聘外易

 Ivy Elite Education, Shenzhen, China

Full-time teacher: July 2013 – July 2014

Salary: 17,000 per month plus airfare

▪ Responsible for teaching SAT Critical Reading and Writing to students drawn from the city’s international-curriculum high schools; also teach occasional TOEFL speaking and writing classes.

▪ Quickly produced unprecedented student score results. Upon beginning work in summer 2013, was given primary responsibility for a small group class of three potentially high-scoring students. One had previously scored 2250 (710 Critical Reading and 740 Writing) on the May 2013 SAT; he then scored 2350 (800 Critical Reading, 790 Writing, superscore of 2390) on the October 2013 SAT—the highest score in the history of the test preparation center. A second had scored 1860 (590 Critical Reading and 510 Writing) on the May 2013 SAT; she then scored 2250 (780 Critical Reading, 710 Writing) on the October 2013 SAT. The third improved more than 100 points to score close to 2200; she might have improved more, except that she was studying in Hong Kong and could come to the center only on Sundays.

　　　　Freelance SAT Tutoring (Self-Employed), Bangkok, Thailand

June 2011 – May 2013

▪ Between summer 2011 and spring 2013, based almost entirely on word-of-mouth referrals, became one of the single largest providers of SAT Critical Reading and Writing preparation to students from International School Bangkok, the country’s premier American-curriculum international school; taught nearly 100 ISB students of Thai, American, Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean, Japanese, Filipino, Indian, and numerous other nationalities.

▪ Helped students make real Critical Reading improvements (from one official test to another, not from practice tests scores) of up to 180 points; sample success stories include student who improved from 62(0) on the 2011 Wednesday PSAT to 750 on the January 2012 SAT and 780 on the May 2012 SAT and student who improved from 610 on the January 2012 SAT to 760 on the May 2012 SAT; shortly before I left the country, two students who had scored 530 and 580 on the January 2013 SAT both scored 710 on the May 2013 SAT.

▪ Very likely had a higher percentage of students achieve outstanding Writing scores than any other teacher in Bangkok, with two scoring 800, two scoring 780, and others scoring 770, 760, and so on.

▪ Within the span of just twelve months (May 2012 to May 2013), helped two students who started in the 1900s and 2000s finish with scores above 2300 and helped numerous other students make large improvements to finish in the 2100s and 2200s.

▪ Developed own curriculum and provided all materials, drawing from my own large collection of test preparation resources and past real SATs and PSATs.

Super Solution Learning Center, Bangkok, Thailand

Part-time teacher: October 2012 – May 2013

▪ For most of period of employment at Bangkok’s largest cram school for Chinese, Taiwanese, and Singaporean international school students, held primary responsibility for teaching SAT Critical Reading and Writing classes; also provided private tutoring to numerous students.

▪ Developed own curriculum and produced or selected materials for own classes.

▪ Was invited by the owner, a Thai-Chinese math and science teacher, to enter into a business partnership.

　　　　Elite Educational Institute/Excel Educational Institute, Bangkok, Thailand (Note: now closed)

Part-time teacher:  March 2010 – June 2010

Full-time teacher:  July 2010 – April 2011

▪ As full-time, “Head Teacher” at one of the major centers serving students from Bangkok’s top-tier international schools, had primary responsibility for all SAT Critical Reading and Writing group and private classes offered during term of employment; also trained teachers and selected materials for classes that had to be taught by others.

▪ Within less than two months of taking over responsibility for the school’s writing classes, had one student score 800 and another score 790 Writing on the May 2010 SAT, both after making triple-digit improvements over original diagnostic scores.

▪ Also taught SSAT (all sections) and TOEFL (all sections) group and private classes

▪ Developed curriculum and selected materials for all group classes and school-break intensive programs during term of employment.

▪ Was invited by company to take on managerial role within the organization.

　　　　Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, Bangkok, Thailand

Full-time teacher: April 2008  – October 2009

▪ As principal SAT teacher at the Bangkok franchise of the world’s largest test preparation company, taught more than twenty full-length (36-hour) SAT classes, using both Kaplan course materials and occasional self-produced supplemental materials; also provided additional tutoring to numerous private students.

▪ Taught nearly twenty full-length TOEFL classes to local high school and university students, focusing principally on the Speaking and Writing sections

▪ Was invited by company to renew contract at the conclusion of initial 18-month term.

Note: I also have multiple years of non-teaching work experience at a U.S. federal government agency and at an international law firm, both in Washington, DC. Details of additional work experience provided on request.

 The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia

Bachelor of Arts in History, summa cum laude, May 2001

The Language Institute, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

TEFL International TEFL Certificate, April 2008