Abigail K. Kaplan

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Highlands Ranch, CO. 80129

720-***-****

WORK EXPERIENCE

Chinese and English Teacher, Highlands Ranch High School, Aug. 2015-present

Instruct three classes of Mandarin Chinese to 9-12 students. Create engaging, project-based lessons. Work on students’ speaking, listening, writing. Assess students and track data. Taught senior World Literature classes. Instruct grammar, reading and writing techniques.

Marketing Copywriter, Strategic Programs, Inc., May-July 2014

Assisted Marketing Director in redesigning and rewriting marketing materials. Checked all print and

web content for spelling and grammatical correctness. Presented ideas in marketing meetings.

Chinese Telephone Interviewer, Strategic Programs, Inc., Aug. 2013-Aug. 2014

Made calls to overseas Chinese employees to gauge their level of job satisfaction at multinational companies. Conducted exit interviews in Chinese. Entered all data into online database.

Chinese and English Teacher, Hinkley High School, Aug. 2005-May 2014

Taught Chinese conversation and writing to 9-12 students. Helped students learn pinyin, tones, and characters. Prepared students for rigorous IB test each spring. Taught IB English, ELA classes, and journalism. Recruited students and supervised school newspaper production and layout.

English as a Second Language Teacher, New America School, Sept. 2004-July 2005

Taught English and art to freshmen and sophomores. Created project-based lessons to build grammar and vocabulary retention. Recruited and outreached to families with calls, letters and written flyers.

Software Sales Representative, Rosetta Stone, May 2003-June 2004

Demonstrated Rosetta Stone foreign language software to potential clients. Sold an average of three programs per day. Counted and kept inventory. Maintained cleanliness of kiosk.

Assistant to the Director, University of California Press, June 2002-May 2003

Wrote press releases about new books. Maintained media database. Created monthly newsletter. Assisted Director with all communication to authors. Helped plan and staff book launch events.

EDUCATION

Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO, Sept. 2005-June 2007

Studied teaching and education methods. Received Professional Teacher’s License, August 2007.

University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Aug. 1998-May 2000

Master’s in Journalism with a focus on news and feature writing. Awarded McClatchy Prize for in-depth magazine reporting. Regularly wrote stories for the university newspaper, The Daily Californian.

Amherst College, Amherst, MA, Aug. 1990-May 1994

Received Bachelors of Arts in Asian Studies. Studied Mandarin language in Beijing, China, fall 1992.

SKILLS AND INTERESTS

Proficient in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, PowerPoint

Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and French

Enjoy hiking, biking, drawing, writing, volunteer work

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