Teacher/Instructor

• Adaptable * Innovative * Generalist * Lifelong Learner
• Experience teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and English as a Second Language (ESL)
• Completed studies in TESL/TEFL at the University of New Brunswick
• Experience living and working in cross cultural environments
• University concentration in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Education
• Good health

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Educational Background

• Bachelor of Education (1996) (Distinction)
  University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
• Bachelor of Arts (1986)
  Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
  

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Related Experience

Teacher, Summer Beaver DSA Board
Summer Beaver, Ontario, Canada
September 2000 to June 2001

Taught Grade 10 classes (Ontario curriculum/all subjects) within an ESL context. Summer Beaver is a remote, fly-in, First Nation community in Northwestern Ontario.

English Teacher, English Program in Korea (EPIK)
August 1997 to June 1999

• Samch'ok Office of Education (September 1998 to June 1999)
• Samch'ok Boys' High School (August 1997 to September 1998)
Taught English classes to Korean middle/high school students, focusing primarily on listening and speaking, but with some reading and writing activities. Facilitated English classes to Korean English teachers. Developed all class materials. I was employed by the English Program in Korea (EPIK) which operated under the auspices of the South Korean Ministry of Education.

 

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Areas of Educational Interests

• English
• English as a Second Language (ESL) and a Foreign Language (EFL)
• Adult Basic Education and Literacy
• Academic Upgrading
• Employment/Educational Counselling

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Certificates

• TESOL (1995), Toronto TESOL Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Tutor (1995), Laubach Literacy of Canada

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Awards

• Dean's List (1995/96), Faculty of Education, University of New Brunswick (UNB)
• Lord Beaverbrook Bicentennial Scholarship (1995), UNB
• Sir George E. Foster Scholarship (1996), UNB
• Scoudouc River Continuing Education Award (1996), UNB
• C.A.M.P.U.S. Scholarship (1996), UNB

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Professional and Voluntary Involvement

• Korea TESOL (Member)
• Literacy Council of Fredericton (Tutor)
• Thunder Bay Literacy Group (Tutor)
• American Federation of Musicians (Member)

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References

References are available on request.

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Contact Information

• William Snowdon
  318 Bay Street
  Thunder Bay, Ontario
  Canada P7B 1R8
  Tel. (807) 345-5001 (messages)
  Email:snowdon12002@yahoo.com

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This page last updated on May 30, 2006