English As a Second Language
Because enjoyed teaching ESL enjoyed it very much. I decided to go for a Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages(TESOL) while I was in Taiwan and was accepted into the Peace Corps Fellowship Program at Columbia University / Teachers College . I taught in the New York City public system. while I worked on my masters. The first year I worked in New York City I taught at the Probation Department of New York City to student offenders waiting their sentencing, they had already been found guilty. The second year I taught at an "alternative" high school, a school for students who fail out of regular schools. In both of these schools I had large populations of students with learning and behavioral disabilities. I decided to take a series of special education classes at one of the local ( New York City) colleges to supplement the learning I was receiving in my Masters.
Any way I went 'home' to Detroit, MI in 2001 and taught math / science and English, the job market for ESL is not that great in Detroit. That is how I ended up at the College of the Marshall Islands (CMI) in the Education Department where I was the Chair of the Education Department. I was also involved in the PRTEC program of Distance Education at CMI this put me in touch with the Education Department of Northern Mariana College. I ended up getting hired away from CMI by the Northern Marianas College.