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part time job teaching English on the Nam bu or Odakyu Sen |
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stephen brown |
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Jan 8, 04 - 1:05 AM |
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sybrown@bluemail.ch |
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STEPHEN BROWN
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MAPLE LEAF ACADEMY October 2002–Present
ESL LINC Instructor (Calgary, Canada)
· Taught listening speaking, business, academic and social writing skills in a nationally benchmarked program for highly trained new immigrants using a variety of media.
· Taught business communication, advertising, Excel and PowerPoint computer skills to benchmark 2+ to 6 students
· Taught advanced students grammar using interactive grammar web sites and CD ROMS
· Proposed 13 ways to increase international student attendance and improve the school. The manager was impressed with the school portfolio design idea as a sales aid for the sales staff during client sales meetings.
· Evaluated students on a regular basis and administered exit testing according to (LINC) Canada’s benchmark system.
· Coordinated team teaching in a setting.
HAVE FUN LEARN ENGLISH 2002-Present
Director (Calgary, Canada)
· Designed and presented school portfolio in client sales presentations with a 90% success rate.
· Designed advertising campaign including flyers, posters, and Power Point display and corporate image.
· Accompanied students on trips.
· Adapted the Japanese business model to meet Canada’s needs, based on key lessons from informal market research in Calgary, and previous successful models in Tokyo, Beijing and Wuhan.
· Persuaded staff on hours and pricing according to market demand.
· Monitored our multilingual web pages for in integrity in promises and pricing.
· Promoted Calgary and Canada as a marketing theme.
Director (Kawasaki, Japan) 1999-2002
· Established the school and taught the children’s program, developed the teaching philosophy involving Yoko Matura’s phonics system, stories, day timers, writing, and Elizabeth Claire’s whole word approaches, and conversation games and activities that in the children’s sections were largely based on Matsuka Phonics texts.
· Marketed the school in west Tokyo and Kawasaki through Corel Draw based print ads, and street posters.
· Presented demonstration shows including singing, acting, bingo and story reading and question and answer displays to highlight the child’s progress.
· Trained 4 –13 year old children in an English Windows computer environment using Total Physical Response by Asher.
· 5 Students from Have Fun Learn English, Kayoko my student from Hansa, visited us in Shanghai clearly showing how much they enjoyed both their classes in Japan and meeting us.
BEAVER CANADA EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING April 2002-Present Canadian Education Consultant (Shanghai, China)
· Redesigned the corporate image with bilingual (English and Chinese) copy.
· Promoted Canadian schools in exhibitions, schools and agencies in the greater Shanghai area as part of a sales and promotion team in a Chinese operating environment.
· Presented Canadian universities and high school educational options on sales trips.
PACC BUSINESS ENGLISH SCHOOL , 2000-2002 Business English Instructor (Kawasaki, Japan)
· Taught Fujitsu Employees TOEIC and Interchange based classes at the Mushashi Nakahara head office school
aimed at raising the English level to pass the TOEIC test and assist the company in global competition.
· Administered assessments and submitted progress reports.
HANSA LANGUAGE CENTRE 1992-1993, Summer 1995, Summer 1997, Summer 1998
English Instructor (Toronto, Canada)
· Taught conversation, idioms, street slang, reading, grammar, writing, Oxford Picture Dictionary, Interchange, A picture is worth a thousand words up to six hours a day.
· Instructed pronunciation applying phonetics and phonology.
· Introduced learning strategies by Rebecca Oxford for idiom acquisition.
· Reported directly to the owner providing customer service.
· Participated in intramural soccer, boat cruises and took Hansa students camping in Algonquin Park.
· Promoted Hansa in Beijing and Japan to students and potential clients.
BEIJING POLYTECHINIC UNIVERSITY (Beijing, China) 1998-July 1999
Foreign Expert
· Taught Advanced English and fostered good relations with students and staff even after the Chinese embassy was destroyed by NATO in Yugoslavia.
· Conducted an Advanced Business Communication simulation written by Teresa Woodland of Mckinsey.com while at Thunderbird University. The students set up companies, found a niche market, designed new products and conducted market research and advertising campaigns. Later they were hired by multinational companies.
· Trained students to design resumes that landed most of them jobs in international corporations.
· One class was named class of the year in Beijing.
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