District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund -
Adult Education Instructor, (July
2007- present).
Move Up ESL Instructor for The
Mayor's Commission on Literacy (MCOL): Responsible for instruction of
English
Vocational Foundation Skills curriculum, ESL Literacy, and job readiness
skills to Temporary
Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) clients at Employment
Advancement and Retention Network (EARN) center. Create individual and
group lessons based on the Pennsylvania Department of Education's
Foundation Skills Framework. Collect, input
and submit monthly reports with student data for the Adult
Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) "e-Data" program,
MCOL, and the Philadelphia
Workforce Development Corporation (PWDC). Administer and grade BEST
Literacy
tests for all ELL customers at EARN center; compile test data for EARN center
and maintain files.
Delaware County Community College/ESL Program-
Adjunct Faculty, (January
2003 - December 2005).
Courses: Elementary
Writing 024, Advanced Writing 044, Elementary Grammar 023, Intermediate
Grammar I 033
and Intermediate Grammar II 043. Course Contents: American
rhetorical patterns, vocabulary expansion, sentence
structure, paragraph organization, and comparative essays. Grammar: Basic
tense usage, perfect tenses, modals, past
participles, adjectives & adverbs; integration through writing, web work
& exercises. Faculty In-service: Presented
examples of blended learning, task-based activities, and course management
systems (e.g., Blackboard®) as a means
of engaging students, achieving course objectives, and expanding the realm
of options available to teachers.
Saginaw Valley State University/ English Language Program - Faculty, ESL Specialist, (Sept.
2001 - Aug. 2002).
Courses: Grammar/Writing3,
Listening/Speaking 3 & 4 & Reading/ Vocab. 4. Skill objectives:
Improve prosaic
speech issues and auditory recognition of academic vocabulary; semantic
methods for retaining new vocabulary,
and rhetorical patterns necessary for communicating with American audiences
(written and oral). Blackboard®
courseware integrated. Faculty Coordinator: created CALL/CAI environment for ELP; incorporated CALL/CAI
technology into curriculum; expanded and updated departmental use of
technology via faculty training sessions;
reviewed and recommended new textbooks.
University of Pennsylvania/ English Language Programs (ELP) -
• ESL Teacher, (Summer 2, 2001).
Courses: Language of Teaching for
International Teaching
Assistants, Advanced Academic Writing, and Advanced
Academic Speaking. Trained future ITAs for US classrooms
re: cross-cultural awareness, improving lecture/
pres-
entation methods via multimedia, and communication skills (elicitation,
etc.). Instructed
ELP Ss in essay format,
rhetorical patterns & conversational dynamics via debates,
audio journals and CourseWeb® courseware; CALL
methods integrated. Administered
and scored SPEAK® tests.
• (August 2000). Instructed Nova Academy (Japan) students for two-week intensive
course in English and US Culture
with concentration on oral communication
skills and task-based interaction with native speakers.
Ohio University/ Ohio Program of Intensive English (OPIE) - Teaching
Assistant, (Sept. 1999- June 2001).
Instructed university-bound
adults in Listening/Speaking, Rdg./Writing, Am.
Experience (Service Learning) &
Fluency courses. Administered
and scored TOEFL®, SPEAK®, and placement tests.
Evaluated and graded
students.
Designed web sites and BlackBoard® site
to supplement coursework, using CALL and CAI methodologies.
East Elementary
School/High School ESL Program - Internship (March - June 2001).
Instructed international
high school students in academic writing
skills for university prep. Concentration on
American rhetorical patterns. Students created writing portfolios, short
essays & mini-research papers.
ELS Language Centers/ St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA - ESL Teacher, (9/97 -
1/98). Courses: Conversation,
Grammar, Reading/Writing, Idioms, & American Film.
Instructed university-bound adults;
intensive instruction.
The English Language Center at Drexel University (ELC), Philadelphia, PA -
ESL Teacher (June -
Sept. 1997).
Designed/implemented Conversation elective
to improve oral competency, increase vocabulary & idioms,
and build confidence for
social interaction.
Touro College, School of General Studies, New York, NY - Adjunct Professor (Sept.
1996- April 1997).
Course: Basic Speech GCA110. Instructed ESL students in
public speaking with
concentration on pronunciation,
vocabulary acquisition, written
organization & GED preparation.
Rennert Bilingual,
New York, NY - ESL Teacher (Sept. 1995- August 1996)
Designed and implemented
curriculum for adults, aged 17-55; low
intermediate to advanced
levels.
Courses: Intensive (20 hrs./wk.) &
Cultural Exchange/BU (3 hrs./wk.).
Centro
Internacional De Idiomas (c.i.d.i.), Madrid, Spain - Evaluator (May
1996).
CIDI imported three American teachers to
evaluate oral skills of CIDI students throughout Spain.
Spanish-speakers aged
5 - 19; beginner through university prep.
Private Instruction, Paris, France - EFL Teacher (Oct. 1992- Oct. 1993).
Designed and implemented
individualized lesson plans; all levels; aged 5 - 40.
Lycée Saint Thomas d'Aquin, Paris, France - EFL Teacher (Oct. 1992- June 1993).
Designed and instructed
conversation classes for French high school students; intermediate
to advanced levels.
W.I.C.E. Institute, Paris, France - EFL Teacher (Oct. 1992- May 1993).
Designed and instructed
classes for French adults; beginning
and advanced levels; part of TEFL certification process.
Nationalities Service Center, Philadelphia, PA - ESL Teacher, volunteer (Sept.-Dec.
1997 & Oct. 1991- May 1992).
Designed & instructed bi-weekly
Survival English classes
for U.S. immigrants, aged 17-55.
Temple University/Educational
Media, Graduate Assistant, (Sept.
1987- August 1988). Developed and conducted
training/tutoring sessions
for international graduate students in multimedia and instructional technology.
Moore College of Art/Young People's Art Workshop -
Photography Instructor
(Sept. 1982-May 1984). Developed
and instructed beginning & intermediate
photography
classes, students aged 12-21.
Gotham Music Distributors - Graphic Designer / Desktop Publisher
(Jan. 2005 - Oct. 2006).
Nina's Discount Oldies
and Oldies.com are the retail outlets for Alpha Video and Collectables Music,
owned by parent
company Gotham Music Distributors. Responsibilities: Created monthly catalogues
and promotional materials for
Nina's Discount Oldies, using Quark with X-Data, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
Scanned art of all products and created/
maintained digital image library for both Grayscale and CMYK print catalogs.
Published art for Oldies.com web site.
Managed digital storage of Alpha Video and Collectables Music art materials
library.
Brand X Communications,
Inc. - Project Coordinator/ Meeting Planner
(Jan. 1988- Aug. 1999).
Producers of multimedia
audiovisual presentations, video productions & interactive
software for nat'l symposiums.
Project Coordination included: proposals,
budgets, invoices, vendor contracts, casting, location scout, floorplan
layout, graphic design, written/oral communications. Studio online video
production, MS Office, FileMaker Pro, etc.
GFM Co., New York, New York - Production Assistant/ Bookkeeper (Dec.
1993- Dec. 1997).
Responsibilities included: Created/coordinated visual media,
print materials, budgets,
etc. for national multimedia
conferences. Tracked and justified
expenditures with Quicken software; print materials with Quark
XPress.
SmithKline Beecham Corporation (now GlaxoSmithKline), Phila., PA - Full-time consultant (April 1988- May
1992).
Asst. Project Coordinator - Meeting Services Department;
Video Graphics
Designer / Artist -
TV News & TV Services;
Production Manager &
Computer Graphics Artist -
Graphic Services Dept.
Coordinated, created
and produced multimedia projects for int'l. & nat'l. conferences
including: video programs,
computer/video graphics, client meetings, proposals,
budgets, travel & lodging arrangements for conference attendees,
staff & crew, floor plans, research, funds management, coordination and management
of staff, vendors, & technical crews.
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., Horsham, PA - Graphic Design (Nov.
1989- April 1992), consultant.
Designed and created magazine publications,
sales brochures, newsletters & mailings with PageMaker,
Quark, Word,
Freehand & PhotoShop
softwares for Macintosh; slide production with Xenographics for
PC/DOS.