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JACOB BURDIS **** S *** E #*** Provo, Utah 84606 801-***-**** ********@***.***.*** ***********@*****.*** Online Portfolio www.jacobburdis.comEDUCATION Student Instructional Psychology and Technology, Ph.D.,Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 4.0 GPA, 41 total credit hours completed Graduating with M.S. Degree in August, 2012 Master s development project included designing and developing the Russian 51 course for BYU Independent Study Bachelor of Russian and Linguistics (Double Major), Minor in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), August 2010, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 3.94 GPA, 147.5 total credit hours completed Heavy emphasis in language acquisitionAccomplishments February, 2012 - Published mobile application on the Android market with over 1,000 (LDS Book of Mormon Promises) Graduated Bachelor s Degree Magna Cum Laude Recipient, Tuition Scholarship, BrighamYoung University Recipient, Dean s Honor List, Brigham Young University Recipient, ORCA Grant for undergraduate research in 2nd Language acquisition, Brigham Young University Recipient, Duty to God Award, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Recipient, Eagle Scout Award, Boy Scouts of America ACT score of 29 (1220 SAT) GRE score of 1250WORK EXPERIENCETraining Coordinator, June 2009 Present, Missionary Training Center, Provo, UT Responsible for hiring and training all new Russian/Ukrainian teachers at the MTC Responsible for overseeing and managing up to 50 teachers and 180 missionaries in the Russian/Ukrainian area Manage projects for training and material development in Russian and Ukrainian Participate in the Android Prototype Committee to explore mobile learning at the MTC Instructional Designer/Intern,August 2010 Present, Brigham Young University Independent Study Developed content for 2nd year Russian course Collaborate with program and design specialists to ensure proper use of instructional media Teaching Assistant - LING 478, January 2010 April 2011, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT LING 478 includes teaching language methods for MTC language teachers Assisted the professor in class instruction Managed and assess the assignments for the course Worked individually with students to increase comprehension Project Manager/Developer,July 2010 April 2011, Missionary Training Center, Provo, UT Managed a project for the development department in creating communicative grammar instruction activities in 50+ languagesTutor, January 2010 May 2011, Valley Educators, Provo, UT Tutored high school juniors in preparation for the SAT math section Private Tutor of English and Russian, January 2009-April 2009, Almaty, Kazakhstan Tutored several individuals in English, both children and adults from beginning to advanced levels Tutored a few individuals in Russian at the beginning level Teacher of English, January 2009-April 2009, Internship at English First, Almaty, Kazakhstan Taught intermediate business English to various groups through this company Applied and tested various teaching skills from my courses in TESOL Conducted undergraduate research through the ORCA program of Brigham Young University about the connections between written and spoken language learning Teacher of Russian, June 2007-June 2009, Missionary Training Center, Provo, UT Taught Russian in a series of intense 12-week cycles to missionaries going to Russian speaking countries Learned to adapt teaching methods to all manners of learning styles Interpreted for native Russian speakers visiting the US Managed a linguistic project to improve resources for Russian teachers Apartment Manager, Fall 2007-Summer 2009, Coventry Apartments, Provo, UT Kept a detailed account of all payments, fees, and deposits of all tenants Regularly performed minor repairs Office Assistant, April 2007-June 2007, Hess Business Administrations, Denver, CO Organized and prepared tax return documents Kept regimented schedule of financial affairs for clientsSKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS Experience in project management, including budget management Experience supervising 30+ student employees Experience conducting research for foreign/second language acquisition Experience teaching English as a foreign/second language with individuals and groups Experience conducting research and designing for distance education courses Fluent in Russian, competent in Spanish and Ukrainian Experience teaching Russian as a foreign language with individuals and groups Experience developing language resources for teaching Russian and Spanish Great organizational skills Punctual and prompt Proficient knowledge of computers, including Microsoft Office 2010 and Adobe CS5 Working Knowledge of HTML, CSS, MySQL, and LuaVOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Missionary, Feb 2005-Mar 2007, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Moscow, Russia& Almaty, Kazakhstan Maintained 85+ hour work week Taught English and served the community in various capacitiesInternship,Jan 2009-Apr 2009, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Almaty,Kazakhstan Translated church services from Russian into English for 3+ hours a week.