SCOTT FERRARA
ESL TEACHER/ CURRICULUM DESIGNER
PROFILE
Result and achievement driven individual dedicated to providing the highest standards of educational practices. As well as, a highly productive information manager. A proven teacher, tour guide, and educator with a consistent level of achievement.
CONTACT
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English
History
Speaking
Shakespeare
Swordplay
Acting
EDUCATION
SUNY Purchase – Bachelors of Arts
1990 - 1992
Drama Studies and English
International TESOL teacher training
2010
BPSS License
WORK EXPERIENCE
New York General Consulting
ESL teacher
1/23-present
Taught English as well as New York History, acting, politics, psychology, conversation, grammar, speaking and listening to a group of adult students at a private language school
EF New York
ESL teacher
9/21-9/22
Taught English as well as New York History, acting, politics, psychology, conversation, grammar, speaking and listening to a group of adult and teenage students at a private language school.
Language Connections
ESL teacher
3/20 -
Taught/business/construction/architectural/English online/interactive businessEnglish for conversation, grammar, reading, writing, speaking. and listening to an individual business English client
Lisma Languages/ Elite Language
ESL teacher
1/20 - 2/20
Taught English for a privte English school in Queems as well conversation,grammar,reading,writing, speaking. and listening to a group of adult and teenage students..
Manhattan College
ESL Teacher
5/19– 8/19
Taught English as well as New York History, acting, politics, psychology, conversation, grammar, speaking and listening to teenagestudents at a language school summer program.
GEOS Languages Plus
ESL Teacher
5/17– 5/19
Taught English as well as New York History, acting, politics, psychology, conversation, grammar, speaking and listening to a group of adult and teenage students at a private language school.
Edgewise Education
Private English Teacher ESL Teacher
3/98 - present
Taught Englishvocabulary, conversation, grammar, speakingand listening togroups andindividuals
Shakespeare Language Institute
ESL Teacher
5/16-1/17
Taught English conversation, grammar, speaking and listening to a group of adult students at a private language school.
Designed classes and evaluations in the common European framework
Acted as tour guide and site consultant for my students
Kaplan international
English Teacher
07/14 – 10/15
Taught English conversation, grammar, speaking and listening to a group of international adult students at a private language school.
Acted as tour guide and site consultant for my students
LISSMA Language Center
English Teacher
07/13 – 05/14
Taught English conversation, grammar, speaking and listening to a group of international adult students at a private language school.
Acted as tour guide and site consultant for my students
Windmill Education
Private Tutor / Tour Guide
09/92 - present
Served as a professional tour guide in New York City, suggesting attractions and restaurants.
Trained hundreds of students in the Fillipino martial Arts of Eskrima( of which I have three black belts )
Taught Shakespeare and stage combat. References furnished on request
LAL – Summer English intensive - Contract
English Teacher
07/12 and 7/13
Taught conversation, vocabulary and grammar to a group of international high school and college students.
Was a tour guide for major tourist sites in Manhattan.
Mahanaim School
Teacher
04/11-12/11
Teacher of English conversation, grammar and vocabulary.
GNB English Academy
English Teacher
01/09 – 07/09
Taught English as a second language to students aged 6 to 14 years old in both English and Korean.
Created monthly written and oral evaluations of students’ speech patterns, flow, phonetics, and vocabulary.
Achieved a 35% improvement in student test scores from the previous year.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Store Representative / Archivist / Office Manager
09/08-12/08
Streamlined the scheduling of the employees of the retail operation of the main gift shop of the museum resulting in a net increase of employee workflow.
Created an organized environment for the floor managers and supervisors at the museum to increased information flow and productivity.
Achieved a greater level of organization resulting in a radical reduction in stock loss and employee retention.
ADDITIONAL EXPEREINCE
Acted as a curriculum designer / book author for the following:
The Spanish Military
The Metro Police, Madrid
Medical English
Business English
Psychological English
Legal and Law Enforcement English
Designed the R.A.P.P.O.R.T ESL curriculum for theetutor.com
Wrote an article called the “ New Yorker’s Guide to London”
SKILLS
Pronunciation, Shakespeare, Stage Combat, Oratory, Storytelling
Microsoft Office. Smartboard,Adobe, Filesurf 7.5, RMS/MDY, Imanage, Spicer/Imagenation, Access, Lexis-Nexis, Microsoft Word, Excel, Documentum, Docnet