EXPERIENCEELS LANGUAGE CENTERS, PORTLAND, ORINSTRUCTOR, FEBRUARY 2014 – PRESENT At ELS Portland I teach mostly college-aged students hoping to attend university in the U.S., or improve their business English. Each month I plan and execute up to four daily classes in this fast-moving teaching environment. I have received consistent commendations from fellow teachers, students and administrators and was recently promoted from associate to full instructor. Classes at ELS range from classic grammar and essay writing to interactive, technology-based courses and interesting conversational classes about the topics and cultures students will encounter in the real world.

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, PORTLAND, ORLANGUAGE SPECIALIST, MAY 2016 – AUGUST 2016 Over the summer, I created the curriculum and prepared materials for two six-week long speaking and pronunciation classes for college students from top-rated universities in Japan and South Korea (Bunkyo University and Baewha Women’s University, respectively).

EDUCATIONCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, PORTLAND, OR-MATESOL 2017 (projected). 3.9 GPA. Currently working on a thesis on the effects of pattern recognition and mind-mapping on L2 vocabulary acquisition. I also completed a semester-long practicum assistant teaching at PCC Cascade.

INTERNATIONAL TEACHER TRAINING ORGANIZATION, GUADALAJARA MEXICO-TEFL Certificate, 2013

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY, PORTLAND, OR-B.A. Spanish, 2013

ANDREW LAWRENCE

-ESL INSTRUCTOR-EDUCATIONAL CONTENT CREATOR-CURRICULUM DESIGNER

OBJECTIVETo find rewarding employment in the field of ESL education, curriculum/content design, and/or pronunciation improvement.

SKILLS & ABILITIESI have three-plus years of classroom experience teaching students aged 12-60 from five continents, and have also been solely responsible for creating and implementing the curriculum and content for several summer university ESL programs.

CONTACT4925 NE Mason Ct. Portland, OR 97218

ANDREW LAWRENCE

-ESL INSTRUCTOR-EDUCATIONAL CONTENT CREATOR-CURRICULUM DESIGNER

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WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, BELLINGHAM, WA-B.A. Journalism (Anthropology minor), 2008

COMMUNICATION-Presenter, ORTESOL Fall 2016 conference: “American History and Culture Through Song”.

-Selected by ELS for a trip to Tokyo to meet with Benesse Corp. to workshop improvements to an experimental ESL placement test I had planned and administered, June 2016.

LEADERSHIP-Organized and administered six rounds of an experimental ESL placement test involving up to 30 students at a time, communicating and problem-solving with the test creators in Japan. October 2015 – November 2016.

-Led groups of up to 30 students on cultural-immersion trips to Seattle and all around the Portland area. I was solely responsible for the safety and schedule of the students on trips to baseball and basketball games, skiing, rafting, and hiking, among other activities. 2014-2016.

-Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, 2004.

PREVIOUS POSITIONSPORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY VANGUARD, PORTLAND, ORREPORTER, SEPTEMBER 2012 – MARCH 2013-Responsible for the student government and breaking news beat, with an emphasis on timely online posting and updating to the online newspaper.

REFERENCES

-Linda Rountree, Director of International Studies, Concordia University, Portland, OR. lrountree@cu-portland.edu

-Colleen Loboy, Academic Director, ELS Language Centers, Portland, OR. cloboy@els.edu

-Skyler Stearns, Instructor, Portland Community College, Portland, OR.

ANDREW LAWRENCE

-ESL INSTRUCTOR-EDUCATIONAL CONTENT CREATOR-CURRICULUM DESIGNER

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SKYWEST AIRLINES, PORTLAND, ORRAMP AGENT, JULY 2009 – JUNE 2012WESTERN FRONT, BELLINGHAM, WAARTS EDITOR, JANUARY 2008 – APRIL 2008Assigned stories and managed reporters while designing, editing and laying out the arts section using InDesign and Photoshop.

HINT MAGAZINE, SHANGHAI, CHINAINTERN, JUNE 2007 – AUGUST 2007Wrote and edited articles, took pictures, solicited advertisements and assisted in running the website for this monthly arts, entertainment and culture magazine aimed at English speakers living in Shanghai.