Experience

Rabat American School

• Morocco
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Elementary School Teacher

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Kenitra, Morocco



American International School of Bamako

• Elementary School Teacher

  • Aug 2016 - Aug 2020

  Mali



International Community School of Abidjan

• Elementary School Teacher

  • Aug 2014 - Jun 2016

  Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire



English Language Fellowship Program (Georgetown University/Department of State)

• English Language Fellow

  • Nov 2011 - Aug 2014

  Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Design and deliver teacher training workshops in collaboration with the Public Diplomacy section of the US Embassy – Ouagadougou, reaching more than 450 English teachers throughout the country. Create and conduct activities to promote English language usage and improve understanding of specific issues (e.g. human rights, democracy) with over 1200 participants. Develop and teach curriculum primarily based on Scrivener (2004) Learning Teaching, 2nd ed., at the University of… Show more Design and deliver teacher training workshops in collaboration with the Public Diplomacy section of the US Embassy – Ouagadougou, reaching more than 450 English teachers throughout the country. Create and conduct activities to promote English language usage and improve understanding of specific issues (e.g. human rights, democracy) with over 1200 participants. Develop and teach curriculum primarily based on Scrivener (2004) Learning Teaching, 2nd ed., at the University of Koudougou and ISIG (l’Institut Supérieur d’Informatique de Gestion). Show less



UCR/Winglish TESOL Training Program

• TESOL Teacher Trainer

  • Nov 2009 - Nov 2011

  Seoul, South Korea Facilitated concurrent 120-hour, 10-module TESOL teacher training courses with practicum. Taught more than 4000 classroom hours and graduated 300+ student-teachers. Developed and taught curriculum principally based on Thornbury (2005) How to teach grammar, 12th ed.; Thornbury (2008) How to teach speaking, 6th ed.; Wilson (2008) How to teach listening, 1st ed..



Anubaan Patthaivittya School

• English as a foreign language (EFL) Teacher

  • Feb 2003 - Mar 2009

  Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Taught elementary school English for approximately 5000 classroom hours. Upgraded the English curriculum with communicative reading activities. Developed and increased a reading-based extra-curricular English tutoring program from 25 to 60 students and maintained paid enrollments until my departure (i.e. 4 years).



US Peace Corps Niger

• Peace Corps Volunteer

  • Jun 1999 - Oct 2002

  Devised and managed an internationally recognized HIV prevention project that produced an affirmative behavioral change (e.g. the sale of more than 100,000 prophylaxis).



HMT Technology

• Training Specialist

  • May 1997 - May 1999

  Fremont, California Implemented an ISO 9001-approved equipment operator training and certification system for a 500+ workforce. Designed and delivered a course on sleeping and alertness strategies for nightshift workers. Planned, installed and managed an on-site Computer-Based Learning laboratory. Designed and presented a comprehensive process overview to the manufacturing operators and all new hires.



StorMedia (formerly Nashua Computer Products)

• Training Coordinator

  • May 1993 - Jul 1996

  Santa Clara, California Developed and implemented an ISO 9000-approved equipment operator training and certification system for the manufacturing areas, which involved 400+ employees. Managed internal and outsourced technical training: ESL, SPC, process-specific technologies, management and leadership skills, and forklift operation. Facilitated new hire orientations, which included the company history and a manufacturing process overview. Implemented and maintained a monthly training… Show more Developed and implemented an ISO 9000-approved equipment operator training and certification system for the manufacturing areas, which involved 400+ employees. Managed internal and outsourced technical training: ESL, SPC, process-specific technologies, management and leadership skills, and forklift operation. Facilitated new hire orientations, which included the company history and a manufacturing process overview. Implemented and maintained a monthly training bulletin. Created a Safe Workplace Incentive Program. Audited company procedures and operations for compliance to ISO 9001 quality standards. Show less



Nashua Computer Products

• Production Supervisor

  • Sep 1987 - Oct 1993

  Santa Clara, California Directed the tasks of the equipment operators (~20), process specialists (~2), the failure analysis group (~2) and the line-maintenance technicians (~2) to achieve the company production requirements. Managed the safety of personnel, products and high-tech equipment in a fabrication process worth several million dollars. Demonstrated an effectiveness for communicating at all levels in the multicultural workforce, which contributed to a promotion to the company’s first Training… Show more Directed the tasks of the equipment operators (~20), process specialists (~2), the failure analysis group (~2) and the line-maintenance technicians (~2) to achieve the company production requirements. Managed the safety of personnel, products and high-tech equipment in a fabrication process worth several million dollars. Demonstrated an effectiveness for communicating at all levels in the multicultural workforce, which contributed to a promotion to the company’s first Training Coordinator position. Show less