Letter of Interest At this late date, I would think the ESL position has been filled at the Flo-Valley location, but thought that I would forward for future reference. I have 20 years experience in training and communication fields. The experience includes teaching at the college and junior college level, along with being affiliated with training efforts in the Association, Corporate or Government work segments.

I believe that my diversity in the workplace allows me to bond with people in a variety of professions. This bonding encourages a good learning experience.

I have lived internationally and have worked in a variety of languages (not fluent), my college language was German, although I am not fluent. My personal mission is to empower students and professionals in perfecting English as their second language. It is a constant joy to witness the accomplishments of those who really want to learn.

If you have current or future opportunities, I would appreciate hearing from you. Thank you for your time, it is greatly appreciated.

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RESUME BY FUNCTION

Metha D. Sizemore

P.O. Box 715 St. Peters, MO 63376

zr61pp@r.postjobfree.com

cell: 831-***-****

EDUCATION

Webster University, Webster Groves, Missouri M.A. Mass – Communications Business to Business marketing, electronic marketing

University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri B.E.S. Education Home Economics Education/agriculture/media communications. Student employment was with the University of Missouri-AG Extension.

Oxford Seminars -- TESL/TFSL Certification

AFFILIATIONS and Public Presentations

Memberships/Affiliations:

--Member-Toastmaster’s International CTM Rank

-- San Francisco National Speaker Pro Track member.

Speaker Presentations:

--CPRS (California Parks and Recreation Society) annual conference Presented Public Speaking.

--Train-the-Trainer programs for OSHA trainers at Mid-America Safety, Health and Environmental conference. Former OSHA/HAZMAT trainer, certificates are not current.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

[March 2008-current] Communication consultant, mentor, trainer via tele-seminars, breakout sessions.

[November 1998-March 2008] Marketing Representative/Public Information officer, City of San Jose, CA -Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services

[November 1989-September 1998] Assistant Manager, Community Relations, MK Ferguson of Morrison Knudsen, Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project, St. Charles, Missouri Client: U.S. Department of Energy [January 1983-November 1989] Media Coordinator, St. Louis District Dairy Council St. Louis, Missouri

Previous to 2002

St. Louis Community College-Continuing Education Program Taught an eight week public speaking night course. Conducted this class for about 12 years. Fontbonne University - Adjunct Taught a mass communications-type program (Department Chair was Jan Crites.) Started out as guest lecturer, then adjunct. Total time was about 12 years.

Speaker Trainer:

Trained Dairy Council staff on how to conduct television, radio and press interviews. On behalf of U.S. Department of Energy-Trained Professional staff (mostly engineers) on how to present their technical information to lay audiences. If English was not their first language, I coached on pronunciation and expression. The Citywide Training unit at the City of San Francisco invited me to create two programs: Public Speaking relative to their job function. Plus Photography Appreciation for staff who had to take pictures in order to demonstrate work progress.

Also designed short course work for Seniors on how to use the internet. Most subject matter was taught for about 8 years both at the U.S. DOE project and the City of San Jose.

Curriculum designed and used: Public Speaking Mechanics, Photography Appreciation, Internet Web use for Seniors, Marketing for Your Non-profit, Earning Continuing Education Credit for the Health Professional, Copy Writing for the Media, Designing Monthly Bulletins and Calendars, How to work with your Printer.

Media Producer:

Produced product promotion for Radio, Television and press on behalf of the dairy industry. Produced a nutrition program, which ran on 98 radio stations for five years in the two states of Missouri and Illinois. As webmaster managed/Designed four domains, internet and intranet.

Meeting/Event Planner: Planned annual board member luncheons, Coordinated and planned an annual Newspaper writer’s conference. Managed menu planning, property bookings, speaker invitations and facilitation of their needs. Created the by-invitation policy, invitation, confirmation and travel for speakers and attendees.

Print Publications: Wrote promotion copy for informational brochures, fact sheets, technical bound documents. Negotiated print contracts on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy with the Government Printing Office, (GPO in Washington, D.C.). Created “inserts” for Sunday edition of the Parade sections of the Post Dispatch. Currently, writing eBooks, and have two books in draft.

Photography: Created photo libraries for storage and retrieval. Created powerpoint presentations for technical presentation. Created photo exhibits for trade shows. Photo of environmental project was published by a professional magazine.

Media exhibits:

Designed graphics and photos for billboards, light rail and movie houses and shopping carts.

Issues Management: Assisted the U.S. DOE by coordinating some of the public documents and receiving the public’s comments during the standard public comment period. Technical staff were assigned to respond to resident concerns and issues. Managed the printing and distribution of public documents, during the public comment periods. Trained facilitator in order to address public issues with stakeholders.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Computer hardware skills: PC and MAC experience. Includes Windows XP and OX 8 Computer Software experience includes: PageMaker, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office 2000 :excel, word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project for project management, Adobe Acrobat-full version for document conversion, [Visio, Illustrator, Photoshop and Quark, not current.]

INTERESTS

Public speaking, conducting tele-seminars, writing tip booklets, collecting old books published from 1880-1932.

REFERENCES

Elaine Richmond - 605-***-**** worked at City of San Jose Lou Gonzales, Engineer - 702-***-**** worked at Morrison Knudsen project (U.S. DOE) Cathy Kenny, PIO - 408-***-**** currently with City of San Jose

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