SAT/AP Teachers

Dear Hiring Manager,

Please accept my resume for the campus tours coordinator and liaison officer position being staffed within McMaster University.

Essential Qualifications:

Education – A secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience:
I graduated from McMaster University in 2009 with a Bachelor’s degree in English and Philosophy. In 2010, I also obtained my Bachelor's of Education from York University. I currently work in the education field but am looking to make the transition into a field more directly related to public service, as that is my passion. I am currently working on my Masters degree in Langauges and Literacies at the University of Toronto.

1) Experience providing service to the public in an environment dealing with clients
I have experience providing service to the public in an environment dealing with clients. For six years I have worked as an elementary school teacher. During this time, I have dealt with students, parents, teachers and administrators, ensuring that all of their needs are met collectively and individually. I had to ensure that my lessons corresponded to the Ontario curriculum but also engaged my students and that they fully comprehended what they needed to. For example, if I was teaching writing, I had to be sure that the level of writing corresponded to the suitable criteria for the grade level within the curriculum but that I was also teaching this in a manner catered to numerous learning needs within my classroom. Through constant communication with parents I had to make sure that they were satisfied with my services (ie: what their children were learning) as well as the role that I played in their childrens' lives. I had to be certain that this role was a positive one. Finally, through my work with my fellow teachers and administrators, I had to be certain that administrators were satisfied with the results the school as a whole was achieving and that my fellow teachers and I worked at a similar pace with all of our students and that we ensured cross-curricular connections in all subject areas.

2) Experience in providing general administrative support services in an office setting 
I have experience providing administrative support services in an office setting. For one year, I worked as an office assistant in an optician's office. During my time in this position, I took care of various administrative tasks in the office. First and foremost, I helped clients choose frames, processed their order and made sure it was properly catalogued within our files. Also, I regularly corresponded with insurance companies, ensuring that all of the necessary paperwork was in order for each individual claim. For example, when a client came in to find a new frame, I was their starting and ending point. I would be the one who would book the appointment with the optometrist, upon receiving the prescription I would help the client find a suitable frame and finally I would handle all of the necessary paperwork that was required from the insurance company. It was also my responsibility to telephone clients and remind them of frame pickups as well as appointments they may have had with the doctor. Finally, it was my responsibility to keep the stock up to date and order new items as need be. I would regularly keep track of all of the frames we had in the store, catalogue them and as they were sold I would place new orders for whatever may have been necessary.

I meet all essential education and experience criteria pertaining to this position. I have over six years experience providing public services in various work settings. As a great people person, I excel at providing guidance and support, orally and in writing. I have the ability to work autonomously but also enjoy working in a team setting. I find it essential to plan and prioritize my responsibilities in order to achieve maximum productivity within the expected deadline. I work well under pressure with changing priorities by processing a variety of requests within the expected service standard time lines.

I am a dependable, hard working person and take pride in my work. I respect the diversity of my surroundings, and demonstrate excellent judgement and tact. I am a motivated, diligent and well organized employee seeking advancement opportunities in a challenging and dynamic work environment.

For the above mentioned reasons, I believe I am a strong candidate for this position being staffed. Thank you in advance for your consideration. I look forward to hearing from you to discuss potential career opportunities within McMaster University.

Sincerely,

Ivana Stanisavljevic

Throughout my college years, I had volunteer experience at JC Blair Hospital (in PA). The first volunteer site was the Dietary department, where I did typing, printing, photocopying, running all kinds of errands, supplying the entire office machine, and even fixing the mechanical problem with the machines. Not only I did office work but also coordination work such as greeting patients, talking to them about their daily life, walking them through the dietary menus, asking them about dietary issues, and helping dietitians to correspond to patients. I also volunteered in the Children Partial Program at the hospital. The Children Partial Program is where practitioners intervene children with behavioral issues. My responsibilities were to eat with the children in the cafeteria, to help the children to understand school materials (math and English), and to prevent the children from misbehaving. From these volunteer experiences, I learned that actively and genuinely interacting with individuals is very helpful for them to be mentally stable and behave appropriately, and I gained much knowledge of how to approach people and make them feel comfortable in multiple setting.

I had studied in the states for 8 years from high school to graduate school. Throughout this time, I often experienced caucasians' tendency to look down upon international students like me. In order to be friends with them, I had to put up with their jokes about my country and ethnicity, and this may have shaped me to react to any their negative name-calling with a positive and calm attitude toward them. As I became more used to these types of situations, I developed into a more flexible and easy-going person. Because of this new enlightened attitude, I was able to form trusting and lasting relationships with many American students, and I also made friends of many other Europeans and international students, regardless of their classes and majors. People may have thought that I am stupid and wondered why I put up with all the racism assaults to make friends, but in result I could develop myself to be flexible with any possible discriminated situation in the future.

I have three strengths in terms of teaching.
First one is creativity. I can constantly think of new and interesting ways to conceptualize ideas and planning new method to teach students effectively. For example, I research and make a possible speaking question which may appear in real TOEFL test. So i can challenge my students to think and borad their perspective more to be ready for most of the speaking prompt.
Second one is attention. I generally ask students why they choose this answer or why they speak certain contents, so i can have them interact with me and engage in class. If i see certain student having difficulty in catching up with lecture, I try to customize my course pace for the student.
Third one is humor. Since i believe that humor helps solidify student learning, I often use celebrity issue or joke for students to stay concentrated and form a lasting memory about lecture content.

With these strengths, I am confident that I can do my best to maximize any opportunity in any given situation at your company, and I strongly believe that I am capable of going through many obstacles ahead of me in terms of work or personal issues at your company.

Since I learned English with fun when I look back on the past, I also made point of giving fun to my students when I teach them English. When I do my best with this principle, I feel happy and rewarded. I always strive to create a learning environment where students take the lead, instead of passively following lessons. By doing so, I could elicit active responses from students and carry out long lessons without making students getting bored. Also, I can manage time very well without having my student exhausted.

Building on such experiences, I am confident that I would be a great teacher for the students especially young students like teens. From my perspective, students should learn from super talented teachers since the teachers are those who are the guidelines for the young generations. Plus, great teacher improve students’ English skills that might improve students’ life in many ways. I wish I am one of those who can effect on students life positively.

I am experienced and yet an energetic teacher. Experience allows me to be efficient, and my energy charged teaching method keeps students from boredom.

My strengths are experience, passion, and using effective teaching methods that work. I am very passionate and I really want to see my students excel. I have plenty of experience and have tried various methods of teaching to know what works best for students. I am to get results that my students are happy with.

I have been teaching English as a foreign or second language for 13 years, during which time I have lived and taught in the Russian Federation, Mexico, Italy, Germany, and my native Britain. I have taught a full range of levels from beginner to advanced, and a range of ages from 3 to 70, but I especially enjoy working with children and teenage learners. I have ample experience in teaching both groups and individual students. I have worked at a number of summer schools in the United Kingdom and in Italy, both as a teacher/ activity leader and as a Director of Studies. I really love working in the summer school environment. Even though the work is often tiring, the energy given back by the children really makes the experience great, and it is very rewarding to see them having fun and using the language.

My professional strengths are flexibility, both in terms of scheduling and students; knowledge of material, especially English and European History; dedication to the constant improvement of my students; loyalty to any company for whom I work; organisation; timekeeping. My personal qualities which also help in a professional context are patience (when a student is having a problem, I will always ensure that they don't get left behind); enthusiasm for everything I do; a positive outlook and a can-do attitude which enables me to encourage even the most reticent and nervous learners; empathy, which helps me to identify with almost all students and to strike up a good rapport.

I would be delighted to join your team for the summer and will be available for interview via Skype or telephone at a mutually-agreeable, pre-arranged time.

I am a very patient instructor who tries to identify a student's strength in an area within the subject first, and using that strength as a way to first build the student's confidence and then use that as a motivation to work on the weaknesses. In addition, regarding test preparation, it is best to identify the problems early on through a series of examinations and practice tests and making sure that the students work on the type of problems that they struggle with the most. I enjoy working with ambitious students and especially those that are passionate or interested in the subject, and I try to encourage a friendly and open dialogue to make sure that the students are comfortable bringing up certain problems or issues during the teaching process.

Dear Sir/ Madam,
I am writing to apply for a position as an English language teacher with GLOII this summer, a position for which I feel I am highly qualified.
I am a highly professional, results-driven TEFL teacher with over ten years’ experience in the development and delivery of language programs to a wide variety of clients encompassing diverse backgrounds, beginners to advanced, from young learners to business professionals. I have experience of working on Summer schools in the UK and Spain, which also involved boarding duties and the organisation of and participation in activities.
My qualifications include a Professional TEFL Certificate and a Master’s degree in International Studies. My professional experience includes over ten years as an English teacher in Zimbabwe, The UK, Japan, China and Spain.
As a teacher at Idiomas Seif in Madrid, I oversaw the instruction of over 200 students in a multi-lingual environment and personally trained many in the Cambridge exams and London Trinity certificates. This role demanded the regular creation of learning materials, the teaching of lessons, workshops and intensive courses, the preparation of progress reports and delivery of in-house testing. I helped oversee a period where the school achieved among the best student retention rates in the country and was commended for my performance due to very positive student feedback. I did teacher observations and enjoyed very much giving feedback and passing on my experience.
As an English Instructor in Zimbabwe, I gained a wealth of experience teaching young learners. This involved developing customised materials for each class in trying conditions. I’m currently teaching English to students aged 11-17 at a school in Chongqing, China. I am also the school football coach and I often participate in excursions and other extra-curricular activities.
With my skills, international experience, Summer school experience and love for language education, I believe I would be an ideal fit for your Summer program. I would welcome the opportunity to work with you to deliver the highest standards of English language teaching and I look forward to being able to discuss the position with you further.

Yours sincerely,
Simon Perry

I believe that my greatest asset for this job is my educational background in the Sciences. I had an opportunity to create my own curriculum while I was teaching English at an academy and incorporated topics like physics, chemistry, etc. into daily teachings. Having been enrolled in educational institutions until recently, I understand how to take exams efficiently and the methods of preparation. Another of my teaching strengths is that I am able to and enjoy creating PPT lectures with visual aids that help students stay focused.
In terms of personality, I strive to always exude positivity and energy, at least in the classroom. I am a multitasker and am always able to meet deadlines.
It is not noted in my resume and I have not marked the options above but I have credit for AP Computer Science and have taken multiple college statistics courses so I am able to teach those subjects if given time to review and prepare.

CLASS RELATED PROJECTS

Jun. 2012 – Aug. 2015 Dept. of English Language and Literature
Seoul National University of science and Technology. Seoul, Korea
TA of Shakespeare and English & American Drama Class
/ Special guest instructor of Acting in English

Key activities: TA of Reading Theater in Shakespeare Class and Drama
Instructor of acting in English

Key achievements:
• Assisted the developing and collecting class materials and resources
• Responsible for teaching and coaching in acting in English and Shakespeare class.
• In charge of planning reading theater and presentation in English Literature Class
• Helped and led students to participate in Shakespeare Festival
• Managed and aided students in reading and analyzing English & American Drama

Sep. 2005 – Aug. 2008 National Research Foundation of Korea Seoul, Korea

TA of Korean-American Literature Project

• Participated in Korean-American Literature seminar and helped professors
• Developed and collected the documents related in Korean-American Literature
• Assessed and arranged the seminar reports and dissertations
• Responsible for collecting and managing the thesis and papers from participants

Mar. 2004 – Jul. 2006 Dept. of English Language and Literature Seoul Women’s university. Seoul, Korea

TA of American Literature and Introduction of Amerian Literature

• Helped students to prepare their exams and quizzes
• Led disscusstion and instructed reading American nevels and dramas
• Helped professor prepare classes and arranged the seminar
• Responsible for collecting and managing the thesis and papers about American Literature

SPECIALIZED TRAINING
• Completed the Broadcasting Writer Certificate Program in Korea Industrial Technolegy
Foundation For Media and Culture
• Completed Acting for theater and film in New York Film Academy
(Method acting, Meisner Technique, Text Analysis and Shakeapeare, Scene study,
Improvisation, Speech, Filmmaking Production etc.)
• Completed SWELL(Seoul Women’s University Language License) program and worked as a
English Camp staff for 6 years

SKILLS & NOTABLES
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Good at reading in German, Spanish and speaking Japanease
• Excellent working knowledge and experience of translation from Korean to English
or vice versa
• Proficient use of Internet, Intranet and other networks