Benjamin Bangsberg Email & Phone Number

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Do all the things. Make the drinks, give the breaks, do the stuff the Store Manager doesn't have time for. Answer phone calls, help with creating drink recipes that match a specific customer's individual tastes. Safe Counts and other money management tasks.

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Operate POS systemEvaluate items for purchase offersProcess successfully purchased items for sale (clean, price and stock)Clean sales areaAnswer questions from customers in store and over the phone

Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan

- Average class size of 35 students.- Taught at several public schools that covered 1-9 grade education.- All schools I was assigned to were for students that had “low academic aptitudes”. Which could mean anything from having an unidentified learning difference to a private life stressor of a unique nature. - Voluntarily attended after hours in school training meetings about the learning differences and home life situations that needed consideration when interacting with specific students or homerooms.- Assisted with 1-9 grade English classes. Designed and implemented activities to foster international culture exchange. - Coached students in preparing for the annual national JHS English speech contest. - Assisted the head of the English department of the board of education in Yaita City with training 1-6 grade homeroom teachers in how to conduct Elementary level English classes. - Assisted in running international exchange trip preparation workshops. - Independently attended Ministry of Education symposiums and presentations about the National English Curriculum. - Conducted self directed research on what types of English language books would be beneficial to have in the school libraries to encourage engagement with the English language outside of required study materials. Once a piece of children’s literature was identified as having potential the article was independently purchased and donated to the school’s library where the item’s check-out history was monitored and in library student engagement was observed. - Kept track of and informed students of foreign language learning opportunities, such as informing them of the showtimes of English language study programs on NHK’s educational TV station, ESL News websites run by reputable organizations (like the government of New Zealand), and short clips from PBS shows found on Youtube.

Kokurakita, Kitakyushu

- Average class size of 25 students. Children ranged from 2 years of age to 8 years of age. - CIC requires all Foreign Teachers to exclusively use English while at school and strongly encourages teachers to use English outside of work hours in order to foster an “International Environment” in the surrounding community.- Taught general English classes, reading classes, penmanship classes after school classes and assisted during all other class periods.- Assisted in organizing and preparing for the school’s Christmas English musical event and the school’s graduation ceremony.- Coached students in an evening program for the national English Speech Contest.

Honolulu, Hi

- Average group size of 8 students. - Guided Native Japanese Language speakers (mostly Highschool students) through Honolulu and Waikiki with the express purpose of fostering confidence in using English and the desire to learn more about the various cultures of the world.

-Trained New Hires-Fostered Coffee Culture Learning- Observed non-English usage among people in the cafe and promoted the expansion of in store signage to accommodate other languages. - Taught other cafe staff basic Japanese phrases to help in conducting business and giving some information about neighboring locations in Waikiki. -Taught Hospitality as a form of communication (reading body language etc as Waikiki is 80% non-english speaking customers)-Provided input to company operations whenever prompted

Stevens Point, Wisconsin

- Average group size of 20 students. - Care center was for low income and/or university affiliated families.Assisted Teachers by:-Preparing for Snack Time-Cleaning and Sanitizing Play Areas-Assisting in Outside Time-Accompanying Children on trips to University Facilities (like the Gymnasium)-Monitoring during Nap Time--All Employees had to log 2 hours per month of training which was focused on safety and health topics such as sudden infant death syndrome or choking incidents

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Asian Studies/Civilization

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