English Language Instructor With Over 20 Years of Experience - General English or IELTS.

Mark's CV

Education:

Master’s Level Certificate in TESOL – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: Northwestern State University of Louisiana; awarded May 12, 2017.

Defense Language Institute (DLI) Certificate: 80 hours of training to teach the American Language Course (for military personnel); Awarded August 26, 2016

TEFL Certificate: Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English Language to Adults). Completed at Yonsei University; Seoul, Korea.
Awarded by Cambridge University; London, England; July 27, 2001.

TESOL Certificate: Norwood English Academy, London England
(120 hours on-line): Awarded June 18, 2000.

Master of Arts in Art: Art (Teaching Program) ~ California State University, Northridge “With Distinction”: Awarded June 1994.

Bachelor’s Degree: Art (Photography) ~ California State University, Northridge
“Cum Laude”: Awarded June 1992.

Associate’s Degree: Liberal Arts and Sciences ~ Los Angeles Valley Community College “Cum Laude”: Awarded 1988.

Teaching Experience:

AMC College (January 2018 to the present) Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Teach English to Malaysian students for primarily government sponsored programs. Courses taught include General English at all levels, Business English, English for Employability, and IELTS Preparation.


Raytheon Company (August 2016 to September 2017) Lawton, Oklahoma. Taught ESL to Kuwait Military personnel. The program was a DLI (Defense Language Institute) project focusing on teaching fundamental English skills to military students who were preparing to take classes in the operation of the Patriot missile system for the Kuwait Air Defense Force.

Salient Federal Solutions (Jan. 28, 2015 to August 2016) Wichita Falls, Texas
Taught ESL to Saudi Arabian Air Force personnel. The program was a DLI (Defense Language Institute) project focusing on teaching fundamental English skills to students who were preparing to take classes to work on F-15 jet fighters for the Saudi Arabian Air Force.

Score Plus (Nov. 2, 2013 to Jan. 23, 2015) Dubai, UAE
Taught ESL as part of their Inlingua division, as well as IELTS, TOEFL, and SAT Verbal at both Sharjah and Dubai locations. I also taught IELTS at the University of Dubai.

Modern Gulf Institute (Sept. 2011 to Oct. 2013), Muscat, Oman
Taught students of all age groups and oil workers from Occidental Petroleum. Used Cutting Edge materials for most classes.

Ibra College of Technology (January 11, 2010 to August 26, 2011) Ibra, Oman.
Title: English Language Lecturer. Taught Conversation, Reading, Writing, Listening, and Grammar to freshmen and sophomore students. I was also the Writing Coordinator.

IVY Language Institute (May 2009 to November 2009) Guam U.S.A
Worked for this local preparatory school teaching ESL to Koreans and doing preparatory tutoring for the ASVAB, ACT, SAT and other AI (Admission Index) related standardized examinations. I engaged in extensive curriculum development in these areas, developing training programs and administering them.

Hannam University (March 2008 to February 2009) Daejeon, Korea.
Title: Associate Professor of English. Taught Conversational English and Writing to all four grade levels of undergraduate students.

Korean Register ~ (September 2007 – March 2009) Ship registry company in Daejeon, Korea. Taught “Business English” for approx. 18 months concurrently with university jobs.

Pai Chai University (March 2006 to February 2008) Daejeon, Korea
Title: Associate Professor of English. Taught mostly Freshman English Conversation and Writing.
Chungnam National University (March 2005 to February 2006) Daejeon, Korea
Taught Freshman English Conversation, Freshman Writing, upper division Advanced English Conversation, and English Institute classes for the general public (conversation and writing).

E2L Academy (March 2004 to February 2005) 383-1 Doryoung-Dong, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 305-340. Taught English Conversation to all age groups from young elementary to adults.

Naju College (March 2001 to February 2004) Naju, Korea
Taught English Conversation to approximately 260 college students per semester (mostly airline stewardess students). Duties included giving appropriate lectures, daily role keeping, administration of exams, and grade assessment.

BCM Language School (October 1999 to March 2001) Kangseo-gu, Korea;
Director: Choi Dong-Min, phone +82 (concealed information).
My first job as an English as a Second Language instructor. Taught general English to all age groups from kindergarten to advanced adults. Used a very wide variety of books and materials.