JOHN's BOARD
 
Teaching at English Aloud since Aug. 2013
Living in Virginia Beach, Virginia USA
 

EDUCATION:

Master Justice Administration (MJA), Norwich University, VT, USA, 2008
B.A. in International Studies, Minor: Modern Languages, Virginia Military Institute, USA, 2001
English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher
March - April 2013, Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA)
Graduate November 2012, Cambridge University / Bridge TEFL Headquarters Denver, Colorado
-Completed 140 hours of instruction and training to teach English in the CELTA course.
-Completed training with English Language Learning University (ELL-U)
 
WORK EXPERIENCE:
-Taught English (reading, vocabulary, conversational skills) as a second language to two children, a teenager, adults, and staff in South Korea. -Taught Greek (reading, vocabulary, conversational skills) to a child following a curriculum and continue weekly via Skype. Classroom ESL Tutor, Emily Griffith Technical College, Refugee Center, Denver, Colorado, January - February 2013 -Taught immigrants reading, spelling, and pronunciation skills in a multi-lingual environment. -Participated in conversational dialogue with immigrants teaching correct pronunciation, vocabulary and grammatical diction. Management & Program Analyst, Government, 2008 – 2012 Consultant, BearingPoint, 2007 – 2008 - Established a program in order to define and standardize enterprise level corporate data (e.g. statistical accomplishments and pick lists for IT Systems/Forms) across 11 operational programs for internal claiming and external reporting purposes. -Established a council consisting of representatives from operational sectors and non-operational sectors to provide validation and stewardship for corporate data. Officer, US Army and US Air Force Reserve, 2002 – 2012