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Jonathan Brown

Jonathan Brown

ESL Teacher
Mission,TX

Summary

Passionate ESL teacher with 9+ years of experience teaching to students of diverse backgrounds. Committed to giving students interactive and practical means to acquire a second language. Very creative and developed most of my curriculum independently.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

ESL Teacher

McAllen Independent School District
McAllen, Texas
08.2012 - Current

- Developed lesson plans, activities, worksheets, and other materials to support English acquisition, critical thinking, reading, writing, speaking and listening skills necessary to perform in high school, college, work and life

- Was involved in assisting with scheduling, movement of students to appropriate classes, and involved with imagining changes to better our emergent bilingual students’ abilities and chances to succeed

- Worked as a tutor focusing on emergent bilingual students during blitzes, class tutorials and tutorials

- Participated in committees such as LPAC, making sure emergent bilingual students are afforded modifications in class and during standardized testing

ESL Professional Development Leader

Teach For America
McAllen, Texas
08.2014 - 05.2015

- Created and outlined an ESL scope and sequence to develop new Teach for America corps members' teaching skills in the classroom

- Facilitated and executed lessons with corps members, answering questions and clarifying as needed

- Offered personalized support as needed throughout the year as their professional development leader

Bilingual Call Center Representative

ECR
Mt. Vernon, Ohio
05.2010 - 04.2012

- Handled many sales, technical support and billing calls for dial-up internet service in both English and Spanish

- Handled many calls, even difficult or escalated calls, with confidence, professionalism, patience and friendliness

- Was promoted to a Tier II position within less than two years where I assisted with supervising co-workers

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Spanish

Mt. Vernon Nazarene University
Mt. Vernon, Ohio
08.2006 - 05.2010

Skills

    Individual and group instruction

Testing and grading

Curriculum Development

English and Spanish fluency

9 Years as an ESL instructor

Timeline

ESL Professional Development Leader

Teach For America
08.2014 - 05.2015

ESL Teacher

McAllen Independent School District
08.2012 - Current

Bilingual Call Center Representative

ECR
05.2010 - 04.2012

Bachelor of Arts - Spanish

Mt. Vernon Nazarene University
08.2006 - 05.2010
Jonathan BrownESL Teacher