Keith Kessler |
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| kessler@jhs.or.jp | |
| ykkessler@yahoo.co.jp | |
| (03) 3419-6103 |
The Japan Hotel School, Higashi-Nakano, Tokyo | January, 1998 - Present |
Kyoiku Kaihatsu Shuppan Co., Shimo-Takaido, Tokyo | January, 1998 - Present |
| Edit and re-write ESL textbooks and standardized tests of English academic ability. |
Toho Gakuen Junior and Senior High School, Sengawa, Tokyo | April, 1997-December, 1997 |
| Prepared and taught literature and conversation classes to students in both junior and senior high school, many of whom were "returnees" - students who had returned to Japan after having lived in English-speaking countries. |
Waseda University Koto Gakuin, Kami-Shakuji, Tokyo | March, 1994 - March, 1997 |
| Designed and taught Oral Communication and American Studies classes to male high school students preparing to enter Waseda University, one of the top two private universities in Japan. |
Japan Overseas Education Service, Okubo, Tokyo | April, 1995 - March, 1996 |
| Taught after-school supplementary English lessons to "returnee" junior high students. |
Tokyo Electric University High School, Higashi-Koganei, Tokyo | March, 1993 - March, 1994 |
| Taught English to students preparing for entrance to Tokyo Electric University. |
Simpson Middle School, Leesburg, Virginia | September, 1989 - June, 1990 |
| Taught Reading and U.S. History to seventh grade students, and World History to sixth-graders. Received state licensure, grades K-8. |
University of Maryland, College Park, School of Education | May, 1989 |
| Studied under Dr. Frank T. Lyman, leading authority on Cooperative Learning |
| Research papers: | Analysis of the effects of increased "wait-time" on student responses | |
| Review of studies comparing teacher popularity with effectiveness | ||
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio | May, 1987 |
| President, Oberlin College Forensic Union Jorgenson Prize for Public Speaking |
Certificate in Teaching Japanese Students, pass with merit | February, 2003 |
| Oxford University Press/David English House |
