Jesse Conway Email & Phone Number

Lead a section of the TESOL Core Certificate Program: Foundations of TESOL Course remotely for approximately 30 public education instructors in India as part of a program partnership with RELO India.

Uzbekistan

Development of teacher training modules for public school educators across Uzbekistan as part of the English Speaking Nation: Teach Today project.

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

Creating evidence-based literacy and language learning teacher training modules for ALLOhio group.

Uzbekistan

• Developed a core of 35 English language teacher-leaders in the Andijan region following a 1-year cycle of training, clinical walkthrough observations, one-on-one coaching, and guided reflection.
• Supervised teacher-leaders in developing and delivering a 3-month teacher training program, implementing clinical walkthrough observation protocols, and mentoring of in-service local teachers.
• Demonstrated and instructed on state-of-the-art EFL teaching methodology in weekly workshops for in-service teachers, at open lessons at secondary schools, and by co-teaching with secondary school English teachers.
• Facilitate accredited professional development programs for ESN participants: TESOL International Core Certificate Program, TESOL 6 Principles, George Mason University Training of Trainers Program.
• Create and co-create curricula and materials for teacher training workshops, intensive EFL programs, and intensive TESL methodology courses.
• Co-developed curriculum for an intensive language and professional skills course for secondary school teachers of English.

Nagasaki, Japan

• Oversaw course design and development for an 11-month English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program of 100 students.
• Conducted and evaluated results of environmental and needs analyses prior to each academic year to inform course programming.
• Planned and coordinated extracurricular activities including 1-week International English Camps (Korea, Taiwan), annual domestic English camps, movie nights, and end-of-program awards ceremonies.
• Established academic partnerships with international institutions and coordinated international student exchange programs.
• Communicated SCAS program success to internal and external stakeholders in a written report including statistical analyses of quantitative and qualitative program data.
• Scheduled and delivered annual online and on-campus SCAS program marketing and recruitment sessions.

Manama, Capital Governorate, Bahrain

• Prepared budgets to utilize program activity grants for professional development and extracurricular activities. Justified uses of funding through cost-benefit analysis summaries of activities.
• Consulted with administration and students regarding university and governmental exchange programs in the United States and Europe.
• Taught EAP to Foundation Year students, including an integrated skills class at CEFR B2 level, an academic presentations class, and a Project-based learning class focusing on subjects appropriate for premed students.
• Developed and delivered teacher training workshops to Bahraini teachers of English on highly effective English teaching strategies.
• Partnered with various Bahraini national institutions for the support and enhancement of English language learning in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
• Facilitated a blended-learning ESP course for employees of the National Library of Bahrain.

Flagstaff, Arizona, United States

• Taught EAP classes, including Content Based Instruction (lower intermediate & intermediate levels), Listening and Speaking (lower intermediate level), and Reading and Writing (intermediate level).
• Taught second language English for Academic Purposes learners of varying first language backgrounds.
• Responsibilities included lesson planning, materials development, formative and summative assessment development, and extracurricular activity coordination.

Moorhead, Minnesota, United States

• Instructed beginning Japanese to English L1 secondary-school students who received one year of high school language credit for the course.
• Designed class curriculum and materials based on student needs and interests utilizing a task-based language teaching approach.
• Functioned as a counselor to students, promoting an immersion environment through usage of Japanese language separate from classroom instruction.

Osaka, Japan

• Taught five classes of junior high school and five classes of senior high school integrated skills English communication lessons per week to an average class size of 40 students.
• Worked with a team of five English Instructors to create curricula, student-centered communicative tasks, term examinations, and grading criteria.
• Responsibilities included grading of term examinations, monthly composition assignments, and classroom participation.

Osaka, Japan

• For Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan:
• Provided ESP instruction on Business Presentations in English to faculty and staff of the Graduate School of International Relations.
• Included lessons on Western Business Culture pragmatics in addition to presentation skills and language instruction.For Ono Pharmaceutical Corporation, Shimamoto, Japan:
• Provided ESP instruction on English for Meetings and Business Presentations with a focus on language relevant to the pharmaceutical industry.
• Taught students of intermediate to advanced levels of English who occupied research, sales, and management positions.
• Was responsible for session-end student reports to determine student eligibility for international dispatch.

- Responsible for creation of approximately five pages of printed material quarterly.- Regular contributor of new feature and focus points alongside lead editor.- Writing focusing on youth-oriented music, film, and culture.

Osaka, Japan

• Prepared lesson plans for kindergarten, elementary and secondary school levels, with a focus on secondary school.
• Taught 16 classes of integrated-skills English communication weekly, with an average class size of 35 students.
• Employed social media and Skype for international exchange programs, utilized Quizlet for extra-curricular English study for secondary school students.
• Participated in student preparation for competition in yearly English recitation contests and district-wide English festivals.
• Worked with a team of six Japanese teachers of English to create and deliver lessons.
• Acted as a communication bridge between English and Japanese speaking faculty and staff.

Osaka, Japan

• Crafted a course on academic conference presentation skills and speaking for non-native English speakers.
• Researched and constructed course materials addressing fundamental public speaking and presentation skills, including emerging presentation technologies.
• Worked with students from various cultural backgrounds, including Japan, China, Africa, Indonesia, and Egypt.

Osaka, Japan

• Taught English to adult students with various goals and learning styles.
• Utilized textbooks and AV aids in teaching, focusing more on English skills than on conversational approaches.
• Proctored the NTT West Business English Telephone Competition for 2007. This required testing participants via telephone with evaluation sessions afterwards. The Competition was finished with a classroom lecture on.

Osaka, Japan

• Instructed students in conversational and business English via teleconferencing. Lesson participation ranging from one to four students simultaneously.
• Evaluated progress of students after each lesson, utilizing a program rubric.

Responsible for communicating with customers in creating websites on the company intranet and public site (http://www.inova.org). This required weekly meetings involving five - ten attendees.Personally trained customers on using new input products (Mobius Contenuity), improving individual team member workload/availability balances by 50%.Team leader on.

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

B.A., Communications

Activities and Societies: Chick-fil-A Regulars 1998-2000, Great Snowball Fight of 1999 Participant, Party Like It's 1999 staff.

Education record

Continuing education classes, from beginning through advanced intermediate Japanese language and culture.