ESL Teacher

DAVID VIERLING

************@*****.***

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608-***-**** (cell)

Natick, MA 01760

Education:

University of Wisconsin-Madison May 2006

Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology Major GPA 3.6

Concentration in Archaeology and assisted professor in laboratory

Honors: Dean’s list three semesters. Selected for National Association of Collegiate Scholars

TEFL International- Quepos, Costa Rica October 2006

Completed 120 hr. TESOL Certificate

Relevant or Professional Experience:

Teaching:

The Language Company, Boston MA June 2010 – Now

ESL Teacher to International Students

Cultural Liaison to the city of Boston

Comunicorp, Chile June 2009 – Dec. 2009

Taught Business English to International Corporations

Assessed comprehension levels of incoming students

Tobin Middle School, Cambridge MA Sept. 2008 – June 2009

Assistant for a 7th/8th grade ESL class

Improving the students reading, writing and English fluency

Instruct middle school Social Studies

Butler Academy, Costa Rica March 2008-June 2008

Taught adult English classes

Conducted language placement tests

Unilever, Costa Rica November 2006 – March 2008

Taught business English to marketing executives

Focused on the students fluency, grammar and vocabulary

Professional Skills:

Teamwork and Interpersonal Skills

• Showed positive attitude and enthusiasm while teaching underprivileged ESL students

• Ability to procure employment and housing in a foreign country with little formal Spanish training

• Created a fun and productive atmosphere recognized by supervisors and students

Leadership

• Facilitated self-designed lesson plans for English learners in Costa Rica and Chile

• Volunteered at a reading program for Madison middle school students who needed extra help

• Organized extracurricular cultural activities for international students around the Boston area

Written Communication and Accomplishments

• Performed as a stand-up comedian with original material

• Wrote multiple short stories and currently co-writing a fiction novel

Personal

• Fluent in Spanish

• Recorded musician and co-winner of the 1999 WBCN Boston Battle of the Bands

• PADI certified diver

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