John L Gardiner Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

I have been tutoring ESL students at intermediate level in basic English skills including speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

I have tutored two elementary grade students at the beginner level in English. With one student, we focused on improving reading skills and comprehension.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Tutor high beginner level English as a Second Language student. We started reading children's leveled books of interest to student, i.e. the four seasons of the year. After 2-3 months reading, started work with level 1 ESL textbook. Focus on simple grammar structures with speaking and writing. Student has lived in USA for 15 yrs listening and developed large listening vocabulary. This was activated through reading children's stories, leveled news topics and personal history stories.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Tutor intermediate level student English as a Second Language. Work on all four English skills; speaking, listening, reading and writing. Study with text book and authentic materials of interest to student. Student writes short stories about life in home country. Read current events at level and discuss through conversation.

San Juan De La Concepción, Nicaragua

Teach small group of Nicaraguan teenagers English as a Second Language. Focus on conversation in pairs the use of present, past and future. Use of simple grammar structures. Reading authentic texts. Writing and sharing authentic personal stories.

Greater Denver Area

Taught English to visiting foreign immigrants with intermediate language skills. Classes focused on small group English conversation skills. Provided ESL training and lesson preparation to ESL classroom volunteers.

Greater Denver Area

I taught English reading to Spanish speakers. My strategy to improve reading fluency and level focused on learning alphabet letter names and sounds, blended consonant sounds, sight words, rhyming and comprehension. Writing stories and summaries was also utilized to improve reading, comprehesion and interest.

Yopal, Casanare, Colombia, S.A.

I taught English to elementary school students, grades 1-11. Each class was taught twice per week. Lower grades focused on commands, vocabulary and simple statements. High grades worked on added creating longer conversation and topics of interest to the students. This was a volunteer position in a small community located outside of the city of Yopal.

Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

I was an English Teacher at Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China where I taught English Speaking and News Reading to sophomore students. I believe these courses allowed me to improve my personal skills in developing lesson plans and classroom management as well as starting to develop my own teaching style.

Bethlehem, Pa

Provided technical asistance in the areas of antiblocks for polyolefin thin films, paint & coatings, quality assurance and mineral regulatory compliance.Areas of competency include:Global Regulatory Compliance• National Inventories • FDA Compliance• USP <61>• Supplier Surveys• Pharmacopoeia • Food Contact / Additive Law Quality Assurance • Retrospective Validation• Test Method Validation• Test Method Development• QA Metrics• Customer ConcernsTechnical Service• Plastic Film • Paint & Coatings • Characterization • LCA Analysis

Bethlehem, Pa

Global Regulatory Compliance• Determination of product compliance with global chemical regulatory laws maintains and allows for business growth in new applications and new global regional areas. • Determination of product coating exemption from REACH registration allows continued produce use in the EU.• Working with the BIS to list product on India’s Plastic Food Contact regulation allows for use of product in India. • Updating of MSDS and product labels to Globally Harmonized System SDS keeps products in compliance with customers in SouthEast Asia.Quality Management• QA metrics place focus on key areas to reduce customer concerns at five minerals plants.• Implementation and validation of USP <61> microbial enumeration and Loss On Ignition (LOI) test methods maintains and provides growth for USP customer base.• Validation of our USP microbial test method eliminated many CARs (Corrective Action Request). Modification of the test method reduces testing time by 75% by eliminating autoclaving and modifying dispersion.Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) • Mineral product LCA determines the environmental impact of our mining operations.Antiblock Blown Film Research & Technical Service• Developed new antiblock products for the polyethylene blown film market replacing existing competitive antiblock products. • Commercialization of new antiblock products leads to dominant position in the market segment. • Investigated and solved customer technical service issues maintaining and improving our position in the polyethylene film market. • Developed new antiblock product for the high clarity polypropylene cast film market.• Designed and validated standard blown film processing procedures and test methods for LLDPE and LDPE resin formulations.

Bethlehem | Allentown, Pa

• Classroom Assistant – Teacher provided coaching on teaching methods, helped students improve pronunciation & reading skills; class size 15 students, ages from 20 to 60 years.• Individual Tutor – Helped student develop speaking, listening, and pronunciation skills, student was a psychologist from Dominican Republic working toward taking classes in English. • Individual Tutor – Worked with sophomore high school student to improve his performance in all subjects including English, Math and Science. • TESOL / TESL Certification, Oxford Seminars, Philadelphia 2009• Online Training: Introduction to Teaching ESL/EFL – 24 hr online ESL Training Course, Grammar for ESL – online course, 12 modules, ThinkFinity Online Training for Tutors – completed 3 modules• Attended several one day seminars: Basic Tutor Training, Teaching ESL and Multiple Intelligences

Easton, Pa

Paint and Coatings Research & Technical Service• Laboratory supervision of paint formulations / testing, which demonstrated the ability to extend 10 - 20% titanium dioxide in latex paint formulations with PCC products. • Developed stable slurry formulation for latex paint made from dry PCC product meeting all specifications of current product, which lead to new product sales.• Created new aqueous hegman test method for PCC slurry products used in the paint industry.Technology Group• Supervised the installation of the Grinding and Classification (G&C) Pilot Plant to specifications within time frame and budget.• Studies conducted at the G & C Pilot Plant lead to the purchase and installation of production scale classifiers at the ground limestone plant in CA. • Developed and optimized stable high solids ground limestone slurry product and production process meeting all specifications for use in the paint industry. Development of new product leads to production plant installation and 5 year contract with paint customer.

Completion Of The Teaching English Grammar Module

Completing the Teaching English Grammar has prepared me to teach grammar effectively and creatively. Grammar is a tool for communication.

Completed Teaching Toefl Preparation Module, Test Of English As A Foreign Language

Completion of the Teaching TOEFL Preparation Module has given me the confidence to improve students English skills including reading.

Continuing Education, Spanish, Advanced

Activities and Societies: .Completed 4 semesters of spanish at the college level. Studied spanish abroad in Puerto Rico, Guatemala.

Tesol/Tesl Certification, Teaching English As A Second Or Foreign Language/Esl Language Instructor, Above Average

The course included lesson planning, classroom management techniques, skills development, teaching strategies, teaching multi-level.

M.S., Chemical Engineering

B .S., Biology