Kenneth N. Myers 1716 M. H. Del Pilar • Malate, Manila, Philippines
[email protected] (903) 361-7382
SUMMARY
ESL program administrator, professor, materials developer, and teacher-trainer seeks administrative position or a particularly awesome teaching job.
EDUCATION
Master of Arts in TESOL, University of Texas at San Antonio Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, University of Texas at San Antonio Georgetown University/U.S. Department of State English Language Fellow at Pamantasan Ng Lungsod Ng Maynila (PLM) (University of the City of Manila)
EXPERIENCE
Summer 2012 to present
I’m presently on a 10-month fellowship teaching at the premier public university of the Philippines. I teach standard university courses in English as well as faculty workshops, student seminars, and staff development courses. The principal focus of my fellowship has been the Differentiated Instruction Program (DIP), wherein students identified as having persistent problems with English have been offered an intensive auxiliary program based on rigorous quantitative research into the specific needs of PLM. Grayson College Director of the Intensive English Program
Fall 2010 to Summer 2012
Fall 2008 to Summer 2010
At Grayson College I was the founding director of an Intensive English Program servicing primarily west-African francophone students. I was responsible for the program budget, hiring, curriculum design, assessment, and teaching. Students enrolled in the IEP for one semester had an average gain of about 80 TOEFL points. Grayson College Adjunct Professor, Adult Ed. ESL Instructor At Grayson College I previously worked as an adjunct professor of English as a Second Language, and taught grant-funded free-to-the-public courses in ESL.
Mark Roberts Group L.L.C., O2DA, PGC Edutainment, and others. Project Leader, Lead Editor, Instructional Designer, Writer 2008 to 2009
Summer 2007 to Summer 2008
Spring 2008
Working as a freelance developer of educational materials, I've designed courses and written textbooks for several public and private organizations, including the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Korean educational publishers Daekyo and Nexus. My work in this sector has frequently involved intercultural communications skills and team leadership responsibilities. Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, International Language Center ESL Instructor Working for UAG I developed courses in English with various topics and focuses, including legal English, English for business applications, and ecclesiastical English, and I taught them to varied groups and individuals. University of Texas at San Antonio Specialist – ESL/GED Instructor At UTSA I taught English and general education courses to UTSA staff. Duties included lecturing in English and Spanish, and producing monthly reports detailing classroom activities. Global-LT ESL Instructor
Spring 2008
Working for Global-LT, I taught private intensive lessons in English as a Second Language. Courses focused on speaking and listening, with particular attention to pronunciation and understanding conversational English. Other duties involved course design and delivery, and timely delivery of paperwork. Northwest Vista College Adjunct Professor of ESL
Fall 2007
At Northwest Vista I taught two college level courses for students of various nationalities. Courses concentrated on reading, listening, and speaking. My duties involved instructional design, teaching, record keeping, and coordinating with other department faculty and staff.
TALKS
Language and Literature: The Inseparable Interface, Pamantasan Ng Lungsod Ng Maynila, 2013. Writers of the New Millennium, Pamantasan Ng Lungsod Ng Maynila, 2013. Action Planning, English Language Fellows Program Mid-Year Conference , Macao, 2013. 21st Century Skills: A Challenge to the English Teacher , Philippine Normal University, 2012. Domains of English and English for Special Purposes , Pamantasan Ng Lungsod Ng Maynila, 2012. Modern Computational Methods for Mapping Terms from Telephone Directories, UTSA Biotechnology, Engineering, and Science Conference, 2006.
LANGUAGES
I am a native speaker of English, I can conduct lectures and conversations in Spanish, I can read encyclopedia articles in Esperanto, and occasionally barely make myself understood in French.
NONPROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
History, agrarianism, info-graphics, music and recording, genealogy, Wikipedia and other engines of mass collaboration, free culture, digital philosophy, the problem of universals, conversation, small experiments, mineral water, walking, anarchy, romanticism, the future.
REFERENCES
Deogracia De Los Santos, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Pamantasan Ng Lungsod Ng Maynila, +63 02 527 5932,
[email protected] Shirly Reyes, Chair of English, Pamantasan Ng Lungsod Ng Maynila, +63 02 527 5932,
[email protected] Tony Stanzo, Dean of Academic Instruction, Grayson College, (903) 463-8608,
[email protected] Mark Taylor, Assistant Dean of Academic Instruction, Grayson College, (903) 463-8736,
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