Manager .Net Supervisor Community College New Orleans
Resume:
Jeannie Fairfax Teacher
New Orleans, La 70117
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Education
Master of Library and Information Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS; May 2004
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 1993
La Sorbonne Paris, Graduate Level Methodology and Phonetics, ‘88-89
Bachelor of Arts, English and French, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
TESL Certification, New World Teachers, 1999.
Writing and Teaching
Published stories, articles and photography; taught writing from elementary- through -high school, and at university level. Many years ‘ teaching various cultures and ethnicities world-wide. Fluent in French. Have instigated and acted in Community theatre, coached speech contests in China, & directed library systems in East Mississippi. Happy, flexible, capable, dependable and versatile happiest tackling the challenges presented in teaching How To Write!
Gaps in this teaching CV reflect interim Archives and Library work.
Now returned to USA from
Teaching (four sections of English) on Navy Destroyer, USS Mason in Gulf of Aden (through Central Texas College) April-June 2011; supervisor ********@****.***
Instructor, Stennis Space Center, Taught French Language to some of the special opps; Feb 24-March 3, (stand-in substitute for native speaker.)
Instructor, Delgado Community College, 2600 General Meyer Avenue; New Orleans, LA; 70114. 504-***-****. June ‘10- June ’11. Have been teaching 1) remedial, 2) basic composition, and a 3) research writing course (so far) at Delgado.
LRC Manager, Strayer University, Metairie, LA
Instructed students on the use of University Data Bases, made presentations to all new classes, and managed/ran the new library, the Career Services and the Testing facility. We opened the new campus April 5, 2009; I have been seminal in making that happen successfully in New Orleans. (Strayer is a for profit, corporation. I left when Delgado called.
Instructor, ITT-Technological Institute, New Orleans. September –December 2009.
Taught three classes. (Two: Preparation of the Portfolio, and Group Dynamics.) For profit corporate industry is not my personal preference. **********@***-****.***.
Lecturer Universitas Indonusa, Esa Unggul, Jakarta, Indonesia. July, 2000-May 2001.
Taught three classes of Basic English for use in all Business communication, and Speech Presentation. Programme Director: Michael Goodwin: ***-****@****.***.**
Teacher Guangzhou Nanyang International School, Guangzhou. (Jan-June) 2000.
Taught basic (writing and speaking) English; class size varied from private to 50 students per class. Worked each night for a month with the faculty, teaching English Christmas carols for a Springtime (Major) Gala Show for parents and Patrons. Worked intensively/one-on-one with a few students in preparation for their college admittance exams. Made up games and contests to keep middle school children interested in Verbs, parts of speech, pronoun use, etc. Coached a 16 yr old girl for competition in statewide speech contest; she won. Spoke before school assemblies and did a spot for the school on television.
Instructor/Consultant. Can Achieve, Guangzhou, PRC Summer 2000. I lead a weekly class discussion to prepare wealthy executives for Canadian Immigration. I also worked one-on-one teaching Writing in English and pronunciation. The owners asked me to also work privately with them to perfect their English writing skills.
Teacher Literature and Art, grades 5, 6, 7 and 8. New Avenue School, Monterey Park, California, 1998-1999. Wrote the curriculum, and syllabus for the literature program I designed. Taught Writing, Literature, and the art classes. http://www.elocallink.tv/profiles/ca/alhambra/11/ Principal: Dana Pottish, 626-***-****
Instructor, Rhetoric and Composition Ventura Community College, Ventura, California. 1995-1996. I wrote the curriculum, and syllabus for the Writing Course. I taught brand new students how to write, with a 98% retention rate (It was the college basketball team!)
WRITING
Italy Article, (Front Page header) Solo connecting Travel, 3 pages, with photos
(It’s Adobe, I can e-mail as an attachment.) May, 2006
Clarke County Tribune, (several articles) Oct, ’04-June ’05.
Freelance Writer (Oct 2001-Nov 2002) for Hattiesburg American in Hattiesburg, MS *****@***********.***.
Features Writer The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Indonesia. Winter 2000-Spring 2001.
Editor, Bruce Emond: ********@**************.***
Web Editor. TRAVOO.COM, Jakarta, Indonesia. Autumn 2000-Spring 2001.
(Writing, editing for Indonesian writers, and consulting at directors meetings)
Owner, Ferri Limputra: ********@******.***
Writer Escapeartist.com, Jakarta-USA. Apr 2001-Present. Editor, Charles McElroy: *********@************.***
Foreign Editor Guangzhou Morning Post, Guangzhou, China. Spring/Summer 2000.
Supervisor, Peter Lee: **********@*****.***
PhotoJournalist Montana Kaiman Press, University of Montana&
Editor Cutbank Magazine, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana. 1990-1993.
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