Stephanie Thornton Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Provide communications support for HHS Coordination Operations and Response Element (H-CORE), housed within the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Provide communications support for HHS Coordination Operations and Response Element (H-CORE) Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Communications support for the Defense Health Agency (DHA)'s Defense Health Management System Modernization (DHMSM) program office

Clients: Pearson, Second Language Testing, Inc.Created and edited learning material for textbooks and digital resources; Reviewed Listening item sets; note and make comments and corrections in documents. Items are being created for a new level test at an international language school.

Hoboken, NJ

- Solely manage the content development for the workbook component of a new EFL textbook series, StartUp: consolidate separate manuscripts to a single manuscript; create new vocab exercises where needed; train development editors who are assisting me through page passes; address overmatter and undermatter issues during page passes; research new artwork and.

Assisted the test development manager in rating adult non-native English speakers for pronunciation and fluency.

Brooklyn, NY

Develop lessons and copy edit content for a Language Awareness Handbook. The handbook is for ELL teachers of students in grades Pre-K-8. The work involves identifying the skills, strategies, selections, and vocabulary in the Teacher Edition, and citing other existing resources -- such as routines, sentence frames, and activities.

Bronx, NY

Teach two 2.5 hour classes of ESL beginners. The classes focus on building the students' knowledge of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. We follow the textbooks Ventures 1, Life 1, and Focus on Pronunciation 1.

United States

Greater New York City Area

• Assisted a team of editors on English Language Teaching (ELT) adult courses Interchange and Prism
• Prepared manuscripts for production by copy editing and proofreading
• Assisted the Language Research Team in compiling data for a new functional language corpus
• Created tasks geared at eliciting functional language, promoted and ran research trials
• Analyzed findings, collected feedback from participants, and developed suggestions for moving forward with research
• Maintained relationships with various editors, researchers, and publishers in both the New York and Cambridge, UK offices

• Teach English privately to clients based on their needs and skills they most want to improve
• Tailor lessons to clients’ needs using textbooks and realia such as TED Talks, songs, new articles, grammar exercises, pronunciation games, exam preparation websites and textbooks: Cambridge Exams and TOEFL
• Teach clients of all ages and English proficiency levels
• Client references available upon request

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Taught teens and adults ages 15 and up
• Independently taught a daily general English class (level B2)
• Independently taught elective classes which focused on specific skills: Conversation and Idioms
• Developed exclusive syllabi and lesson plans for my courses
• Often observed and debriefed by supervisor
• Substituted when needed, sometimes for weeks at a time

Greater Boston Area

• Taught teens and adults ages 15 and up
• Co-taught general English classes (low – upper intermediate) using supplementary materials and following textbooks Language Leader, American English File, and more
• Prepared students in general English courses for and administered level tests every six weeks
• Independently taught elective classes which focused on specific aspects of English: Pre-intermediate Writing and Elementary Survival Skills
• Developed exclusive syllabi and lesson plans for my courses
• Often observed and debriefed by Director and Lead teacher

Barcelona Area, Spain

• Taught general English classes to adults at various levels: beginner through high intermediate using textbooks and realia

Master’S Degree, Applied Linguistics

Certificate In English Language Teaching To Adults (Celta), A

Full time CELTA course: 133 hours of teacher training. Course components were: Teaching Practice, Unknown Language Journal, Learner.

Bachelor’S Degree, Mass Communication/Media Studies, 3.15

Activities and Societies: The Bottom Line, Student Newspaper