Michael Shari Email & Phone Number

Brooklyn, NY

I teach English as a Second Language (ESL) to international students in the Adult Education Program of the NYC Department of Education in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn, New York, United States

I facilitated professional development for Basic Education and English as a Second Language teachers at School 7 of the Adult Education Program. I conducted professional development sessions for teachers, modeled teaching methods and strategies, developed curricula, and provided instructional resources. Concurrently, I was teaching High School Equivalency.

Bronx, New York

Teaching push-in and pull-out ENL classes to English Language Learners (ELLs) in the 6th and 7th grades.

Bronx, New York

Teaching push-in and pull-out ENL classes to English Language Learners (ELLs) in the 6th, 7th and 8th grades.

Elmhurst, New York

Teaching English as a New Language to immigrant elementary school students in inclusive classrooms at P.S. 13, the Clement C. Moore School, in Elmhurst, New York.

New York

Covering the nexus of investment management and risk management. Wrote several cover stories on fund managers including Capital Research and Management for Barron’s, hedge fund profiles for Barron's, articles about private equity for the Financial Times and the New York Post, a feature about commercial real estate for the Wall Street Journal, long-form.

Valhalla, New York

Teaching English as a New Language to adults at the English Language Institute of Westchester Community College, a two-year college of the State University of New York (SUNY).

Bronx, NY

Co-teaching English as a New Language (ENL) in an inclusive classroom at Frederick Douglass Academy III, a public high school in the Bronx.

New York

Wrote Web pages for the International CleanTech Network in Copenhagen, Denmark, on cleantech clusters in North America, Europe and Asia.

New York

Writing Emerging Trends in Real Estate, a 100-page thought leadership report with a capital markets perspective based on interviews with hundreds of commercial real estate industry leaders, including lenders, investors and developers. This widely cited annual report synthesizes the research and views of ULI and PwC.

New York And Nairobi

Researched and wrote “Child Alert: Horn of Africa,” a position paper on the impact of drought on pastoralist children for a conference on climate change in Nairobi and for Web publication. Wrote Web pages for a new UNICEF Website on children's education, health and safety in Eastern and Southern Africa. Traveled to Kenya.

New York, NY

Covered U.S. institutional and retail money managers. Wrote long-form feature articles as well as short profiles and news stories. Wrote six cover stories (on Legg Mason, Janus Capital, State Street, Invesco, AllianceBernstein and Putnam). Traveled coast-to-coast and to Geneva, Switzerland.

New York

Wrote thought leadership articles and white papers on insurance companies and the financial groups that own them based on S&P ratings analysis and internal voting sessions. Articles published in CreditWeek Magazine, RatingsDirect.com and InvestinginBonds.com.

News Editor

Edited stories filed by staff correspondents and stringers around the world, managed stringers on the ground, developed story ideas with senior editors, and wrote articles on business and politics in Asia.

Singapore

Covered Southeast Asia. Interviewed prime ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, and two presidents of Indonesia. Wrote cover stories exposing corruption and human rights abuses. Wrote monthly column on politics for BusinessWeek.com. Won 11 external journalism awards. Traveled constantly.

Bangkok, Tokyo, Jakarta

Wrote political analysis articles for Miami Herald, Christian Science Monitor, Journal of Commerce, Maclean’s, Asahi Evening News, etc. Focused on Cambodian refugee crisis and rural development in Thailand, elections in Cambodia, democracy movement in Indonesia, human rights in Japan. Reported for National Public Radio on Cambodia conflict. Reported for.

Jakarta, Indonesia

Covered Indonesia. Co-wrote two cover stories on Suharto, reported a cover story on Bre-X mining scandal. Traveled to East Timor, Sumatra and Kalimantan.

Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

Covered Indonesia. Co-wrote cover story on Suharto family business. Traveled to Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold mine in Papua.

Tokyo

Covered foreign investment and human rights in Japan, politics in Southeast Asia. Edited Asia section. Traveled on assignment to Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Russia.

Master Of Science In Education, Leadership

Master Of Arts, Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages (Tesol), 3.97 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Urban Teacher Residency, TESOL cohortDegree conferred Jan. 15, 2017.

Bachelor Of Arts, Literature And Languages

Activities and Societies: Student Editor of Bennington QuadrilleMajored in creative writing. Wrote senior thesis in non-fiction prose.

Ford Fellow, Financial Journalism