High School Full Time

John Sullivan

Cumbaya, Ecuador

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EDUCATION:

BS Degree Linguistics/ESL Catholic University Quito, Ecuador 1984 Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador Bachelor of Arts Degree in Linguistics applied to the teaching of languages in the specialization of English/ESL Wrote, developed and taught an investigative ESL course for lower income adults, which focused on two different language teaching methodologies. “The Spanish Gloss Approach vs. the Total Target Language,” the results of which were published in my thesis for graduation.

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Master of Arts Degree in Education Graduated with a 3.9 GPA 1987

Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, NV, I completed twenty courses pertaining to various disciplines in ESL as part of my training as a mentor teacher for the Clark County School District.

Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, Nevada - 40 semester hours TESL, Cultural Awareness and Bilingual Education 1993 – 1997

University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV Completed an ESL Curriculum and Development course as part of the requirements for a professional ESL endorsement in the State of Nevada.

I completed thirty-six semester hours of course work in Educational Leadership at UNLV as a prerequisite for a professional administrative endorsement. I currently have 36 Graduate Level credits in Educational Administration and Leadership from the University Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) 1999-2005 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

General Director Jose Engling Catholic School Tumbaco, Ecuador August 2009 – April 2010. Directed more than 75 staff members, implemented new language acquisition methodology, closely supervised principals and Department Administrators, was active in the Board of Directors and Financial Committees, and oversaw the total administration of the school. I resigned on excellent terms due to an illness of a family member.

East Region ELL Coordinator Clark County School District Las Vegas, Nevada 2006 – 2008. As the East Region Coordinator, I was responsible for the implementation of second language, bilingual and dual language programs. In addition, I was directly responsible for the region’s refugee program where I supervised all aspects related to transitioning students to the USA. Within the region, I coordinated language programs and assisted principals and staff on implementing best practices for second language students throughout my region’s forty-one schools. I also supervised and trained ELL Specialists, testers and family advocates in each of the schools assigned to my region. I coordinated training for teachers and specialists, monitored second language students and refugee student status and progress, selected materials to be implemented in different schools, and analyzed data to pinpoint necessary interventions needed to help students achieve. As the East Region Coordinator I reported directly to the East Region Superintendent and to the Director of the English Language Learner Program. I was a member of the East Region’s Administrative Team where I met regularly with the East Region Superintendent and the Associate Superintendents. I was also a member of the Clark County School District’s English Language Learner Administrative Team where we discussed and planned training for our ELL Specialists and testers. There were approximately 23,000-second language learners in the East Region who were directly impacted by the decisions made by my department and regions’ initiatives. Clark County School District ELL Specialist 1995 – 2005 I worked in various K-12 schools throughout the District providing second language programs and training to teachers and staff. In each of the schools that I worked, I was responsible for the correct placement and needs of all new second language students including refugees and lower income populations. I conducted interviews with new students’ families in order to ascertain background information and any special needs they, or their children may have had.

Adult Education Coordinator 2003-2005

During the evenings, I worked for the Clark County School District as a site based coordinator for adult language education programs. I coordinated high school equivalency and second language programs for students and adults who could not participate during normal school hours due to employment obligations. 2006-08 East Region ELL Coordinator for the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada

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1997-08 ELL specialist at various schools within the District 1994-99 ESL Instructor (beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels) Community College of Southern Nevada, North Las Vegas, NV 1994-1997 Full time licensed ESL instructor Horizon North High School, North Las Vegas, NV

1992-1994 Full time licensed ESL instructor Chaparral High School, Las Vegas, NV. Selected as the ESL Mentor Teacher for high schools by the Clark County School District

1991-92 Full-time licensed Bilingual Education Teacher John S. Park School 1993-94 ESL Instructor (intermediate and advanced levels) University of Nevada, Las Vegas

1991-93 ESL Instructor (beginner and intermediate levels) Community College of Southern Nevada

1990-91 Licensed Bilingual Education Teacher at Willow Bend Elementary School, Palatine, IL, full time

1990-91 ESL Instructor (intermediate and advanced levels) at Triton Jr. College, River Grove, Illinois

1983-90 Full-time ESL Instructor (elementary, middle and high school grades) Cotopaxi International School, Quito, Ecuador South America 1984-86 Part time English Instructor for teacher candidates in the Linguistics Program, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Quito, Ecuador South America 1979-83 Director of the ESL Dept. Martim Cerere School, Quito, Ecuador- South America

1984-85 Taught phonology and contrastive analysis courses to teacher Candidates’ in the Linguistics program at the Catholic University in Quito, Ecuador

CREDENTIALS

State of Nevada K-12 Professional TESL License

State of Illinois Transitional Bilingual Spanish Endorsement State of Nevada K-8 Elementary Teaching License

State of Nevada K-12 Professional Administrative License

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