CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AS AN EDUCATOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

1. Associate Professor, EFL, Program Coordinator, English Department

Aoyama Gakuin University, Shibuya, and Sagamihara campuses, Tokyo, Japan

One of two TEFL specialists directing an integrated language skills program for 900 first and second year students at a major Tokyo university with an enrolment of 10,000 students. Course writer for a curriculum emphasizing a communicative classroom and the development of cognitive skills in reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Organized staff meetings, teacher training, and curriculum implementation workshops, in addition to recruitment and interviewing of new part-time teachers. Co-ordinated the schedules of 35 part-time foreign teachers and 20 Japanese instructors in Day School programs. Taught research essay writing to freshmen and sophomore Japanese students and created courses on film, cross-cultural communications, and Canadian Studies. Presented testing workshops for the Japan Association of Language Teachers, the University of Cambridge Local Testing Syndicate, the Association of Canadian Teachers in Japan, the B.C. Teachers of English as an Additional Language.
April 1993 to present

2. Teacher Trainer, EFL Instructor, Test Administrator

Canada-China Language Centre, Beijing Normal University
Beijing, People's Republic of China
Selected for an $11.3 million Canadian International Development Assistance (CIDA) project administered by St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Introduced communicative methodology in EFL instruction at a key university and teacher training facility in China. Chaired skill teams in reading and speaking and taught academics, administrators and engineers from across China. Provided in-service teacher training and co-ordinated video programming for adult learners. Devised techniques for small group work in a language laboratory. Managed a satellite language training facility in a remote university in Sichuan province. Assisted in the administration of the CANTest of English for Scholars and Trainees.
February 1991 to January 1993

3. EFL Instructor, Douglas College, Foundations Division

ESL Discipline, Douglas College, New Westminster, B.C.
Taught English for Academic Purposes to immigrant and international students at the beginner and intermediate level of speaking, reading, and writing. Created an English immersion course and cross-cultural activities including fieldtrips and guest speakers for summer language program. Established computer student record-keeping and marks management. Implemented computer-assisted instruction in student writing.
January 1990 to September 1990

4. Chairperson, English Department, YMCA International College

North Shore YMCA, West Vancouver, B.C.
Co-ordinated English courses in a high school matriculation program for ESL students and in a language immersion program for Japanese students. Organized in-service teacher instruction in the writing process and in small group work across the curriculum. Collated teaching resources and wrote curriculum guides for language instruction in content areas such as Consumer Education 12, Composition 11, and History 12. Served on the English 12 Provincial Examination Assessment Committee. Organized college cross-cultural activities, and recreational activities.
August 1984 to September 1989

5. Secondary School Language Arts Teacher

Greater Vancouver (Tsawassen, Vancouver, West Vancouver)
Taught English 11, and 12, as well as English Literature courses to scholarship students. Developed summer school remedial courses and E ÊSL programs. Designed a series of provincial examination workshops. Conceived a creative drama program for junior secondary students and taught language arts. Edited a student newspaper. Produced student dramas for mini-arts festivals. Participated in the innovative Writing 44 program in North Vancouver and in holistic assessments of student writing.
January 1980 to August 1984

PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS

EDUCATION

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