Academic leadership, teacher, lecturer, OS office

Mark Bray, M.A.

Current Location: Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. Willing to relocate.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-w-bray-1676b17

Cell phone #: +1-226-***-****

Email: ******@****.*** Highlights

1 year of school academic management as principal & vice principal. Completed PQP 2 course studies for Principal of international school - Certified 8/31/2020. Completed PQP 1 course studies for Principal of international school - Certified 10/19/2019. 21 years teaching experience.

Masters’ Degree in Global Political Economy. Degree conferred 2005. From 2015 to 2020 I taught economics & or business in the following programs: AP, A levels, IB, IGCSE QCE, OSSD, & NCUK, California core program. Taught subjects in area of expertise, tutored & counselled students, evaluated student progress & achievements. Performed all duties related to Teaching, assignments, exams, lesson plans & syllabus preparation. Constant curriculum development & text selection performed. Multilingual (English, French) with working knowledge of: Indonesian, Malaysian, Korean, Arabic and Chinese. Computer Literate in: MS Office, Corel Office, usage of Internet, Emailing, among other software & APPS.

Work Experience

October 4th, 2023 to July 2024 Teacher, in B.C. Canada program Worked in China for a British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, International high school program(Grades 10 to 12). I completed the process of becoming a certified teacher through the process by BC, Canada. In Semester 1 I taught Career Life Education and Marketing. Semester 2 I taught: English - First Peoples, Tourism, and Entrepreneurship.

Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI)

August 24th, 2022, to August 31st, 2023

College instructor, Economics, and business. Full-time teaching position, in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Taught three classes per semester to adult business certificate program students. Designed and taught Microeconomics, Computer Studies, and Indigenous Studies course in the first semester; January to June semester, taught Marketing, Business Communications, and Macroeconomics. Coordinated with part time teachers for classes, schedules, and exams.

Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation Band Council, Naughton, Ontario Canada From March 10th to 31st 2022 Tourism coordinator

Full-time position, short-term contract lasting 3 weeks, due to their year-end & funding for the position / program involved. Reviewed bids for tourism project by companies & evaluated them. The rest of the work was research on indigenous tourism websites in Northern Ontario, I propagated a detailed list of 31 pages with several hundred websites listed, with comments on each website.

Onigaming First Nation, Mikinaak K to 12 school, Nestor Falls, Ontario, Canada August 25th, 2021, to December 31st, 2021,

School Principal

Oversaw staff management, provincial education regulations, Covid regulations, construction, and renovations on site and across the street. Managed a staff of 25 people including teachers, EA’s / TA’s, custodians, maintenance, and administrators. Managed the well-being of students in school & sought help for those who Mark W. Bray, M.A.

were in need, from outside organizations like Jordan’s principal. Oversaw all management and budgetary issues. Ontario curriculum is taught here from KG to high school.

American global prep school, Phnom Penh,

Cambodia Feb 2020 to June 2020 Deputy headmaster

Taught middle school and high school students along with academic management duties. Duties included: scheduling, timetable management, staff management, student management, discipline of students, helped parents and oversaw parent issues, among other duties. Was in crisis management role having put all classes online during Corona virus shutdown of all schools in Phenom Penh from March 16th, 2020. The school uses the California common core curriculum for all programs. Managed a staff of 16 teachers & other non-teaching staff, as well as 200 students plus parents.

Wuhan city high school, Wuhan, Hebei, China August 15th, 2018, to May 15

th, 2019 Economics and business instructor

Taught Economics A levels classes. Specifically taught A2 level (Grade 12) students. They wrote the A2 level exams in May and June 2019. Prepared all classes, Evaluations, HW tasks, tests and assignments based on the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) curriculum requirements. Hangzhou high school in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China August 23 rd, 2017, to June 30th, 2018.

Economics and business instructor

Taught economics & business studies. Based on the Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) / Queensland Australian high school diploma program, & the Ontario Secondary School Diploma Program (OSSD). I prepared a syllabus with their course of study, conforming to both provincial requirements. Constant review is done by education board specialists from both countries. They are assessed 5 times a year with exams, written assignments, & presentations to determine their grades.

Nanjing city high school, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

September 1st, 2016, to August 13th, 2017

Economics and business studies instructor

Taught economics & business studies courses. Taught International General Certificate of Secondary Education

(IGCSE) (Grade 10) students, AS (Grade 11), & A2 level (Grade 12) students’ economics. Taught International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) Economics to IBDP 1 students. Taught IBDP first year students - economics.

Taiyuan city high school, Shanxi, China

October 1st, 2015, to July 31st, 2016

Economics and business studies instructor

Taught economics & business studies at a Chinese national high school. Taught AP economics, students wrote internationally standardized exams in May 2016. Taught Northern Consortium UK (NCUK) university prep program called International Foundation Year (IFY). Students studied produced written assignments, then wrote internationally standardizes exams at the end of the year.

Dankook University, Cheonan, South Chungcheong South Korea (R.O.K.) March 1st, 2012, to September 5th, 2014

Professor/ Lecturer in the Department of Business Administration I designed & taught the following courses: Business Administration, Math, Economics (Micro & Macro), Environmental economics, international business law, E business, M.I.S., World History, International business management, Business presentations & academic writing, Business communications skills, well as Management studies for our department. Classes were 10 to 30 students, content-based university level material knowledge. I choose books based on learning objectives set by the curriculum required to be taught. Taught by lecturing, power point presentations, assigning reading, homework, assignments, & extra studies. Taught an average of 100 students per Semester.

Chung Ang University, Seoul, ROK

March 1st, 2010, to February 29th, 2012

Assistant Professor, College of General Education

Taught English, (EFL) mostly through holistic communicative approach in a classroom environment. Class sizes vary from 10 to 25 students. Taught various students from first year to senior year students EFL / ESL. Moved students from ESO level 1A to level 1B in Beginner classes. Moved students to higher levels for intermediate and advanced classes. Taught an average of 150 students per Semester.

Kookmin University, Seoul, ROK

March 1st, 2006, to February 28th, 2010

Professor of English Studies & Political Science

Taught English, EFL / ESL, EAP, through Communicative approach in a classroom environment. Also taught International Organizations course annually. Class sizes vary from 12 to 30 students. Taught all 4 years and all levels of students. Classes included beginners to advanced students. Moved students to higher levels for intermediate & advanced classes. Taught an average of 150 students per Semester.

Halim Institute of Advanced International Studies, Seoul, ROK October 1st, 2005, to February 28th, 2006,

Professor, English Instructor (5-month contract) Taught EFL, linguistics, presentation skills & communications in a classroom environment. Trained doctors in English for Academic Skills (EAPs’) to prepare them prior to attending courses & seminars in American Medical Schools for Training & presentation of published papers. Edited & corrected their papers. Taught MD’s, nurses & hospital administrators Health Care EFL to practice for surgical rotations & presenting papers for international symposiums.

Incheon Metropolitan Board of Education, Incheon, ROK

Sept 27th, 2004, to Sept 30th, 2005

English Teacher & Teacher Trainer (1 year contract) Taught English in a public Middle school, training Korean government administrators, as well as public school teachers in EFL instruction. Taught 1100 female students form grades 7 to 9. Trained 30 public school teachers in communicative approach to English as a second language acquisition techniques.

More experience available upon request.

Academic Credentials

2005 Hull University; M.A. in Global Political Economy; degree conferred January 2005 M.A. thesis: The relationship between the US defense Sector, Congress, the Executive Branch, and defense spending from 1981 to 2004.

1995 Laurentian University, B.A. Economics; degree conferred October 1995 86-87 Cambrian College: General Arts & Science Program (G.A.S.P.) Only First Year completed did not complete the full 2-year diploma. 1986 Lasalle Secondary School: Grade 12 Diploma. OSSD Completed Professional Development

Participated in a 12-hour course on assessment & mental health needs for people suffering with mental health illness or stress, to help students. October to December 2021. Mark W. Bray, M.A.

Attended a two-day conference with First Nations Education Administration Association (FNEAA) on managing first nations schools & methods to heal community members who suffer from trauma; October 2021.

Attended two training seminars about Power School attendance taking software and administrators software for using their programs, October 2021.

Teaching English Online 50-hour Certificate through ITTT - International TEFL and TESOL Training. Certified - July 21st, 2021.

New 120-hour TEFL course through ITTT – International TEFL and TESOL Training. Certified - June 28th, 2021.

Completed PQP 2 course studies for principal of international school, through York University faculty of education & the Ontario, Teachers College. Certified 7/31/2020.

Completed PQP 1 – principal for international schools through York University & the Ontario Teachers College. Certified 10/19/2019.

NCUK Training, Beijing, October 23rd, 2015,

Full day training program for Business and Economics teachers / instructors, involved in the NCUK IFY China program.

NEBOSH International general certificate in occupational health and safety, studied in 2015.

KOTESOL 2004 to 2012

Society of Teaching English through Media 2006 to 2011. Attended annual conferences.

TEFL Arabia, 2001 to 2002. TEFL Arabia 1998 -1999.

UN conference on reinventing government, global conference 2006 September, Seoul ROK.

Industrial Accident Prevention Association (I. A. P. A.) Certificate Attained Honors Standing.

Success Business College: TESL/TEFL Certified, completed in May 1998, (120-hour course.)

The Canadian Institute of Financial Planning, Personal Financial Planning Course plus other modules.

Canadian Investment Funds Institute: Branch Manager Course.

Canadian Securities Institute: Canadian Securities Course.

Canadian Investment Funds Institute: Canadian Investment Funds Course

Professional References

Michelle McNally, Director, Dumont Technical Institute a division of Gabriel Dumont Institute Work address: 917 22nd Street West, Saskatoon, SK S7M 0R9 Email : ********.*******@*****.*** Phone # +1-306-***-****

Mr. Daniel Downs, Program Coordinator, Dumont Technical institute Work address: 917 22nd Street West, Saskatoon, SK S7M 0R9 Cell # +1-306-***-**** Email: ******.*****@*****.***

Curtis Assance, M.B.A.

Director of Lands & Economic Development Atikameksheng Anishnawbek, 25 Reserve Road, Naughton Ontario, Canada, P0M 2M0 Telephone: +1-705-***-**** Email: *********@****.*** Website: www.atikameksheng Anishnawbek.ca

Shawn Kelly, Onigaming band council member, education portfolio Onigaming first nation, P.O. box 339, Nestor Falls Ontario, Canada, K0X 1K0 Work number: 807-***-**** Cell number: 807-***-**** Email: ******.**@****.*** Mark W. Bray, M.A.

Nate Wong, Principal of International department, Hangzhou Dong Fang high school Hangzhou Dong Fang High School, 655-1 Xixi road, Xihu district, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310023 Cell phone: +86-139-****-**** Email: **********@**.***

Mrs. Nancy Yan, Academic Director

International Department of Subsidiary High School of Taiyuan Normal University, Taiyuan Shangxi province China

Phone: +86-137******** Email: *****.***@*******.***

Dr. Myung, Young Soo, Ph. D. Professor & Dean, college of commerce, Dankook University San 29, Anseo-Dong, Cheonan, Chungnam 330-714, South Korea TEL: +82-41-550-**** FAX: +82-2-203-5667 Email: *****@*******.**.**

Dr. Seung Ryul Jeong, Ph.D., Professor & Vice President for Planning and Budgeting, KMU 861-1 Chungnung-Dong, Sungbuk-Ku, Seoul 136-702, South Korea. Phone #: +82-02-910-**** (0) +82-10-221*-**** (C.P.) Email: *******@*******.**.**

Dr. Lee Jah Wan, Ph.D. Professor of English, former supervisor at KMU 861-1 Chungnung-Dong, Sungbuk-Ku, Seoul 136-702, South Korea. +82-2-910-4568 (0)

Hallym University: Dr. Tae Ho Kim, Ph.D., Professor, V. P. for Academic Affairs822-***-****/8135 or ********@******.**.**.

Bupyeong Girls Middle School: Mr. Si-Baek Noh, School Principal 51 Dongjung-5-gil, Bupyeong-gu, Incheon City, South Korea, Phone: 032-***-****

Saudi Arabian Army Training school: Colonel Bin Haraib, M.A. Sharjah Technical College:

Mr. Saied, Principal

P.O. Box29070, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Sharjah Technical College

Mr. Bill Paraichi, M.A.

P.O. Box29070, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Phone # (971-*-***-*** Email: ********@********.***.**

Personal References

Mr. Sajeev Shivshankaran P. Eng CEM

Energy & Facilities Engineer, City of Greater Sudbury 1772 South View Drive, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, P3E 2M3 Cell # 1-705-***-**** Email: ******.*************@**************.**

Mr. Justice, Bob Delfrate B.A., L.L.B.

Ph. # 705-***-**** (Home) Email: ******.********@***.***.**.** Mr.

Daren Kirkwood C.M.A.

Ph. # (705) 560 - 0744 (home) Email:*********@*******.************.***

Dr. Ozwaldo Croci, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science Memorial University of Newfoundland, Department of Political Science St. John's, NF, Canada A1B 3X9 Phone: 709-***-**** Email: ******@***.**

Dr. Simon Lee, Ph.D. GPE program coordinator.

Hull University, Cottingham Road, Hull, Yorkshire, UK, HU6 7RX Phone (44-148*-***-*** (Dept. Office) Email: *.*.***@****.**.**

Detailed skills, writing samples, and other documents available upon request.

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