ESL Instructor

Deidra De Pree

*** ******** ***. #***, *******, MI 49423 415-***-**** e-mail: *******@*****.***

Accomplished professional with strong student-led teaching skills and 11 years of classroom experience

Classroom Experience

Zeeland Holland Adult Education ESL Teacher, Holland, MI (August 2015 - ongoing)

Teach all General English Levels and mixed electives. (adult focus)

Locations include the Migrant Program and Boar's Head Program

EC English Language School Full Time ESL Lead Teacher, San Francisco, CA (September 2013 - July 2015)

Teach all General English Levels and mixed electives. (18-25 yr. old focus)

Tutor/ mentor 10 Academic Year students (speaking and advanced writing).

Brandon College ESL Instructor, San Francisco, CA (Summer 2013)

Taught French holiday groups in conversational English. (18-30 yr. old focus)

Intercultural Institute of California ESL Instructor, San Francisco, CA (Spring 2013)

Taught upper-intermediate General and Business English. Classes focus on either speaking, listening and vocabulary or grammar, reading and writing.

Use curriculum and textbook as springboard, then supplement lesson plans to add relevance for students.

GEOS English Academy ESL Instructor, San Francisco, CA (Summer 2011 – Spring 2013)

Taught all levels of ESL – from Fundamentals through Advanced – in Integrated Skills (grammar, reading, writing, speaking and listening) and Active Listening (focused listening and speaking).

Used curriculum and textbook as springboard, then supplemented lesson plans to add relevance for students.

Conducted elective courses in Advanced Writing, Intermediate Speaking, and Beginning Pronunciation.

Taught and mentored multiple students, guiding them to fluency and clear speech.

Taught summer Holiday Groups, providing interactive motivational teaching.

Brandon College ESL Instructor, San Francisco, CA (Summer 2011)

Taught upper-intermediate students. Instruction featured interactive and conversational teaching style.

Tutoring

2012: Provided English conversation and grammar instruction for upper-intermediate levels.

2011: Classroom instruction and tutoring for varying ages of students at San Francisco YMCA.

Bingham McCutchen Legal Software Trainer, San Francisco, CA (1999 – 2004)

Taught all Microsoft Office desktop applications, including legal-specific applications with attorney, secretary, paralegal and staff populations.

Taught new-hire computer training; help desk training, ongoing refresher classes for legal-specific software and one-on-one desk side training.

Designed and taught custom courses aimed at correcting identified learning needs.

Catapult, Inc. Software Trainer (Computer Training School), San Francisco, CA (1998 – 1999)

Productivity Point International Software Trainer (Computer Training School), San Francisco (1996 – 1998)

Provided both classroom training, on-site desk side support and wrote/designed custom courseware for corporate clients including law firms. Earned training awards at each company.

Other Experience

Cook County Health and Hospitals System (CCHHS) Executive Assistant, Chicago, IL (2007 – 2008)

Organized complex Electronic Medical Record meetings with internal and external participants.

Freelance Proofreader, Editor, San Francisco, CA (2005–2008)

Body of work includes writing, editing and proofing, health articles and job aids; and website proofing.

Education

M.A. Journalism: University of Missouri-School of Journalism, Columbia, MO

B.A. Classics: Hope College, Holland, MI

Teaching English as a Second Language Certificate: Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA (2005)

CBEST (California Basic Educational Skills Test): California Educator Credentialing Examination (2004)

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