High School Assistant

Sable Schwab, M.A.

*****.******@*****.*** * 608-***-****

*** *. ******** **. * Albany, WI 53502

Relevant Work Experience

****-******* ****** ****** ********** Madison, WI

Communication Coach

• Customizes workshops on interpersonal & cross-cultural communication

• Created company to prepare businesses for the growing international market

2012-2013 Evansville High School Evansville, WI

Long Term Substitute Spanish Teacher

• Created own lesson plans & activities based on regular teacher’s syllabus

• Communicated with regular teacher to establish consistency

2009-2012 Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ

Anthropology Instructor

• Created the first online version of Culture in Communication

• Created exercises to optimize students cross-cultural communication abilities

Instructor for the Program in Intensive English

• Taught Advanced Reading & Vocabulary & Beginning Writing Lab

• Co-wrote lesson plans with fellow teachers

College Composition Instructor

• Taught & tutored both nonnative & native speakers in college writing

• Held a training workshop for instructors about working with ESL students

Anthropology Teaching/Research Assistant

• Graded anthropology assignments & tests

• Led a group project to create a promotional video for the program

2008-2009 Suzhou International Foreign Language School Suzhou, China

English as a Foreign Language Teacher

• Created lesson plans incorporating American traditions & customs

• Organized community building activities & events for foreign teachers

2007-2008 Knox College Galesburg, IL

Study Abroad Program Assistant

• Aided students in their applications to off-campus programs

• Assisted students studying abroad & program directors living abroad

2006-2007 Kingsbrook School of Languages Barcelona, Spain

English as a Foreign Language Instructor

• Created lesson plans combining games & songs with book material

• Accommodated lessons for various age ranges (8 years old to adults)

Education

2009- 2012 Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ

• MA- Teaching English as a Second Language

• MA- Anthropology with an emphasis in Linguistic Anthropology (Thesis)

2004-2008 Knox College Galesburg, IL

• BA- Anthropology/Sociology

• BA- Modern Languages (Spanish & Japanese)

• Studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain for Junior year

Publications

• Contributed exercises to an upcoming textbook on culture in communication

• “Compelling Conversations: A Book Review” in WITESOL Newsletter (2011)

• “A Card Game to Teach Irregular Verbs & More” in MIDTESOL Matters (2011)

• “Knox Alumni Living in Beijing, China” in Knox College Magazine (2009)

Languages

•Familiar with Japanese & American Sign Language

•Currently learning Chinese

• Fluent in Spanish

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