English Teacher Assistant

David Plitnik

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Objective: To secure a position as a teacher that utilizes my experience, education and skills. Teaching Skills Summary

Teacher with over 20 years’ experience with differentiated instruction in multi-cultural context

Certified to teach English as a foreign/ second language (TEFL/ TESOL)

Teaching licensure in process

Team player; deep respect for teammates

Teaching Assistant; implemented lesson plans, assisted teachers with instructional responsibilities

Teaching Foreign languages: French, Japanese

Language Abilities

English: Native speaker

French: Business level, written and spoken

Japanese: Business level, spoken

Latin: Intermediate level reading and writing

German: Conversational level

Have lived and studied in France and Japan

Education

Frostburg State University: B.A. in French Literature, Minor in German. August 1989 – Dec. 1991 Wake Forest University: Major in Classical Studies, Latin. August 1987 – June 1989 Professional Experience

French Teacher. Bishop Ireton High School, Alexandria, VA August 2016 – January 2017

Private Japanese and English tutoring. July 2014 – August 2016

Assistant English Teacher/Professor. Worked for over 20 years in Japan for schools affiliated with the elite Saitama National University; served as advisor for English speaking and listening pedagogy. 1990 – 2013

Involved with all aspects of preparing teaching content including:

Test materials

Curricula

Editing English language documents

Cross-cultural communication and relationship building

ESL Teacher. Carrigan School of Language and Business, Washington, DC January 2014 – July 2014

Test Preparation

English speaking, listening and American culture

French Teacher. Blessed Sacrament School, Alexandria, VA August 2013 – December 2013

ESL Teacher-Temporary. The Language Company, Frostburg, MD June 2013 – August 2013

Taught English to students from abroad, mainly from Saudi Arabia

All students passed final test, as a result of two-week intensive test preparation

Improved cross-cultural understanding

English Teacher. Interac, Tokyo, Japan. April 2010 – February 2013

Used experience and interpersonal skills to assist new teachers at various elementary and middle schools.

Helped elementary and middle school staff to design and implement curricula.

English Teacher. Institute of Spoken English, Tokyo, Japan April 1995 – March 2010

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