Laurel Costill Email & Phone Number

Mill Valley, CA, US

San Pablo, California, United States

Instructor· Teach a variety of ESL courses to foreign-born students who have immigrated to the US.· Hold office hours, which students regularly attend. · Keep grades and attendance records.Curriculum Developer· Collaborate with the department chair to create more accessible material.· Create flipped-classroom lessons for hybrid classes.· Design materials.

Associations: Lead of Yearbook/Photography Club· Teach English, Math & History to middle and high school students in a 1:1 format.· Design lessons to fit the demands of students with learning differences.· Update extensive records of student progress and needs after every class.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Associations: Technology in the Classroom Committee & Community Building CommitteeIEP Program Lead· Streamlined the entire program’s online organization system.· Oversaw the realignment of cross-level course goals.· Planned and chaired curriculum meetings of ~10 teachers.· Inspired students, faculty, and staff as the keynote speaker at annual graduation.

Klaeng, Rayong, Thailand

· Created and presented cultural events in school assembly of ~3,000 students.· Designed curriculum for all English classes taught to middle school and high school students.· Mentored and provided materials to 4 new English teachers.· Guided 3 multi-night excursions, including a wilderness camp and a culture trip to Chiang Mai.

Teacher Trainer & Manager· Proposed, designed, and launched the company’s IELTS test preparation program.· Hired and trained 12 new English teachers and provided ongoing education for all teachers.· Taught the entire spectrum of English classes to be observed by trainee teachers.Texbook Writer· Restructured the contents and layout of the incomplete first.

UC Berkley & UCLA

· Mentored 8 new English teachers and reviewed daily lesson plans.· Taught the 4 core skills of English to small classes of high school students.· Led groups of 10-20 students to culturally significant locations in San Francisco.

Determine and report test-takers’ speaking ability through the evaluation of their delivery, language use and topic development of spoken responses.

· Educated homeowners who were facing foreclosure about budgeting and federal assistance.· Negotiated with banks on behalf of homeowners.· Trained new counselors.

· Gathered and analyzed financial documents for small business loan department. · Trained new employees to analyze financial worksheets of loan applicants. · Audited approved loans.

Seoul, South Korea

- Planned and taught reading, writing and communication to groups of elementary school children.- Provided private tutoring to English students of all levels, ages 5-30.

Assisted librarians in all projects, including the development of the children's reading program.Maintained the organization and circulation of books.(Volunteer from 1998-2001)

Healdsburg, California, United States

At 13 years old, I had 5 years of martial arts experience and was recognized for my natural teaching ability and recruited to assist the teacher in beginning-level classes for children

Master Of Arts - Ma, Teaching English As A Second Or Foreign Language/Esl Language Instructor, Cum Laude

B.S., Business Administration, Emphisis In Accounting

Activities and Societies: Founder and President of Pax Christi -- a volunteer and educational group, Head volunteer at Sonoma State.

Mindfulness & Meditation

200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certificate

Certificate (Online), The Science Of Wellness

Linguistics

Mandarin

Certificate, Korean Language

Certificate, Creative Commons