* Bachelor of Arts in Mass Media and Communications, 2006
STATE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE AT OLD WESTBURY. Old Westbury, NY
* 100-Hour TESOL Certification, 2010
LINGUAEDGE, BEVERLY HILLS, CA.
Working History
* HWANGGOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Gyeonggi-do, Suwon-si, Yeongtong-dong
: ESL Teacher (3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Grades & Adults)
: Aug. 2010 to Pres.
• Maintain effective behavioral management within the classroom by incorporating motivational activities and positive reinforcement strategies.
• Develop and deliver lessons that foster student engagement through the integration of multimedia resources, cooperative learning activities, and kinesthetic teaching strategies.
• Guide students through lesson-based group projects in which they create stories, songs, poetry, artwork, and advertisements that utilize the key vocabulary and sentence structure from each unit. The best material will be selected and compiled for the creation of an English magazine at the end of the school year.
• Developed differentiated reading program curriculum, for grades 3 through 6, that incorporates project-based pedagogical strategies to foster student engagement, and language development.
• Hold weekly lessons for local residents of varying language levels. Differentiated instruction is delivered on a broad range of lessons such as Business English, conversational English, current events, and multicultural literature.
* SAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Gyeonggi-do, Gimpo-si, Sau-dong
: ESL Teacher (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th Grades & Adults)
: Jun. 2009 to Jul. 2010
• Initiated the “Sau Role Play Video Challenge” to motivate students to take charge of their own learning and practice speaking the English language. Working in groups of 6, students are challenged to develop conversations using the key expressions and vocabulary from each lesson, for a video recorded performance. The best groups win a prize and have their videos posted on the school website.
• Created lesson plans that employ diverse techniques to promote active learning including small-group work, kinesthetic, visual, and auditory resources to make lessons interesting and interactive in order to reach students of varying learning styles and abilities.
• Held a weekly Conversational English class for local mothers in which a broad range of articles and literature were read and discussed.
• Held weekly lessons for the school’s teachers of differing language levels. Differentiated instruction was delivered on a broad range of lessons such as Business English, conversational English, current events, and multicultural literature.
Personal Introduction
TESOL certified professional with 2 years' experience in child and adult instruction. Highly proficient in curriculum and lesson plan development, differentiated instruction, and multimedia integration. Internationally traveled, culturally sensitive, versatile, flexible, and friendly