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Rodney Robertson 706-‐1267 Marinaside Cres.
Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6Z2X5 [email protected]
Objec&ve
English/ESL Teacher
Skills and Accomplishments
• 25 years teaching experience — 15 years K-‐12 and post-‐secondary, 10 years ESL • 15 years as a Member in Good Standing BC College of Teachers • Master of EducaPon, University of Ontario (in progress) • PDP Graduate, Simon Fraser University (Bachelor of Arts) • Bachelor of Arts English Major, University of Cape Breton • Cambridge RSA CTEFLA Pass A • Official IELTS Speaking and WriPng examiner • Extensive experience in curriculum development • Engaging and dynamic delivery of lessons • Extensive knowledge of literature, specializaPon in poetry • Published writer
Work History
Private Tutor July 2002 – Present University and K-‐12 students, Vancouver, B.C.
• Essay wriPng: research, persuasive, analysis, expository, narraPve/descripPve • Sentence skills: grammar, style, integraPng research sources • Reading: essays, literature, research papers • University applicaPons, resumes, cover leders • All literature areas • Designed my own comprehensive program of study based on individual student needs • Integrated iPad and computer technologies into lessons • Career and academic counselling
Official IELTS Examiner June 2013 – Present University of BriPsh Columbia
• Official IELTS WriPng and Speaking Examiner
Advanced ESL Wri&ng and Grammar May 2013 – August 2013 St Giles InternaPonal Vancouver
• See tutoring and teaching above and below
Teacher, Science 10 ESL Sept. 2001 – June 2002 Eric Hamber Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.
• Developed curriculum, aims, and assessment guidelines for Science-‐based English to a class of beginner ESL students
• Specialized vocabulary, grammar, reading, lab reports
• Coordinated with regular science teacher • Student evaluaPon
Teacher, Language Arts Transi&ons Sept. 2001 – June 2002 Eric Hamber Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.
• Developed and taught curriculum for post-‐ESL transiPonal students • Essay wriPng, Sentence Skills, Academic Reading, Literature, Vocabulary Building and Usage
Teacher on Call (Language Arts) Sept. 2000 – June 2001 Vancouver School Board, Vancouver, B.C.
• Delivered prepared lesson plans, all grades • Supplied own lessons when lessons plans not provided • Classroom management
Instructor, Cambridge CAE/Proficiency Feb. 1998 – Sept 1999 Global Village English Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
• Developed original curriculum for Cambridge tests • Taught all advanced reading, wriPng, listening, speaking, vocabulary skills • Student evaluaPon and assessment
English Language Instructor July 1996 – Feb. 1998 Harbourside College, Vancouver, B.C.
• Developed and taught original curriculum for advanced language classes • Developed and taught specialized academic English and university prep classes • Student placement and assessment
English Language Instructor Feb. 1995 –July 1996 Vancouver Maple Leaf Language College, Vancouver, B.C.
• Developed curriculum and taught academic prep courses for BriPsh Columbia InsPtute of Technology
• Taught English as a Second language to young adults. • Developed curriculum and lesson plans
English Language Instructor June 1994 – Jan. 1995 Pan Pacific College, Vancouver, B.C.
• Developed and taught original curriculum for young adults • Student placement and assessment
English Language Instructor Japan Sept. 1990— Aug. 1993 ❖ CES, Wakabayashi Shoji English School, Saitama, Japan ❖ Gakushukan English School, Gunma, Japan
• Developed curriculum and facilitated conversaPonal English lessons for Japanese teachers • Developed and taught original curriculum to beginner to upper intermediate levels • Student placement and assessment • Teacher recruitment, orientaPon and training
Educa&on
University of Ontario Ins&tute of Technology Spring, 2014 -‐Present Master of EducaPon
Simon Fraser University 2000 Professional Development Program Teacher CerPficaPon (Bachelor of EducaPon)
Cambridge RSA CTEFLA 1996 CerPficate in Teaching English as a Second Language to Adults, PASS A
University of Cape Breton 1990 Bachelor of Arts, English
Publica&ons
• “Three at an Interview” Event Magazine Summer, 2015. A poem about the omen dehumanizing process of the job interview.
• “Lunch at Simon Fraser University" The AnPgonish Review 2000. A poem of graPtude for the sustaining memory of childhood in the midst of an insPtuPonalized adulthood.
• "Poems Wriden on a Train" The White Wall Review 1998. A series of poems exploring the baffling presence and absence of the past in modern Japan.
• "A Red Wool Sweater" Paradigm Magazine 1994. A short story about the muted undercurrents of tension felt but not expressed during increasingly empty seasonal family gatherings.
Collabora&ons
• "One Thousand White Paper Cranes for Japan" (libredo) with Canadian composer Rita Ueda. Performed 2012-‐2015 in Halifax, Vancouver, Singapore and Toronto. A short opera in four parts depicPng a journalist's crisis of faith in her profession when confronted with the sensaPonal horrors of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
• "AbluPon" (poem/libredo) with American composer Philip Rice for the annual Art Song Lab, Vancouver Art Song InsPtute, performed June, 2011. A song about the longing for meaning amid the frenePc materialism of modern Tokyo.
Awards
• Second Place: UCB Annual Literary Awards, "A Red Wool Sweater," 1994. • Best Original Play: UCB Annual FesPval of Plays, "Under My Skin," 1994. A play about belonging,
the tension between one's love of place and the lure of opportunity elsewhere.
