I am an Accredited English Teacher (TESOL) from the Canadian College of Teachers including an extension of a Grammar elective and also a more intensive version from Global Tesol College by correspondence including an extension of a Teaching Adults elective.
I also have an Honours (4 year) Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and Biochemistry from York University, a leading university located in Toronto, Canada I am bilingual in English and German.
Participated in numerous internal and external training programs including Partners in Quality, Team Skills, Dealing with Difficult People, Writing SOP’s, PMF’s, Word Perfect and Business Writing.
Working History
* Gunnam Middle School – Gunnam, Gyeonggi-do, S. Korea.
: September 2009 – to present.
- Employed as a Foreign Language Teacher at this public Middle School, where all levels were taught. Taught in conjunction with Korean Teachers and also solo. Lesson plans and tests were written. Corrected diaries for students. Had a good rapport with all students.
* GnB ACADEMY – Geoje-do, S. Korea.
: September 2008 - 2009
: Employed as a Foreign Teacher at this private education facility. The students that I taught were various levels of Elementary school ages. Study plans are prepared and followed using the various texts that the school assigns. Some beginner and also some advanced students were prepared for.
* LIKE ACADEMY – Ulsan, S. Korea.
: August 2007 to present
: Employed as a Foreign Teacher at this private education facility. The students that I taught were various levels of Elementary and Middle school ages. Study plans are prepared and followed using the various texts that the school assigns. Some beginner and also some advanced students were prepared for.
* HANBIT ACADEMY – Jindo-eup, Jindo-gun, S. Korea.
: August 2006 to August 2007
: Employed as a Foreign Teacher at this private education facility. The students that I taught were Elementary and Middle school ages. Some beginner and also some advanced students were prepared for. Taught English to my Korean director.
* LITTLE AMERICA – Daejeon S. Korea.
: March 2006 to August 2006.
: Study plans were prepared and followed using the various texts that the school assigns. Various levels of Elementary Classes were taught. Some beginner and also some advanced students were prepared for.
* WONDERLAND – Daejeon S. Korea.
: March 2005 to March 2006.
: Employed as Foreign Teacher at this private education facility. The students that I taught ranged from Kindergarten to Elementary school ages.
Also Language coach: As a favour to a German friend, we invited his daughter and her best friend to come live with us while they attended a local high school in Canada. They wanted to better their English by attending a Canadian school and in our home social setting. We tutored them in their pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. On their return to Germany they became the top two students in their English classes.
* BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM CANADA LTD., Burlington, Canada
: As the Manager of the Quality Control laboratory in this pharmaceutical firm, among other duties, I had to teach new employees, many of who were not native English speakers, the requirements of the Corporation and the governmental regulatory organizations. I was responsible for keeping abreast of changes in the regulatory requirements and training my own and other departments about these changes. Training employees about new analytical methods was also a big responsibility. I was also involved in adapting a software programme written for our firm and ensuring that proper English was used from the original German. To do this I interacted with German speaking headquarter personnel regarding business matters. For this I was uniquely qualified since I am a native English speaker as well as a fluent German speaker. This involved some face to face contact both here and travel to headquarters in Germany.
Managing of personnel and resources by scheduling, organizing and budgeting as well as purchasing was also part of the responsibilities of this position. I became proficient in the use of standard computer programmes such as Word, Word Perfect and Excel.
* Canadream Inc., Toronto, Canada
* Customer Service Representative: Interacted with many foreign speaking (mainly German and Dutch) customers.
CANREG INC. Hamilton, Canada
Regulatory Affairs Associate: Here I had to write many documents for submission to the government. At times this required translating some German technical documents into English.
I volunteered to be on the Board of Directors of a professional organization and also for a local environmental group.
I traveled to Germany on business and pleasure and to Cuba several times on vacation. While in Korea I have traveled around the country and to Jeju Island four times. Have gone to Thailand three times for birding tours.
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