LAWRENCE SCHECHTERMAN

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Delray Beach, FL 33484

adjn8y@r.postjobfree.com

561-***-****

NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER

CITIZENSHIP: USA

D.O.B. 23 June 1943

GENDER: Male

MARITAL STATUS: Single

PROFILE

TEFL-certified instructor with: Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Sociology/Psychology; Juris Doctor in Law; Master of Laws; AS in the Culinary Arts. Experience teaching English to adults of various native languages. Planned and taught lessons to small groups as well as personal tutoring. Experience with both adults and children; Fluent in English.

EDUCATION

120-HOUR TEFL CERTIFICATION March 2012

TEFL Institute, Chicago, IL USA

100 hours of training with 20 hours of student teaching

B.A. IN SOCIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY 1966

University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA

ALL CLASSES TAKEN WITHOUT THESIS, MASTER OF ARTS IN 1966

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY (Award Pending Thesis)

The New School, New York, New York, USA

JURIS DOCTOR OF LAW 1969

Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA, USA

MASTER OF LAWS 1973 New York Univ. Graduate School of Law, New York, NY, USA

AS in the CULINARY ARTS 2001 The Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, School of Culinary Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR 2012

TEFL Institute, Chicago, IL USA

Taught small groups of adults from various backgrounds

Facilitated conversations with natural expressions

Worked on natural pronunciation and stress patterns

Assigned and graded homework assignments

ESL PROFESSOR

Extreme Learning Center, Arequipa, Peru 2012

Berlitz School of Languages, San Luis Potosi, Mexico 2013

Academic Education, Inc., Boca Raton, FL April 2013 – March 2019

Palm Beach Language Institute, West Palm Beach, FL April 2019 – November 2019

Academic International, Boca Raton, FL June 2019 - Present

Move Language Forward, Naperville, IL July 2019

Sylvan Learning, Boca Raton, FL January 30, 2020 – Present

SUBSITUTE TEACHER 1966 Linden, NJ School System, Linden, NJ, USA

Taught in small groups and one-on-one setting to the mentally challenged

Emphasized basic communication skills

Developed lesson plans around individual student needs

SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS Palm Beach County School System, West Palm Beach, FL, USA 1996

PRIVATE ESL TUTOR AND INSTRUCTOR 2012 - Present

Private Tutor and Instructor in English to native Spanish speakers

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

PRACTICING LAWYER 1969 -1993

Lawrence Schechterman, P.A., New York, NY; East Brunswick, NJ; Boca Raton, FL, USA

Specialized in Securities, Tax, Franchise, and Corporate Law

LECTURER IN SECURITIES, FRANCHISE, AND CORPORATE LAW New Jersey State Bar Association, Trenton, NJ, USA; Middlesex County, NJ Bar Association, New Brunswick, NJ, USA; Florida Bar Association, Tallahassee, FL USA; Palm Beach County Bar Association, West Palm Beach, FL USA. All lectures were accompanied by Books and Written Materials created by me.

SECURITIES ARBITRATION RECOVERY, INC. 1993

Boca Raton, FL, USA; Represented stockbrokers and customers before the United States Securities & Exchange Commission; New York Stock Exchange, and American Stock Exchange, NY, NY

FREELANCE TRAVEL WRITER/PHOTOGRAPHER January 2001 - Present

PRIVATE CHEF

Chef Lorenzo Enterprises, Inc. Boca Raton, FL USA

Taught in small groups and one-on-one to beginner and intermediate cooks. May 2001 - Present

WINE AND CHEESE SPECIALIST 2008 -2012

The Greenwise Market, Boca Raton, FL, USA, Publix Supermarkets, Inc.

Lakeland, FL, USA

MANAGER, JOSEF’S ART GALLERY

Westfield, NJ, USA, managed an art gallery showing and selling multiple period artwork, recommended and performed the work to frame and mat pictures. June 1953 – May 1966

OTHER AWARDS, SKILLS, INTERESTS

Law Review, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA USA 1969

Licensed to practice law (NY, NJ, FL) 1969 Certified in Food Service Sanitation and Supervision 2001

Certification by National Restaurant Association 2001

Merit Scholarship for Signature Recipe at the School of Culinary Arts, The Art Institute, Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA 1998

Construction and Building Supervision regarding the construction of a new synagogue for B’nai Torah Congregation of Boca Raton, FL USA 1987-1989

Who’s Who in America (1983 – 2020); Who’s Who in the World (1993 – 2020) : Selected for Lifetime Achievement Award 2019

Recommendation of Merit to the U.S. Pavilion, Cannes, France from Chef Klaus Friedenreich, CEC, CMC, Chair of the Department of Culinary Arts,

Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA 2000

IBC 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, 9th Edition 2015

Proficient in Microsoft Word and Outlook

PUBLICATIONS

In The Mood With Food, A Bachelor’s Guide To Wooing Her With Food, self published 1999

My Italy (awaiting publication) a travel article about Toscana, Italia 2011

The Bifurcated Jury in First Degree Murder Trials, Suffolk University Law School, Law Review 1969

Poems of Now and Then, A Poetry Collection

Exlibris Publishing Corporation www.Exlibris.com 2012- republished, Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Co. 2018

Many poems in the publications of the International Library of Poetry and included in The Best Poems and Poets 200*-****-****

Outstanding Achievement as a City Councilman (a publicly elected office) for East Brunswick, NJ USA 1976-1980

MEMBERSHIPS

The Professional Writer’s Alliance

American Writer’s & Artists, Inc.

American Culinary Federation

Alumni Organization, TEFL Institute, Inc.

B’nai Torah Congregation of Boca Raton, FL (Past President and Trustee)

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