Resume

Professional Summary

• 5+ years improving the skills and confidence of ESL learners
• 1+ year training computer users in basics and Microsoft Office
• 10+ years writing and peer-reviewing academic papers
• 2 years editing college literary magazine and newspaper
• 4 years earning Master’s degrees in TESOL and English literature and education
• 2+ years training job seekers to find and keep work

Experience and Achievements

 

Computer Class Trainer / Library Associate, 7/11 to present

Lexington Public Library, Lexington, Kentucky

• Coordinated and increased participation in ongoing skills-development program
• Promoted staff development resources
• Nominated for 2012 Joseph H. Miller Customer Service Award

ESL Instructor, 8/09 to 5/11

Intensive English Program, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

• Designed and taught courses in academic English grammar, writing, reading, GRE preparation, and American culture for adult ESL learners
• Initiated and conducted student satisfaction survey to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the IEP

Private ESL Tutor, 9/09 to 5/11

Morgantown, West Virginia

• Helped young native-Korean speaking students earn A and B grades in their American schools
• Improved the English language skills and confidence of 3 native-Korean speaking adults, including a visiting university professor

English Composition Instructor, 8/07 to 7/09

Department of English, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

• Used traditional and new technologies to improve the writing of first-year university students
• Mentored new instructors
• Contributed materials to university-wide English composition textbook

Public Relations Assistant, 8/06 to 8/07

Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington, Indiana

• Promoted library use among students by helping create a “library survival guide”
• Proofread and updated news items for Web site
• Wrote and edited articles for newsletter and promotional materials

Education 

Alternate Teaching Certificate, 8/12 to present

Asbury University, Wilmore, Kentucky

M.A. Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, 8/09 to 8/11

West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

M.A. English Literature, 8/07 to 07/09

West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

Library and Information Sciences (12 credits toward M.L.S.), 8/06 to 5/07

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

B.A. English Literature and Creative Writing, 8/02 to 5/06

Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia