Training Administrative Assistant

ELLEN TANN

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San Diego, CA **105

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Mobile: 966*********

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS: MA in Education, certified English as a Foreign

Language (EFL)/ English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor. Knowledge of the principles,

practices and techniques of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction. Knowledge of the

English language and American Culture. Experienced in instructional design and materials

development, student assessment techniques and objectives to include test and measurement

principles. Skilled in constructively critiquing and evaluating peers’ classroom teaching.

Experience in analysis, evaluation, and completion of special training studies and projects. Great

communication skills.

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:

• Ten (10) years of experience as a certified English as a Foreign Language

(EFL)/ English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor teaching undergraduate and

graduate foreign and US students

• Eight (8) years of experience adapting and developing instructional

materials and making professional recommendations for improvement of curriculum

design, training materials, student administration and training program management.

• Two (2) years of experience as a Second Language (ESL) instructor

teaching international students, adult immigrants and refugees at the Community College

• Experienced EFL/ ESL instructor using real life English to teach students

about American life and Culture

• Experienced in analyzing, evaluating, and accomplishing special training

studies and projects such as conducting Oral English language evaluation for foreign

companies (for hotel staff, staff of logistics companies as well as developing

proposed curricula for instructional design) and Business Administration and

Communications courses for MBA students.

• Experienced in writing reports, conducting briefings and presentations as

well as evaluating peers’ classroom teaching

• Experienced in teaching Business English and English Communications

classes to foreign and US students

• Experienced in conducting placement and TOEFL testing

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Taught a year of medical terminology classes for first year college students

in a private medical college.

• Designed exams for different levels in the English Department

(elementary, pre-intermediate and intermediate)

• Designed syllabi for English for Computer Users course

• Designed Oral English courses for freshmen and sophomore (several

colleges).

• Designed Business Administration and Communications Course for MBA

students.

• Designed English for Special Purpose (ESP) classes for students in

business organizations and hotel (Best Western)

• Designed writing course for sophomores and juniors

• Designed listening test for freshmen and sophomore including recording

script.

RELEVANT EDUCATION

1995 MA in Education, California State University, San Bernardino, CA

1993 BSc Business Administration, University of Redlands

1980 Teaching English as a Second Languages (TESL) certificate, William Carey University,

Pasadena, CA

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

September 2010 - present Sr. Teacher (Academic Coordinator, Female Section) Al Maarefa

College

Responsible for supervising and coordinating 9 staff schedules, classes and students affairs for

the English Department

Designed and created syllabi and all exams.

Placement of students in the levels.

Evaluation of all teaching staff.

NCAA reporting for accreditation

Worked closely with Academic Affairs Director and Vice Dean

Taught all classes - substituted when teachers were absent from classes.

Taught English for Computer Users, Medical Terminology, etc.

Taught Medical Terminology classes

October, 2009 - August 2010, Princess Norah University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

INSTRUCTOR of English as a Foreign Language (EFL)/ English as a Second Language (ESL)

Responsible for adapting, developing instructional materials for beginners pre-college students

while providing instruction. (had to follow only the syllabus and made PPT to simplify the

lessons)

Created lesson plans to simplify the textbook reading materials.

Taught writing for intermediate students using hamburger illustration to teach structure of

paragraph writing.

Was a member of the exam committee - involved in preparing an exam.

Resource development - organized several teachers to provide resources to supplement the

textbook. These were PPT and games found from the internet or produced by the teachers.

November, 2008 through June, 2009

Position: ESL Instructor, Alu Rehab Inc, Fujian, China (Part time)

Responsibilities

Taught English to two groups - One group of supervisors beginners ESL (blue-collar workers).

Used TPR (Total Physical Response) when we started as most of the students did not remember

the little English they learnt. Using Side-by-Side and my personal syllabus, we were able to

progress to a point where they could speak several sentences by the end of a few months. Wrote

tests for the students - written and spoken. Most of the students were able to converse in short

sentences and were able to understand some basic questions. The second group were

intermediate ESL students (white collar office employees). They needed some Business English

and English Conversation and communication skills. Provided for different needs for the

organization including training one-on-one for a Marketing Director using specialized business

language.

2003 through 2009 Xiamn University and TKK College, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China

INSTRUCTOR of English as a Foreign Language (EFL)/ English as a Second Language (ESL)

Responsible for adapting, developing instructional materials for Oral English, Listening &

Speaking and Writing for freshmen and sophomore while providing instruction and assessment

of 200 students per semester.

Prepared oral and written exams including recording for listening exams. Graded and evaluated

students oral fluency through oral interviews, class presentations and role plays.

Responsible for developing curriculum for a new course (Success through character

development) including test criteria. A six-week summer program and a 12-week semester

course.

Responsible for developing curriculum for Business Administration and Communication Course

(12-week program) for MBA students. Designed and adapted training materials and taught the

course. Used student assessment techniques and objectives to write the criteria for testing and

measuring students' proficiency for the course (oral and written tests).

2003-2005 Zhangzhou City College, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China (part-time)

Participated in university wise assessing of new local teachers to be hired by the university.

Developed curricula for two semester courses on Oral English including administering and

grading oral testing of student's fluency level; both formal and informal.

Acted as experts of ESL to assist local instructors by providing support and resources.

Demonstrated linguistic expertise and resolved language and cultural issues as it arises.

Answered questions from local teachers on word usage, vocabulary meaning in the context of the

US and an overview of American life.

2002 through 2003 Lujiang University, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Taught freshmen and sophomore Oral English. Ensured students practice EFL language skills of

listening, comprehension, and speaking.

Designed curricula, criteria for testing oral fluency and tested students through interviews,

speeches (presentations) and debates.

Evaluated training materials (textbook) for adequacy, suitability and effectiveness and

recommended change of textbook. Prepared lesson plans from and adapted commercial text.

Designed curriculum for semester course which provided a more student-centered learning

environment including research and critique of texts and presentation of topics by students.

Conducted English Corner (volunteer) in the evenings (once a week) to provide real life talk with

foreigners – played games, English activities, songs, idioms, US life and issues, etc.

Sept 2000 through Aug 2002

INSTRUCTOR of English as a Second Language (ESL), Kaplan International at Highline

Community College.

Taught ESL using Direct English (an intensive English and integrated program) to international

students.

Administered international student program including assessing language proficiency level,

program orientation, college application process for entrance to US colleges and universities.

Counseled international students about transfers and admission procedures.

Assessed teachers’ performance. Conducted monthly teachers' meeting and mentored other

teachers.

Conducted monthly placement and institutional TOEFL testing. Evaluated training and testing

materials for adequacy, suitability, and effectiveness.

(part-time) INSTRUCTOR of English as a Second Language (ESL), Highline Communication

College

Developed syllabi in accordance with Washington Adult Basic Competencies and taught ESL to

immigrants and refugees in adult ESL classes . Reported the students progress to the Director of

Adult Education. Taught basic American survival skills & American cultural customs & holidays

incorporating some local points of interests.

Conducted Computer Lab for immigrants at a community center using Rosetta Stone.

Jan 2002 through June 2002

INSTRUCTOR of English Composition for residential and online courses, Crown College,

Tacoma, WA

Taught freshmen English Composition

Taught Personal Communication online

Prepared lesson plans (online) by selecting from and adapting texts and developing a plan of

instruction for class-specific exercises using online teaching software.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1989 – 1999

Executive Assistant, World Vision and World Vision International

Responsible for computer training for our organization (500+ employees). Taught MS Office

and managed computer training including hiring training consultant.

Monitored budget (1m) for CIO IT Department. (We were able to cut the budget by 50K for 2

years). Administered software purchases and license renewal for more than 50+ products.

Supervised office staff.

Wrote Administrative Staff Handbook.

Assisted CIO in hiring of contract and temporary programming staff including contracts

management.

Meeting management for our department of 50+ employees and contractors. Weekly

management meetings plus hundreds of project meetings for programmers and various

departments.

1986 through 1989

Administrative Assistant, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

Assisted with on-campus recruitment (100+ organizations) for our graduates including

correspondence with recruiting companies.

Setup interview schedules for more than 500+ students interviewing with 100+ organizations.

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