Personal Assistant Civil Engineer

Irina Wilson 813-***-****

Tampa, FL ***** ****************@*****.***

Summary of Elementary educator with experience teaching English as a second language. Prepared

Qualifications engaging lessons and taught all subjects, including music and art. Business background

translating English/Russian conversations and technical (engineering) documents.

Key Strengths Intercultural communication Academic tutoring Student performance concerts

Classroom management Lesson planning Data tracking/analysis

Enrichment activities After-school programs Document translation

Parent-teacher partnerships Program development Simultaneous translation

Education B.A. degree equivalent in Education

Moldova State University – Chisinau, Moldova

A.A. degree equivalent in Education – Pedagogical College – Chisinau, Moldova

Certification Test of English as a Foreign Language Exam (TOEFL)

Citizenship Naturalized U.S. Citizen (2002)

Languages Bilingual English/Russian; conversational in Ukrainian and Romanian.

Multicultural Educated in Moldova and Russia. Lived and worked in U.S., UAE, and Kazakhstan.

Experience Traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East; visited Sri Lanka.

Technical Skills MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Teleconferencing: Zoom

Career History

Dec 2020 Free-Lance Translator – Tampa, FL

to present Translated financial and legal documents: From Russian to English and English to Russian for private clients.

Interpreted conversation for speakers of Russian.

2014 - 2018 Assistant Teacher / Substitute Teacher – Layat Community Nursery – Dubai, UAE

Private school conducted in English (ages 4-6), which served a multinational ex-pat community.

Assisted teacher with all facets of the early childhood curriculum: Taught English for Speakers of Other Languages, arithmetic, art, music, and physical education including dance. Organized and coordinated field trips.

2012 - 2014 Assistant Teacher – American School of Dubai – Dubai, UAE

Private school (K-12) serving a multinational ex-pat community.

Provided classroom support to teachers in primary grades.

Met the unique needs of English Language Learners in the mainstream classroom.

2004 - 2012 Personal Assistant to Civil Engineer – Manama, Bahrain; Dubai, UAE

Performed a full range of secretarial services for an American engineering contractor.

Translated engineering documents from Russian to English.

Planned logistics for two international household relocations: Developed strategies to lower relocation costs; determined which furniture, vehicles and household items to sell or ship. Negotiated agreements with relocation companies.

Integrated the family into local communities in the foreign cities of Manama and Dubai: Identified and established relationships with schools, physicians, vendors, social organizations, etc.

2003 - 2004 Receptionist, Admissions – New York Institute of Technology – Manama, Bahrain

Bahrain branch of a private American university with undergraduate and graduate programs in information science, building technology, electrical and electronic engineering, finance, and biological sciences.

First point-of-contact with potential students of newly opened school:

Provided information on programs, tuition, class schedules, admissions procedures and prerequisites.

Communicated between administrators and new faculty: Offered one-on-one campus orientations to arriving faculty members. Updated scheduling information for meetings and classes.

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