
•    Working closely with Professor S.J. Pretorius and other members of the team.
•    Assessing between 500 and 800 scripts per examination.

Teacher:  Adult Education;  administrator;  librarian
Former SANDF, Pretoria.  (June 1987 – March 1993).
•    Helped set up Adult Education Centre for soldiers from previously disadvantaged communities.
•    Organized the set-up for a library / resource centre for the Centre as well as for the community.
•    Liaised with distance education colleges and UNISA for the benefit of private study programs for busy soldiers.
•    Taught various subjects at High School level for students that still needed to complete school.
•    Organized exams:  set out proctoring rosters.
•    Supervised a number of voluntary instructors, i.e. university students.
•    Maintained the office work for the Centre.

Teacher – librarian / resource centre:  Grade 4 – 9.
Danielskuil High School, Danielskuil, South Africa.  (January 1985 – December 1986).
•    Personally managed all duties related to the library and resource centre.
•    Taught ESL; Afrikaans; library searching and mathematics to grade 4 – 9.
•    Maintained the library, and ordered new books.
•    Set up Kindergarten Section in the library.
•    Coached athletics and road running events.
•    Supervised children in the school hostel.
 

 D.Ed. (Psychology of Education), University of South Africa, 2004.
M.Ed. (70%) in Didactics, University of South Africa, 1997;
B.Ed. (honors); (cum laude),. University of South Africa, 1994.
Post-graduate Diploma, School Librarianship, University of Stellenbosch, 1984.
B.Prim. University of Stellenbosch, 1982.

TEFL CERTIFICATES:  
120-hour with “I-TO-I”, Cape Town branch, South Africa.  Breakdown:  Practical (20 hours); Grammar Awareness (20 hours); Techniques for large classrooms (10 hours); Audio and Video Lessons (10 hours);
General (60 hours).