High School University

Mr. Jorge Tirado

Carrera ** A No ** C – ** Medellín - Colombia

xjxfel@r.postjobfree.com Tel: 011-574-***-**** Cell: 011-57-300-***-**** – 312-***-****

Skype: Jorge.tirado24

Profile:

This friendly, bilingual educator with a 5 years of classroom experience in both public schools and private universities is a nationally ranked leader and motivator, with a passion for learning and teaching.

Professional Highlights:

Nationally ranked by the Ministry of Education as number 28 of the top 1500 educators in all fields statewide.

A caring educator with 5+ years of experience at the University of Medellin, 5+ years in the middle and high school setting, with a strong background in teaching English as a second language, TESL.

Achieves excellent performance reviews for effectiveness, student achievement, lesson planning and encouraging parental involvement in the student’s academic life.

Professional Experience:

English Teacher, Velez Middle & High School, Envigado, Colombia 10/05 – Present

Reference Contact: Mr. Byron Osorio, School Principal +574-***-****

* A highly effective English teacher with 5 years of experience in the middle and high school classroom.

* Fosters a classroom environment conducive to learning and promoting excellent student -teacher interaction, while encouraging active parent involvement.

* Conducts both group and individual learning sessions, creating a sense of accomplishment in each student.

* Develops and implements daily and unit lesson plans for middle and high school students, administers tests and evaluations, and analyzes student performance.

* A hand’s on teacher involved in all facets of the educational process, including curriculum design, lesson planning and target attainment, adapted for each student’s needs.

* Creation of reading and comprehension lesson plans focused on preparing students for the national high school achievement test.

* Implementation of best practices classroom techniques including vocabulary acquisition through phonetics training, contrastive grammar, and computer based presentations.

* Participation in extracurricular activities, assisting the physical education program and involvement in special school cultural, academic and sporting events.

English Professor, University Of Barranquilla, Colegio Mayor De Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia 11/09 – 03/10

Chosen to teach English to non-English speaking university professors as part of a nationwide program to promote bilingualism in the country.

Achieved greatly improved basic skills as part of the 150 hour course, with all students successfully passing the Oxford Online English Test at OxfordEnglishTesting.com.

Developed a wide ranging curriculum including dictation, listening skills improvement using real world sources like the web and the Voice of America, songs with closed captions, and the Top Notch English language methodology.

English Professor, University Institution, Main College of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia 02/09- 12/09

Taught groups of 40+ undergraduates reading and comprehension skills including sentence types, phonetic patterns, verb tenses, listening and vocabulary improvement.

Achieved a pass rate of 100% with all students successfully completing the course work and passing the final exams.

English Professor, University of Medellin, Colombia 02/01 - 08/09

Taught English to undergrads from all majors, using the department’s proprietary teaching methodology.

Developed classroom activities to enrich the student experience in English as a second language, including vocabulary, listening, phonetics, dictation, multimedia, both in the classroom and online.

Achieved a pass rate of 96%, with 95% of the students grading both the class and the professor as either good or excellent.

English Professor, Comfenalco Antioquia, Rionegro, Colombia 02/06- 12/07

Taught English as a second language from beginning to advanced levels with a focus on English in everyday life.

Created the first graduating class in English, using a conversational approach to provide the students with employment and life skills.

English Professor, University of San Buenaventura, Medellin, Colombia 06/01- 06/02

Provided instruction in English to undergrads from all majors across the university.

Prepared students for English language placement tests for academic promotion.

Education:

Post Graduate Specialization In Online Education, Santa Rosa de Osos University

Medellin, Colombia 2007

Teaching Certificate In Higher Education, ESUMER University, Robledo, Colombia 2004

B.A. Foreign Languages, University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia 2001

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