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EARLIEST DATE AVAILABLE: May 27, 2019

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Native English speaker.
• TEFL and TESOL certified.
• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Two years’ experience as an English teacher in the People’s Republic of China.
• Presently an English language instructor in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan.
• Able to converse in Japanese at an intermediate level.
• Clean criminal record.
• Moderately good at singing.
• Ever-improving guitar player.
• Trained and experienced actor.

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

Lee University, Cleveland, TN, USA, 2009 – 2012
Bachelor of Science in Ministry

i-to-i UK, 2011 – 2012
Online 40-Hour TEFL and TESOL Certificate

Seinan Gakuin Daigaku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan, 2018 – 2019
Two consecutive semesters as a foreign exchange student as of May 2019.

WORK HISTORY

2018-12 – present
English Instructor
Cheers Mate (チアーズメイト), Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan
• Lead students in fun conversations and games.
• Prepare students for the TOEIC.
• Review and correct essays.
• Teach in both one-on-one and group environments, in person as well as over Skype and by other online means.

2018-10 – present
English Conversation Coach
English Café, Seinan Gakuin Daigaku (西南学院大学), Fukuoka City, Fukuoka
• Enthusiastically engage students in fun linguistic games and light-hearted conversations.
• Gently correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation.

2013-08 – 2016-03
English Teacher
Best English School (日照市卓越儿童英语培训学校), Rizhao, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
• Taught fun lessons to students aged two through sixteen in both rural and urban school buildings.
• Hosted or cohosted various celebratory and advertising events, both live and on film.
• Gave speeches to crowds of over one thousand.
• Judged both regional and provincial English language competitions.