English language education and communication professional passionate about teaching and learning. Skilled in pedagogy, technology integration, and working with adults in both group and individual settings to support their educational and career goals. Experience in the corporate, educational, and nonprofit sectors.
As part of the College & Career Pathways team, delivered ESL/ESOL instruction to adults at various levels of language learning (both in-person and virtually), working with topics including basic conversation, job skills, digital literacy, and healthcare.
Created and planned curriculum, including two new courses (English for Healthcare Careers and Basic Computer Class), to best support English language learners, using a variety of resources as well as creating my own (these include Powerpoints, worksheets, videos, and more.)
Met one-on-one with program participants, who were mostly immigrants and newly-arrived refugees, to discuss education and career goals, as well as make plans and take steps towards achieving those goals. Maintained a caseload of these participants to monitor progress and follow up.
Assisted with general planning tasks for the English as a Second Language and College & Career Pathways team, including event set up, class registrations, filling out participant forms, and more.
As a part-time Tutor and Student Advisor for the government funded TRiO office at DePaul, provided tutoring to undergraduate students who were eligible (either low income, first generation college student, and/or living with a disability) on various college course topics including French, Philosophy, and History.
Met one-on-one with students to help them plan out papers and essays, edit, study for exams, complete labs, and more. Provided constructive feedback on their coursework.
Maintained a caseload of students to which I provided advising services, guiding them and giving advice on financial aid, choosing or switching a major, study abroad, and more. Communicated with students in-person and via email and phone.
As part of the Corporate Marketing team, assisted with the creation of an internal communications channel within the organization and helped to plan company-wide internal initiatives including Community Service Day and an employee award program.
Drafted and distributed a daily Media Monitoring email communication to client-facing team members to keep them aware of industry trends and news, as well as news about clients and the organization itself. Also distributed a weekly newsletter with important organizational updates.
Drafted and distributed email communications both from executive team members and the marketing team with information and resources on company updates, marketing launches, and more.
Supported the marketing team with various events, including a national healthcare conference, by helping to create marketing materials, assisting executives by preparing them for the event, and helping on-site to ensure the events went smoothly.