- Fluent in: English, Italian, Ukrainian, Russian, Polish
Ivan Petryshyn
Chicago,USA
Summary
Demonstrates strong analytical, communication, and teamwork skills, with proven ability to quickly adapt to new environments. Eager to contribute to team success and further develop professional skills. Brings positive attitude and commitment to continuous learning and growth.
Detail-oriented individual with exceptional communication and project management skills. Proven ability to handle multiple tasks effectively and efficiently in fast-paced environments. Recognized for taking proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues, with focus on optimizing processes and supporting team objectives.
Equipped with strong problem-solving abilities, willingness to learn, and excellent communication skills. Poised to contribute to team success and achieve positive results. Ready to tackle new challenges and advance organizational objectives with dedication and enthusiasm.
Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level Instructor/Interpreter position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.
Overview
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Certification
40
40
years of professional experience
Work History
2nd Kyiv State Courses For Foreign Languages
Kyiv, Ukraine
- 2 days a week 6 academic hours $80 a month
- 5, Milyutenko St, School No. 189 Kyiv, Ukraine +380-5038-17003 Chair (there could be a new chairman/woman)
Heartland Human Care Services /Heartland Alliance
Chicago, IL
05.2013 - 03.2026
- 40 hours per week $32.00 an hour
- ICC Supervisor: Ms. Rosa Munoz 773-757-3060 (may contact)
- Teach English, reading, writing, Social studies, Math, PE, Science
- Bi-weekly and monthly reporting
- Grading and informing Clinicians and the administration
- Staff meeting participation
- PLC and teachers’ meetings
- Interdisciplinary meetings
- Developing teaching materials
- Conducting tests, final tests and writing exit reports
Saint Xavier University
Chicago, IL
01.2004 - 01.2011
- 4 Semesters: 6 hours per week $3,200 per semester
- Teach Basic Italian and French
- Teach France Country Lore/Civilization
- Grading
- Office Hours/consultations
- Conduct exams and grading them
- Department of English and Foreign Languages Dr. Olga Vilella PhD (retired) 844-468-6798
Stanley Maria Inc.
Chicago, IL
01.2005 - 01.2006
- 2 times a week $200 per month
- To tutor Russian and Ukrainian
- To tutor Italian
- To teach Italian to the group of adult learners
- St James Lutheran Church and School 2101 N. Fremont St. Chicago, IL 60614 (allowed space for adult teaching) (773) 549-1615, (773) 525-4990 (not sure if the Course is still there) Director of the Italian course: Mr. Stanley
Ukrainian Saturday School “Ridna Shkola” Ukrainian School of Chicago, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
01.2003 - 01.2004
- 2 years: 6 hours every Saturday $250 in 2 weeks
- Teach Ukrainian Literature and Culture in Ukrainian
- Check students’ works and grade them
- Participate in meetings and in events
- Promote Ukrainian language and culture
- 2220 West Rice Street Chicago, Illinois 60622 773-829-6288 (all the teachers are new now)
Noble Charter School
Chicago, IL
01.2002 - 01.2003
- 6 months 3 days a week 15 hours a week
- Teach and substitute classes of Russian
- Substitute other classes, study hall, lunch period, recess time
- Monitor the pupils’ behavior
- Report to the director
- 1010 N. Noble St, Chicago, IL 60642 (312) 521-5287 Director
Kyiv Diplomatic Academy
Kyiv
01.2000 - 01.2001
- 6 academic hours 3 days a week $90 a month
- Teaching Italian
- Teaching diplomatic correspondence
- Conducting exams
- 2, Velyka Zhytomyrska St. Kyiv, 01001 +38 (044) 238-15-45 Italian course, Department of Foreign Languages (there could be a different chair)
Kyiv State/National Linguistic University
Kyiv, Ukraine
01.1999 - 01.2001
- 38 academic hours a week $100 a month
- Teaching practice of Italian
- Teaching Theory and Practice of Translation
- Teaching specialized seminars of Translation and Interpreting
- Linguistic and Philological Research: publications
- Grading and conducting exams
- 73 Velyka Vasylkivska St, Kyiv, 03150, Department of Theory and Practice Of Translation and Interpreting, Tel: +38 (044) 287-33-72 Ukraine
Drohobych State Pedagogical Institute/University
Drohobych, Lviv Region, Ukraine
01.1986 - 01.1999
- 38 academic hours salary in rubles then- in hryvnyas (no equivalent)
- Teaching English, Practical Phonetics and Grammar, Reading, Seminars in Literature and in Country Lore (USA and Great Britain)
- Named after Ivan Franko, 24, Ivan Franko St., Drohobych, Lviv Region, Ukraine, 82100 Tel.: +380-3244-10474
Education
Bachelor’s of Arts - English
Drohobych State Pedagogical Institute/University
Drohobych, Lviv Region, Ukraine06-1978
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Excel
- Online applications
- Online translating applications
- Translating and interpreting: Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, Italian (fluent)
- Teaching foreign languages, English and other subjects
- Creative writing
- Friendly, positive attitude
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Customer service
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Flexible and adaptable
- Dependable and responsible
- Excellent communication
- Critical thinking
- Computer skills
- Decision-making
- Problem resolution
- Verbal communication
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- Collaborated with team of 30 in the development of Unaccompanied Teenager Progects.
- Achieved good through effectively helping with Teaching foreign students .
- Documented and resolved Incidents which led to Improvement of Teens' Behavior.
- Author of 5 Books (Poetry Translation, Poetry) published in the USA and Ukraine in 1999-2026..
Affiliations
ACTFL
All Poetry com
American Association for Applied Linguistics
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN EDUCATORS
International Linguistic Association
LACUS Linguistic Association
MMLA ASSOCIATION
National Poetry Association
POETICHOUSE.COM
Slavic Linguistic Society
UIMA UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART
Проба Пера, Анумо, Знову Віршувать: Поетичні вебсайти
ULC, honorary arch deacon
Certification
- Udemy: Complete Course of Bulgarian (certificate earned): https://www.udemy.com/home/my-courses/learning/ Completion date: 2026
- Udemy: Ucraina: storia, cultura e identita` (certificate): Completion date: 2026
- Udemy: Improve Your French Now (certificate): Completion date: 2026
- Federica: Introduzione alla Sociologia (certificate): in Italian: https://lms.federica.eu/mod/customcert/my_certificates.php?userid=59837&certificateid=226&downloadcert=1 Completion date: 2025
- The University of Hong Kong: The University Teaching (certificate): Completion date: 2025
- TEFL Professional Institute Teacher Record (120 hours) /certificate/: Completion date: 2024
- Certificate: Ukrainian Association of Translators and Interpreters: Completion date: 2024 (be renewed)
- University of Warsaw: Online Course of Rhetoric (certificate): Completion date: 2024
- Alison: Diploma in French Language Studies (CPD credits certificate): https://alison.com/learner-dashboard/courses Completion date: 2024
- Udemy: Comunicazione Verbale (certificate) /in Italian/: Completion date: 2024
- Cardiff University: Working With Translation: Theory and Practice (certificate): Completion date: 2023
- Noble Work Foundation: An Introduction to Classical Latin (certificate): Completion date:2023
- University of Glasgow: Interpreting for Refugees: Context, Practices and Ethics (certificate): Completion date: 2023
- Early Poetry Reading and Writing (certificate): Completion date: 2023
- Asean Online Education AOE (certificate): Completion date: 2023
- Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico: Pensamiento Cientifico/Scientific Thinking (certificate): Completion date: 2022
- British Council: Exploring English Language and Culture (certificate): Completion date: 2022
- Alison: Conversational French, French Language (certificate): Completion date: 2019
- Accademia Della Lingua Italiana: Diploma: Completion date: 2017
- Catholic Home Study/Catechism of the Catholic Church (certificate): Completion date:2016
- Wesley College: Italian Language (37 Units) (certificate): Completion date: 2016
- Health Language Services: Medical Interpreting (Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Italian) /certificate/: hard copy- Completion date: 2010
- Ready Made Staffing: Court Interpreting Training (certification): Completion date: 2009
- Discovery Center: Teaching English as a Foreign Language (certificate): Completion date: 2008
- Udemy: Basic Tai Chi (certificate): Completion date: 2022
- AbcEdu Online: Complete Intermediate German Language Course (certificate): Completion date: 2022
- Alma Mater Studiorum: Universita` di Bologna: Orientarsi con l’Italiano (in Italian) /certificate/: Completion date: 2022
- Save the Children and CSOD Foundation: Personal Safety and Security Test (certificate): Completion date: 2022
- Course “Practical Politics” online (in Belarusian) /certificate/: Completion date: 2022
- EdX Verified Certificate for Italian Language and Culture: Advanced (2021-2022): credential: Completion date: 2022
- British Council: Exploring English: Language and Culture (certificate): Completion date: 2021
- UKLC: Proficiency Test in Polish (certificate): Completion date: 2021
- Hillsdale College: Classical Children’s Literature (certificate): Completion date: 2021
- Akademia Ignatianum in Cracow, Poland: Beginning and Intermediate Level Polish Language Course (certificate): Completion date: 2021
- United For Human Rights International: Che cosa sono I Diritti Umani (certificate) /in Italian/: Completion date: 2020
- Universita’ Politecnica de Valencia: Upper- Intermediate English: Modern Life (certificate): Completion date: 2020
- IGEACPS SRL: L’Arteterapia Come Strumento Terapeutico /in Italian/ (certificate) /in Italian/: Completion date: 2020
- Lerners Edge: Mindfulness For Teachers (certificate): Completion date: 2020
- IGEACPS SRL: L’Intelligenza Emotiva e L’Importanza di Edicare alle Emozioni (certificate) /in Italian/: Completion date: 2020
- TESOL CANADA: TESOL Canada Confirmation of Attendance Certificate: Completion date: 2020
- IBM: PROGETAZIONE SOCIALE (certificate) /in Italian/: Completion date: 2020
- Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV) (certificate): Completion date: 2020
- IGEACPS SRL: EDUCAZIONE AL BENESSERE ATTRAVERSO UN APPROCCIO PEDAGOGICO (in Italian) /certificate/: Completion date: 2020
- IGEACPS SRL: CERTIFICATO DI FREQUENZA: SEMINARIO GRATUITO ONLINE: LA DIDATTICA EFFICACE E METACOFNIZIONE (in Italian): Completion date: 2020
- ALISON: TEACH2030 HEAD TEACHER TRAINING COURSE (certificate): Completion date: 2020
- ASEAN ONLINE EDUCATION AOE: INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING FOR SUCCESSFUL TEACHING (certificate): Completion date: 2020
- ALISON: PARENTAL SEPARATION-IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SCHOOLS (certificate): Completion date: 2020
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY: RELIGIOUS LITERACY: TRADITIONS AND SCRIPTURES (certificate): Completion date: 2020
- NCTSN: SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS (certificate): Completion date: 2019
- NCTSN: DEVELOPMENT, TRAUMA AND SOCIO-CULTURAL RESPONSE IN YOUNG CHILDREN (certificate): Completion date: 2019
- ASEAN ONLINE EDUCATION AOE: YOGA EXERCISES REVISED (certificate): Completion date: 2019
- UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF WAR: CYBERSECURITY (certificate): Completion date: 2019
- TRACKTEST ENGLISH ASSESSMENT (certificate): Completion date: 2018
- QUIZZES AND TESTS: CANADIAN FRENCH, ROMANIAN, CROATIAN, SERBIAN (certificates): Completion date: 2017-2018
- ACCADEMIA DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA: ITALIAN LANGUAGE (certificate): Completion date: 2017
- ALISON: CONVERSATIONAL GERMAN (certificate): Completion date: 2017
- ALISON Slovakia s.r.o.: MENTAL HEALTH: SUICIDE, VIOLENT BEHAVIOR AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (certificate): Completion date: 2017
- Admin@polishonlinenow.com: POLISH LANGUAGE COMPETENCE TEST (certificate): Completion date: 2016
- HR CLASSROOM: BUILDING A DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE (certificate): Completion date: 2015
- ProProfs: TEACHING (certificate): Completion date: 2014
- Judson College, USA: University Professors Recertification, Drohobych, Ukraine (certificate): Completion date: 1993
- Greeko-Catholic Evening Seminary: Theology, Drohobych, Ukraine: Completion date: 1992 (only attendance)
- Post-Graduate Candidate of Sciences Exams: Philosophy, German, French, Romance Languages, Lviv, Kyiv, Drohobych (certificates): Completion date: 1990
- Pontifical University “Urbaniana”, Rome, Italy: Philosophy of Religious Terminology, Introduction to Theology, Sociology [guest-student]-certificates: Completion date: 1993
- Central State Courses for Foreign Languages, Moscow, Russia: Italian and Translation (diploma): Completion date: 1982
- Jena University Summer German Language Courses, Jena, Germany (certificate): ), Drohobych Pedagogical Institute, Ukraine: Completion date: 1982
- Public Journalism Course, 2 years (certificate): Drohobych Pedagogical Institute, Ukraine: Completion date: 1978
- Polish Language: Polish Language Circle; Poetry Writing and Poetry Translation (Poetry Circle), Drohobych Pedagogical Institute, Ukraine: Completion date: 1977
- Nemyriv Polytechnic Secondary School, Lviv Region, Ukraine: diploma: Completion date: 1974
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Colloquial: Spanish, German, French
Interests
- I enjoy sketching and drawing, which helps improve my creativity and attention to detail
- Graphic Design
- Creating digital artwork using software like Photoshop, Illustrator, or Procreate
- Music
- Experimenting with different creative mediums, like [medium 1], [medium 2], and [medium 3], to expand skills and techniques
- I have a passion for photography and editing photos
- Drawing and Painting
- Blogging
- Creative Writing * Translation of Poetry/Short Stories*Poetry Writing* Linguistic Projects*Articles Writing *News
Timeline
Heartland Human Care Services /Heartland Alliance
05.2013 - 03.2026
Stanley Maria Inc.
01.2005 - 01.2006
Saint Xavier University
01.2004 - 01.2011
Ukrainian Saturday School “Ridna Shkola” Ukrainian School of Chicago, Inc.
01.2003 - 01.2004
Noble Charter School
01.2002 - 01.2003
Kyiv Diplomatic Academy
01.2000 - 01.2001
Kyiv State/National Linguistic University
01.1999 - 01.2001
Drohobych State Pedagogical Institute/University
01.1986 - 01.1999
2nd Kyiv State Courses For Foreign Languages
Bachelor’s of Arts - English
Drohobych State Pedagogical Institute/University
PUBLICATIONS
- ONLINE LINGUISTIC PUBLICATIONS:
- Https://www.academia.edu/112428619/UKRAINIAN_POLISH_WORD_REGULARITIES
- Https://eric.ed.gov/?q=ivan+petryshyn
- Https://www.academia.edu/1532774/LATIN_CAPUT_IN_SLAVIC_AND_GERMANIC_LANGUAGES
- Https://www.academia.edu/25689909/GERMAN_AND_UKRAINIAN_PHONOLOGICAL_ISOMORPHS_Typology_Germanic_and_Slavic_Languages
- Https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED566108.pdf
- Https://www.academia.edu/18173116/BASIC_WESTERN_LVIV_REGION_CONVERSATIONAL_UKRAINIAN
- Https://www.academia.edu/120177470/Armenian_and_Slavic_Correspondences_in_Comparison_with_Indo_European_Languages
- Https://www.academia.edu/50782750/OLD_ENGLISH_AND_UKRAINIAN_COMPARED
- Https://www.academia.edu/15627906/THE_ORIGIN_OF_THE_UKRAINIAN_WORDS_DZEREDO_DZIURCHATY_AND_DZERKALO
- Https://www.academia.edu/104247549/CV_INTERDEPENDENCE_IN_UKR_AND_BELAR_VOCABULARY
- Https://www.club.it/autori/rivista/171-172-173-174/testimonianze.html
- PUBLICATIONS:
- Ukrainian Classical Poetry in English translation, March 2026;
- English-Ukrainian-Italian-Latin Basic Legal Glossary, 2025;
- Eastern Slavic Folklore Poetry in Translations into English Apr 2016;
- Vidannia/Wisdom: Eastern-Slavic Poetized Mythology (in Ukrainian), 2016;
- Versologue, Poetry in 9 languages, 2015;
- Metaphoric Symbolism of the Cult Poetry/Psalms’ Symbolism: UNESCO Conference, Kyiv, 2001;
- “On Metaphoric Archetypes Reconstruction and Their Reflection in English Romantic Poetry”: Conference, Lviv State University, Ukraine, 1995;
- “From the Plains and the Heights”/African Poetry in Ukrainian Translations: Theory and Practice of Translation, Kyiv, 1991 (in Ukrainian);
- Metaphor in Small Keats Poetical Forms/Translations of John Keats’ Poetry into Slavic Languages: Theory and Practice of Translation, Kyiv, 1990 (in Ukrainian);
- Online publications:
- Www.academia.edu; www.eric.ed.gov; www.islcollective.com;
- Poetic websites in English, Italian and Ukrainian (on request).
ADDITIONAL COURSES ONLINE
Pain management, healthy lifestyle counseling; discrimination and harassment; Catholic Church courses; firearms safety; paganism; natural medicine (doctor’s certificate); healing; Native-American healing; herbalism; Reiki Level I; hypnosis; philosophy; sociology; criminology and environmental security; personal safety and security; Human rights; psychology; abnormal psychology; psychiatric evaluation; Tai Chi; translation; pharmacy technician studies; linguistics; rhetoric; notary profession; history and culture.
VOLUNTEER/COMMUNITY SERVICE EXPERIENCE
- Ukrainian Independent Radio “Ukrainian Wave”, 2003, 2004, Helping announcing news in Ukrainian
- Ukrainian National Museum, Chicago, IL, 2005
- Helping with exhibits
- Helping with the library
- Rome, Italy, 1992, Helping clerical students in their houses:
- Taking care of the elderly
- Choir of Drohobych Pedagogical Institute, singer, Drohobych, Ukraine, 1988
- Drohobych, Ukraine, 1987, 1990, Helping the local state farms in gathering crops
- Ukraine, 1978, 1986, Helping local farms with gathering crops
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
2023- Heartland Alliance: a certificate of Excellence and a Badge, 2005- a certificate of Excellence: Poetry.com: for poetry writing, 1987- a certificate of Honor for singing in the Choir of Drohobych State Pedagogical Institute, Ukraine
certificates, badges, bonuses
University Certificates on Teaching English
Certificates of Foreign Languages Proficiency
Certificates in other disciplines (on request)
ORR requirements Certificates, 2026
Mandatory Reporter Certificate
CPR certificate
CPI certificate