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Date: 02 Jul 2000
Time: 15:45:18
Remote Name: 131.247.169.203
Lori A. Hicks 2834 Kathryn Avenue Phone/Fax: (863) 683-1096 Lakeland, Florida 33805, U.S.A. E-mail: lhicks@hsc.usf.edu
Education
Master of Arts: Applied Linguistics (TESOL) University of South Florida Graduated with distinction, GPA: 4.0/4.0 Tampa, Florida
Bachelor of Arts: Biology Florida Southern College Minors in Psychology and Spanish Lakeland, Florida President's List; Graduated magna cum laude, GPA: 3.75/4.0
Graduate Coursework
Methods of Teaching ESL, Language Testing, ESL Curriculum and Instruction, Applied Linguistics, Cross-cultural Issues in TESL, Contrastive Analysis, Second Language Acquisition, Grammatical Structure of English , History of the English Language, and History of the Spanish Language
Teaching and Traveling Experience
ESL Teacher (Intern) 05-12/99 Planned curriculum and taught EAP culture and listening/speaking to beginning and intermediate teenagers and adults from various cultural/language backgrounds. Planned and coordinated regularly scheduled class sessions in the multimedia language lab. English Language Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Private Tutor/ Student-Athlete Tutor 09/95- present Tutor students age 12-21 in English, TOEFL prep., Spanish, reading , biology, chemistry, and statistics. Florida Southern College and self-employed, Lakeland, Florida
Substitute Teacher 11/98-04/99 Taught language arts and foreign languages to junior high and senior high school students. Hillsborough County Public Schools, Tampa, Florida
Overseas English Tutor 05-07/98 Lived with a Spanish family and tutored their children in English; Madrid, Spain Worked as an English Language Animator in a summer camp for teenagers; Issoire, France Spanish Language Study/ Home-stay Program 08-09/95 Completed a Spanish language and cultural study program at a private language institute. Forester Instituto Internacional, San Jose, Costa Rica
Other Employment Experience
Field Operations Supervisor 02/00- present Manage a team of 150 employees. Plan, organize, facilitate meetings and train in classroom sessions. U.S. Census Bureau, Lakeland, Florida
Graduate Research Assistant 06/99-12/99 Research Project- International Students at USF: An Assessment of Their Academic Language Needs Worked closely with faculty in library research, classroom observations, and data collection. University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Laboratory Scientist 05/96-05/98 Responsible for conducting tests, quality control, continuing education, and training new personnel. P.E. LaMoreaux & Associates (chemical testing laboratory), Lakeland, Florida
Community Activities
ESL Teaching Assistant/ Tutor 09/96-04/97 Assisted in instruction and tutoring of adults recently immigrated from Mexico, South, and Central America in "survival" English. West Lakeland Area Adult School
Adult Literacy Tutor 09/95-08/96 Helped illiterate adults develop basic reading and writing skills. Read Lakeland
Project Coordinator 09/99- present Organize volunteers' sign-up for community service projects and supervise volunteers on the projects. Hands On Tampa (division of the United Way), Tampa, Florida Radio Reader 12/98- present Read magazines and newspapers on the radio to be broadcast to blind and disabled listeners. WUSF Radio Reading Service, Tampa, Florida
Professional Memberships
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (National and Sunshine State Chapters) Florida Foreign Language Association
Special Skills
Languages: English (native speaker), Spanish (excellent), French and Arabic (some knowledge) Computer: Internet, Windows 98, TESOL educational software (e.g. ELLIS, Grammar 3D), Microsoft Works, Word, Office; Correll and Quicken 2000 American Heart Association CPR Certification
References
Professional and personal references are available upon request.