Matia Wilson

PO Box 883

Warrensburg, Missouri 64093

Telephone: 816-588-0985

matiawilson@gmail.com

Objective:
To teach English as a foreign language

Education:
Master of Arts in TESL, expected completion: August 2008

University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg MO

Bachelor of Arts in English, May 2004

Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg MO

Teaching Experience:
Teaching Assistant, Intensive English Program (IEP), 2006-present
• Taught classes in grammar, writing, communication skills, reading, and vocabulary to learners at low-intermediate to high-intermediate levels
• Served on Curriculum Committee

English Teacher, 2005-2006
United States Peace Corps Volunteer, Chiatura, Georgia
• Taught in a secondary school with a Georgian counterpart
• Assisted in a teacher training program

Volunteer Elementary Physical Education Teacher, 2002-2004
• Taught independently Pre-Kindergarten through 8th Grade P.E.

Professional Involvement:
University of Central Missouri, 2006-2008
• SPEAK Oral Proficiency Test, evaluator
• Mid-America Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (MIDTESOL), member
• TESOL International, member
• UCM Student TESOL Chapter, president

Presentations & Conferences Attended:

MIDTESOL 2007, Osage Beach, MO, co-presenter: “You Said What? The Use of Humor in the ESOL Classroom”

Iowa Language and Culture Conference 2007, Des Moines, IA, attendee

Mid-TESOL 2006, Cedar Falls, IA, attendee

Additional Experience/Skills:

Student Leadership Award, 2007, 2004

Student Advisory Counsel to the Dean, 2003-2004

Habitat for Humanity, 2004

Intermediate level speaker of Georgian

Exchange student University of Debrecen, 01/03-06/03

Other Employment:

Fleet Auto Rent, Lee’s Summit, MO & Overland Park, KS
• Location Manager-Lee’s Summit, 2006
• Rental Representative/Office Assistant-Overland Park, 2004-2005

TNT Fireworks, Manassas, VA, Summers 2000-2006
• Office Assistant

References:

Excellent and available upon request