04/2005 – 02/2007 

Private Training/Tutoring - Wuxi & Tianjin, China

Provided private English classes to Chinese, Korean and German students.  Most students were obtained by referral.  I had a total of 14 students which I taught on a weekly basis for 1 – 3 hours per week.  I taught both adults and children 10 years of age and older.

• Developing lesson plans that encompass reading, writing, and conversational skills according to the level of each student
• Designing specific lesson plans to help each student improve individual weak areas, as well as providing vocabulary building classes.
• Providing basic and intermediate grammar classes
• Hosted an English club to help students develop their conversational skills by leading group discussions based on current events.
• In addition, I had two corporate accounts.  The Carrefour Supermarkets – A French supermarket chain, teaching conversational English to a group of 6 department managers and 2 store managers, and Prysmian Cables Ltd. – A multinational cable manufacturer, teaching conversational English to sales and operations teams.

03/2004 – 04/2005

Web International English - Wuxi, China

English Teacher

• Teaching English to Chinese students, focusing primarily on conversational English and vocabulary building
• Preparing daily lesson plans and quizzes for students
• Participating in marketing activities to promote the school
• Collaborating with Chinese tutors to help students understand complex English concepts in their native language.
• Assessing the progress of long-term students to recommend higher-level courses.

05/2003 – 02/2004

Hillsborough County Healthy Start - Tampa, Florida

Maternal Child Health Coalition

Community Liaison

• Developed partnerships with agencies in the community for the purpose of establishing a presence of the program among the community, as well as promoting education on crime prevention topics primarily domestic violence.
• Hosted a Spanish radio show that aired Saturday mornings for community education and awareness on different crime prevention topics such as:  Domestic Violence, Teen Violence, Safety, Sexual Assault, Bullying etc.
• Wrote Crime Prevention articles and ads for the local Spanish newspaper "La Prensa."
• Developed and presented workshops and training on safety and teen violence in local schools in the county.      

Skills 

• Fully Bilingual English/Spanish (Ability to do Translations)
• Italian: Conversational level
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products
• Proven track record of writing skills.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills, which have taught me to work well under strict deadlines.