ESL/EFL Instructor/Teacher Trainer/Program Coordinator (United States)

Aisha Mathews (954) 822-4505

ESL and EFL INSTRUCTOR/TEACHER TRAINER/PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Dynamic teaching professional with over 15 years experience overseas and in the USA. Language instructional experience in a variety of settings - corporate, university, public/private school, institutes, academies, government, and hospitality. A proven self-developed methodology and curriculum that promotes successful language learners.

• Extensive Experience Instructing All Ages from Elementary to Adult Executive
• Motivation, Trust, Self-Esteem and Enthusiasm are Requisites in the Classroom
• Student-Centered Learning Drawing on Students’ Needs and Interests
• Memnonic Tricks for Language Learning that Stays
• Every Student is Reached
• Strong Use of the Collaborative Language Learning and Whole Language Approaches


Core Strengths

• ESL/EFL Teacher Selection and Training
• Curriculum Planning and Scheduling
• Flexible and Dynamic Lesson Planning
• Textbook and Didactic Material Selection and Development
• Seminars in English Composition, Oral Presentation, and Conversation Practice
• Interactive On-Line Audio/Visual Instruction for a Maximum of 16 Students per Group
• Multi-Cultural Environments with Communication Challenges
• TOEFL iBT and TOEIC Test Preparation and Administration

Professional Experience

TOEFL and Advanced Instructor, Brazilian American Language School, Deerfield Beach, Florida, 2011 Adjunct Faculty, Le Cordon Bleu Culinary College of Miami, Miramar, Florida, 2008-9
EFL Instructor, Point Blank Solutions, Inc., Pompano Beach, Florida, 2008
Adjunct Professor, RENEW Project, Broward Community College, Pembroke Pines, Florida, 2007-8
EFL Instructor and TOEFL iBT Administrator, The Language Academy, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2007-8
Principal and English Trainer, Global Partners, Quito, Ecuador, 1997-2007
Academic Coordinator, Teacher Trainer and Branch Administrator, Global Language Academy, Quito, Ecuador, 1999-2000
Teacher, Academia Cotopaxi Language Center, Quito, Ecuador, 1999-2000
ESL Teacher, Middle School, Colegio Menor San Francisco de Quito, Cumbaya, Ecuador, 1996-1997
Teacher and Teacher Trainer, English Language Center, Experimento de Convivencia Internacional, Quito, Ecuador, 1996 (Lent to Fulbright Commission for one cycle.)
Tutor for adults and children in English, French, Spanish, Hebrew and Latin, 1974 to 1996
ESL Teacher, Foundry English Program, Washington, DC, 1994
High School French, Spanish and Latin Teacher, Phoenix School, Boulder, Colorado, 1980
Undergrad. Teaching Asst. in Latin and Mythology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1975-1976
High School Latin and Mythology Teacher, South Hadley High School, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1976

Academic Credentials

Advanced Certificate, Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, School of Teaching ESL, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, 24 Master of Education credits, 1995-1996
Colorado Teaching Certificate, Secondary Level – Latin endorsement
Massachusetts Teaching Certificate, Secondary Level – Latin and French endorsements
M.A., Education, Bilingual Teacher Training, Univ. of Colorado at Denver (only 9 credits completed), 1981-1982
B.A., Classics with a Latin Concentration, Minors in French and Ancient Greek, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa and Dean’s List for eight semesters, 1976

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