10/99 - present Lutheran Ministries of Georgia
Pre-Employment ESL Program Coordinator
· Oversees and teaches pre-employment English program for refugees
· Conducts lessons in work-based English program in various Atlanta companies
· Responsible for maintaining database and creating reports on a monthly basis
· Works with classroom volunteers on an occasional basis

10/94 - 6/99 University Karlovy, Ustav jazykove a odborne pripavy
(Charles University, Institute of Language and Professional Preparation, Prague, Czech Republic)
English Lecturer
· Taught English to graduate and undergraduate university students from the Natural Sciences faculty
· Developed and instructed a Cambridge First Certificate (FCE) study course for post-graduate students
· Co-developed and taught several week-long study holiday courses
· Organized conversation courses for first year students
· Gained experience teaching English for Special Purposes (ESP)

10/95 - 6/99 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 
English Instructor
· Led private, multi-level English lessons for company employees

1/94 - 9/97 Agentura Milota
(Language Agency, Prague, Czech Republic)
English Instructor
· Taught adult students in various Prague businesses, including Prague Breweries, Cokoladovny (Nestle), and Prague City Hall
· Tailored courses to students’ needs, mixing business and conversational English

10/94 - 6/95 Fakultni Zakladni Skola pri. Ped. F. UK
(Elementary school, Prague, Czech Republic)
Assistant English Lecturer
· Gave conversational English lessons to students in grades 3 through 7
· Utilized language games, skits and songs to complement grammar lessons

9/93 - 6/94 Stredni Prumyslova Skola Elektrotechnicka
(Electro-technical vocational high school, Prague, Czech Republic)
English Lecturer
· Taught conversational English to second, third, and fourth year students
· Prepared 21 different lessons per week based on graduation exam topics or the needs of the Czech teacher

SHORT-TERM COURSES/ACTIVITIES 

Strategia Focus, s.r.o., 9/96
 Co-prepared and taught week-long holiday course focusing on business English

TEMPUS English Course, 5/95 – 6/95
 Developed short-term English course for university students

GRE Preparation Course, 11/94 and 11/95
 Co-developed and lead a Graduate Records Examination preparation course for students of the Central European University

Teacher Support Group, Spring 94
 Organized an unofficial group of teachers who met to discuss issues concerning teaching English in the Czech Republic

Columbus Literacy Council, Columbus, OH  1/92 – 7/93
 Volunteer ESL tutor for adult student.  Completed 18 hours of ESL training

PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES

 Teachers for Tolerance and Cultural Pluralism, Prague, 2/99
 Helped manage and moderate the program, as well as kept minutes and wrote follow-up reports

British Council, Prague, 1/99
 Lead seminar entitled “Teaching Tolerance,” activities developed to help ESL teachers address the issue of racism 

Alternatives ’98, Association of Teachers of English of the Czech Republic, Prague, 9/98
 Co-lead seminar entitled “Teaching Tolerance”

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

 Directions For Youth, 6/92 – 7/93, Program Assistant
 Marketing, 2/91 – 6/92, Freelance worker

EDUCATION

8/00 - 8/03   Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
M.A. Applied Linguistics and TESOL

8/86 – 5/90  Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
 B.S. Mass Communications
· Communications with an emphasis in Media Management
· John E. Dolibois European Center, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg – studied music, literature and French, spring semester, 1989
· Academic honors include four semesters on the Dean’s List and a four year renewable McDonell-Douglas Scholarship for academic excellence

Teacher’s Certificate – State of Missouri
 Basic Adult Education    7/1/99 – 7/1/01 renewable

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), member, 1/01 to present
 Georgia Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (GTESOL), member 12/99 to present
 International Association of Teachers of English a Foreign Language (IATEFL) member, 7/96 – 7/98

LANGUAGES
 Native English speaker, intermediate Czech, passive French

COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Word, Netscape Composer