Samuel Beard Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

Middle School SDC Special Education Teacher6-8 Math and Science

Gardena, California, United States

• Receive and process travel requests from Japanese travel groups coming to the USA
• Procure and secure accommodations for thousands of Japanese travelers
• Create, manage, and sign contracts between offices in Japan and hotels across the USA
• Advise business and student groups on travel itineraries
• Maintain communication in a fully Japanese language office environment

Tokyo, Japan

• Acted as either the primary or secondary English language teacher in a public high school in Tokyo in as many as 18 classes a week
• Developed and carried out writing curriculum aimed at improving writing fluency and structure in preparation for Japan’s rigid university entrance exams
• Created and hosted multiple extracurricular English and cultural exchange events
• Improved English GTEC writing scores from 8 advanced students to over 50

Greater Boston Area

• Served 50 + hours a week as a mentor, tutor, teacher’s aid, event organizer, and after school program coordinator in an eighth grade classroom in a high needs urban middle school
• Enacted targeted intervention in the areas of math, ELA, attendance, and behavior with carefully selected students
• Organized events such as school dances to award students for good attendance
• Attended weekly cultural, historical, and educational trainings

Greater Boston Area

• Led soccer classes for children aged two through ten
• Created lesson plans oriented to each individual class
• Maintained an enthusiastic and positive attitude during class

Greater Boston Area

• Acted as liaison between the Breakthrough program and students’ parents
• Organized and planned community events
• Organized student data and progress
• Oversaw daily events such as attendance, food distribution, and inventory upkeep
• Maintained attendance records and called home when students were absent

Greater Boston Area

• Tutored inmates in preparation for the GED high school equivalency test
• Acted as a teacher’s aid in classes such as Parenting 101
• Prepared materials for educational programs
• Upheld various office duties such as record keeping

Greater Los Angeles Area