Martina Davidson Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Canada Area

- Working with students to review, practice and better understand learned materials, while also focusing on establishing proper studying and time management techniques so that the students can also succeed during their own studying sessions. - Assessing a student’s needs and creating and facilitating lesson plans that are suited to each individual student.

Calgary, Canada Area

- Assisted accounts payable by checking invoices and journal entries for coding, approval, PST and GST, using AX for information look up. Also filed and matched invoices after they were paid. - Completed 1000+ vendor mail outs and follow-ups to advise of company name and address changes. - Used Microsoft Office 365 daily to assist in keeping information consistent across many departments and separate companies, especially Word, Excel, Outlook and Sharepoint for tracking information, mail merges, official letters and spreadsheets. - Aided the Executive Assistant at Canwest Propane in the Head Office shut down, utilizing teamwork to liaise with many individuals and departments in order to determine which records to keep and dispose of, as well as what to move to the new office. Organized and sent away 500+ boxes of records, clearly and consistently labeled for easy recall should they be needed.

Tokyo, Japan

- Assisted teachers in creating, editing and managing games, activities, worksheets, various seasonal parties and English club for 10-15 classes of 20-30 students of various ages and English-speaking levels. - Translated and edited the school’s six page application to become a UNESCO school, making sure the English was consistent with an easy-to-read flow while also showcasing the accomplishments of the school. After multiple edits and checks with Japanese teachers and staff, their application was successful.- Lead a group of six students in a three day intensive English camp, managing time effectively to aid each student equally, helping them with pronunciation and general presentation skills as well as fostering their own creativity. Also selected to improve student’s pronunciation with intensive daily practice for the school’s recitation contest each year, also being assigned to judge the contest. - Created rapport with Japanese teachers using excellent communication to overcome language and culture barriers, focusing on teamwork to teach more effectively together. - Introduced Canadian culture and promoted internationalism to Japanese students while learning about Japanese culture through methods such as joining tea ceremony and flower-arranging classes. - Completed two JET-sponsored online Japanese courses while working full-time.

Calgary

- Utilized teamwork, communication and adaptability to successfully assist the Executive Assistant and other co-workers in various departments with a wide range of tasks such as reception duties, mail, deposits, office management, filing, records, and data entry. - Copy-wrote and edited a large variety of letters and notices for the Executive Assistant after demonstrating writing skills and meticulous attention-to-detail. - Meticulously filed, organized and labeled records at year-end to be sent away, freeing up office space, and later, these files were easily located and retrieved when needed during audits, etc.- Selected for adept organizational skills to aid in two company acquisitions, organizing, storing and moving files and records from previous offices.- Responsible for managing the daily deposits as well as answering the phone, utilizing a polite and cheerful attitude as well as excellent customer service to direct calls, take messages and aid customers. - Tested new records management computer programs to discover issues.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), English Language And Literature, 3.7 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Japanese Conversation and Culture Club (JCC)- Joined Japanese exchange students weekly at JCC to practice.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), East Asian Language Studies, 3.7 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Japanese Conversation and Culture Club (JCC)- Joined Japanese exchange students weekly at JCC to practice.

Tesol/Tesl/Tefl Certification 100 Hours, Teaching English As A Second Or Foreign Language/Esl Language Instructor

- Completed intensive weekend sessions and an online course, which required planning a full lesson, while continuing to work during.