Samuel Skeist, MA, CELTA
2015

Honolulu, HI
+1 (808) 387.5903
samuelskeist@gmail.com
http://vizualize.me/samuelskeist
email: samuelskeist@gmail.com
Skype: samuel.skeist

OBJECTIVES:

A passionate ESL teacher of 12 years with several years of management and teacher training under my belt, I am currently seeking full time employment. My approach is student-centered and culturally-conscious, and I have experience teaching both children and adults, in multi or single-level classrooms around the world. A life-long learner, I'll be completing my Master's in Second Language Learning from the world-class program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa in December 2015. The culmination of my studies is a teacher training program that will be implemented by another university in Hawaiʻi for their ESL Master's program.

EDUCATION:

University of Hawaii at Manoa
2015
Master’s Degree in Second Language Studies, Specialization in Teaching

The British Council Mumbai
2008
CELTA / Cambridge ESOL

University of Miami
2004
Bachelor’s of Science in Education

EXPERIENCE:

ELL Program Coordinator / Head Teacher | Hawaii Literacy (HI)
May 2011 - Present
• Recruit, train, and manage volunteers under self-created program for new teachers
• Develop program-specific course curriculum and schedule
• Teach multi-level, multi-disciplinary ELL classes
• Organize and participate in community outreach for student recruitment
• Conduct mock interviews and citizenship test preparation classes
• Generate monthly reports
• Increased average attendance by 60% within one year of hire and exceeded minimum attendance requirement every month

Head Teacher | Linguaphone (Wu Han and Shanghai, PRC)
October 2007 – March 2009
• Managed all teaching staff, local and foreign
• Generated weekly schedules, monthly and quarterly reports
• Coordinated with Sales and Marketing on in-house and off-site events
• Ran quarterly training programs related to ESL methodology
• Taught adult, teen, children’s, VIP, and corporate clients
• Provided in-house training for corporations such as Wrigley, Budweiser, Alcatel, E.C. Harris, and SGL Group
• Developed, revised, and implemented teaching materials

Foreign Teacher | Linguaphone (Wu Han, PRC)
October 2004 – September 2005
• Taught private lessons and small to medium sized adult classes across levels
• Led seminars on learning strategies to large groups of students (100+)
• Oversaw testing and implementation of a new business English program
• Specializations: conversational and business English, and technical writing

Foreign Teacher | Wu Han Transportation College (PRC)
October 2003 – September 2004
• Taught one-year intensive English course for students preparing to study abroad
• Developed an integrated skills program of study

Teacher’s Aid | City Year (Cleveland, OH)
1996 – 1997
SKILLS
• Teaching to a multi-level classroom
• Teaching children or adults
• Original curriculum development
• Teacher training
• Management
• Intermediate Mandarin

PERSONAL INTERESTS
Yoga teaching (certified to teach adults and children), writing, meditation, boxing, running (5-time marathon finisher), slam poetry (2-time Hawaii National Slam Poetry Team member).