CISQD Qingdao, China
August 2014 – January 2014
Taught English and SAT courses to Freshman (G1) and Junior (L6) grade high school students. Also, introduced them to the American culture through the English courses they were enrolled in.
Saudi Aramco
April 2014 – July 2014 Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Helped open the NITI Institute, in Abqaiq, for Saudi Aramco. Designed the school curriculum and decided which textbooks to use for the English institute. The school was designed to train the incoming Engineers, English, for Saudi Aramco.
Tieyi Zhong Xi’an, China
September 2013 – March 2014
Instructed the Senior 1 High school students in GAC Foundation English, which consisted mainly of an ESL atmosphere in instruction. In addition, Taught GAC Business English II and III to the Senior 2 and Senior 3 level students.
Around Asia Modern English Qingdao, China
December 2011 – April 2013 Head English Teacher
Taught various topics including, but not limited to: IELTS, and High School subject matter, to students preparing to study abroad. Prepared and taught English Corners and held Extra-Curricular Activities (ECA) for the school and various local businesses and supervised the foreign teaching staff.
Web International English
May 2011 – November 2011 English Teacher Qingdao, China
Taught various English topics, in-line with the Web prepared curriculum. Prepared and taught English Corners and Extra-Curricular Activities (ECA) for the Chinese students.
Self- Employed
Sept. 2007 – May 2011 Web Designer Muscatine, IA, USA
Design and implement design of websites for various clients.
Stanley Consultants, Inc.
April 2005 – Sept. 2007 Graphics Designer/Project Manager Muscatine, IA, USA
Graphics/Web Designer for an engineering company. Duties included but not limited to Design of external website www.stanleyconsultants.com and Project Manager of their internal site which acts as an information tool, storage depot and basic library of the company's documents, diagrams, and other engineering schematics for the entire company. This project linked all office information through the use of the internal website.
Design duties included graphics jobs given to me from a Stanley Consultants subsidiary, Sycamore Printing.
Skills
Teaching
Taught English to Chinese students ranging from age 12 to 50, including conversational English, IELTS and English grammar. Developed and implemented lesson plans in English, supervised other English teachers (providing feedback on teaching techniques which helped improve overall teaching). Made sure, all available educational resources were available and ready for teachers and students alike.
Volunteer Teaching Assistant:
Helped prepare and implement lessons plans on Constitutional Law course. Also helped and graded papers submitted by Masters of Business Administration (MBA) students. In addition, I assisted with a Computer science class by helping students with programming questions and assignment problems, allowing students to develop a sense of accomplishment through the use of a problem solving approach.
Legal:
Researched and wrote briefs to the Iowa Appellate Court, Iowa Supreme Court, Illinois Appellate Court, Illinois Supreme Court, Texas Appellate Court, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Issues included (but not limited to): Due process violations; valid gifts inter vivos; and Respondeat superior.
Computer:
Most recently used Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 for web design. Adobe CS for graphics design. In addition, I am a beta tester for Microsoft Windows products, adept at operating Windows 3.1, 9X, ME, NT, 2000, XP, and 7. I am also proficient at operating Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works Suite.
Sales:
I have promoted business through varying sales techniques (cold calling, mail-outs, and business calls). Retail sales of upscale men's clothing and coordinated with outside sales people for customer trunk shows and fashion shows. Outside sales experience of cold calling, 401K plans, SEP (Simplified Employee Pension) plans and Keough plans.
Foreign Languages: Chinese (Beginner) Travel: Latin America, China, Saudi Arabia
Spanish (Beginner) and Canada
French (Beginner)
References
Provided upon request
Oxford Seminars
September 2010 TESOL/TESL/TEFL Des Moines, IA, USA
Teacher Training Certification
University of Texas at El Paso
YEAR-2003 Coursework in Business Administration El Paso, TX, USA
(88 Credits)
Marycrest University
YEAR-1994 Bachelor of Science,
Bachelors in Economics Davenport, IA,
