ESL Instructor
Resume:
Mark Joseph Curran
Email: ********@*******.***
Education
Avondale College of Higher Education, Sydney, Australia
Master’s in TESOL, Graduated with Distinction, 2013.
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
Teaching Certificate in Secondary English, 1988.
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Bachelor of Arts in English and History, Spanish minor.
Graduated Magna cum Laude, 1980.
Phoenix College, Phoenix, Arizona. Associate of Arts in Liberal Studies, 1978.
Work Experience
The New America School, USA 11/22 to present
Working in the role of Academic Interventionist, I carry a caseload of students who need support in their subject area studies. I am also working in ESL in the evenings at the local community college, Community College of Aurora.
Re-1 Valley Schools, Colorado, USA 7/15/20- 12/31/2020
Taught American Literature to 9th-12th grade students in a rural setting. Developed their writing skills and created weekly quizzes and monthly exams as assessment. Hoping to relocate again to an ESL setting.
Suenos Compartidos, Pasto, Colombia, South America, 2/15/2020-5/15/2020
Worked as a volunteer in Colombia for three months after leaving China due to covid. Assisted classroom teachers in their classrooms, grades 11-12. Had to discontinue when all schools in country were closed due to covid-19.
Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China 10/20/2019 to 01/15/20
Teaching as an Adjunct Professor with first and second year students in English Language and Culture and Business English. My program was part of a cooperative relationship with Clark University in the state of Massachusetts in the United States. Duties include lesson planning, exam writing, marking and recording and up to six hours of teaching per day.
TPO (Takatuf Petrofac Oman) Knowledge Oasis Muscat, 07/15/2018 to 03/15/2019
Teaching young adults who are transitioning into oil related industries throughout Oman. Duties include teaching five to six hours per day and supervision of course level exams.
King Fahad Security College, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 08/2016-07/07/17
Taught young cadets in a Focal Skills/Constructive Alignment program for beginning student in the four skills with a security emphasis in Intelligence, Homeland Security and Criminal Justice.
Iraq, Shell oil. 06/2014-08/2015
Taught young adults including engineers and oil workers in Majnoon Oil field near Basra, Iraq. Worked within the Common European framework with A1-C1 students from low beginning to low advanced English language learners. Laid off when oil prices fell dramatically.
WoodGroup/Hess, Bata, Equatorial Guinea, 10/2008-6/2011.
English Coordinator/Instructor. Part of a small, four-person team of English instructors teaching beginning level students in a 33-month intensive English/Math-Science/Technical program for locals to incorporate with the country’s nationalization oil industry. Part of team on the recruitment process including testing, interviewing and final selection of candidates. Curriculum development and sequencing and materials development an ongoing and essential part of my duties. Rotation: 28/28. Point of origin: Denver, Colorado, USA.
ITNHGE National Program, Marathon Complex, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, 7/2005-11/2007.
Coordinator for the English Language Program for the National Institute of Technology and Hydrocarbon, Equatorial Guinea, Africa. Responsibilities included recruitment, interviewing staff instructors world-wide, curriculum development, all initial materials and book ordering, staff scheduling and in-house personnel matters, teaching load of classes to beginning and intermediate level national trainees to be production and maintenance personnel offshore with various oil companies. Rotation 28/28. Point of origin: Denver, Colorado, USA.
Exxonmobil (MEGI,Wood Group), Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, 9/2004-7/2005
Taught local trainees in an intensive ESL program in order to integrate them into company practices and ability to work effectively on the oil platforms. Competency in Lotus Notes and Word Perfect as member of corporate educational team. Rotation: 28/28.
Raytheon (Salts), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 10/2002-6/2004
Taught English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to Saudi cadets and officers as part of a team of Western instructors using Defense Language Institute (DLI) curriculum. In addition to full-time classroom duties, administrative responsibilities included gathering exam information and generating computer results bi-weekly. Residence position, Jeddah and Taif, KSA.
Basalt High School, Basalt, Colorado, 8/2000-8/2002.
Taught ESL to Hispanic and other representative groups. Also taught American History and Law Related Education at the Junior and Freshman levels. Participated in extracurricular activities including announcing at the Varsity football games and clock for Varsity basketball games, sponsor for the Writing Club, Junior class sponsor, Teacher Leader representative for the high school at District meetings, and sponsor for BHS's Restorative Justice Program.
Al-Bayan Bilingual School, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 8/1998-8/1999.
Taught English to second language learners as well as American Literature at the 11th and 12th grade levels, preparing students for college in the United States and England. In addition, worked on a team in curriculum development. Duties also included teaching AP English to selected seniors.
Fruita Monument High School, Fruita, Colorado, 8/1996-8/1998.
Taught World Geography, Law Related Education, and Ancient History to students in grades
9-12. Freshman class sponsor. Chosen as one of two district recipients of Fulbright research project.
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