RELEVANT TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2007 Taught part time with Boston English, Full time with Apex with contract ending Oct 2007
Sept 2006 taught at #8 middle school and part time for Boston English.
2006 Jan to July Taught part time for Ladder
English, Boston English plus private pre-school
classes Fuzhou, Fujian Prov
2005 Sept to Dec 2005 APEX preparing students to
continue their studies in Canada. Fuzhou, Fujian
Prov
2005 Jan to June 2005 taught for the Xian Academy
of Science and a few "part time' jobs.
2004 Sept to Dec: I taught ESL at TMC college in
Xian. Teaching college students who will leave
China to continue their education.
2003/2004 For the first term, I taught part time
in Guangzhou for 4 different schools. I also
taught doctors at a University in the evenings.
2003/2004 In the second term I taught business at
QuanZhou University in Fujian Province. Taught
Business under the TAFE program which is
joint Venture between the Univ and the Australian
Govt. Grad students go onto study in Australia.
2002/2003 Becton International Guangzhou taught middle school students and did extensive private tutoring in the evenings.
2001/2002 Qingdao Overseas Chinese School:
Qingdao China. Taught ESL to grades one to
grades five. Assisted in promoting the school to
the business community (radio and TV) and
children's groups. Being an accomplished
musician/composer, I hosted a lunch time music
session (teaching popular English children's
songs) every Friday.
Boy Scout of Canada . Troop leader during my
University studies (approx 2 years). Bimbrook
Ontario
Day Care Centre For approx 3 years I assisted in
the operation of a Day Care Centre in Ottawa
Ontario.
LANGUAGES English , French, Spanish (and some
extremely limited Chinese)
Being of French descent I am functional in that
language. From the age of 5, I was raised and
educated in English and I English is my working
language. I am fortunate to be able to speak
English without any accent or trace of my French
background and yet still speak French as a native
speaker. While living in Central America I became
functional in Spanish. While teaching ESL in
Qingdao and Putian I picked up enough Chinese to
greet people and give directions to taxi drivers
but not much else. I am sure that my vocabulary
will increase as I continue to work in China.
EDUCATION
TESOL Degree (Teachers of English to
Speakers of Other Languages)
General Arts course at the Niagara College of
Applied Arts
McMaster University where I majored in Social
Sciences.
University of Georgia Business/Retail
Atlanta, Georgia, ( 1980 ) Note: my certificate
was misplaced by the administration of Putian
Univ in China. I have a certified letter from the
Univ confirming this.
Centennial College (Microcomputers in
Business) and am competent on Word Perfect and
to some degree on Lotus 123. (this was a 6 month
course)
CPR certification (Infants and adults).
Canadian Red Cross
Honorary Professorship Qingdao TV University
(China 2002) I was awarded this professorship
for my assistance to this University. I was the
first Westerner to give a televised lecture.
I have Police Clearance (for all of Canada)
showing that I have a clean record with no
criminal convictions or outstanding charges
WORK EXPERIENCE:
I have run my own ESL recruiting company for 3
years and continued to do so while teaching in
China. Five of the teachers at my school (in
Qingdao) had been recruited by my firm. I have
placed ESL teachers mostly in China and South
Korea but also recruit for Indonesia and Taiwan.
1997 Apr to Jan 1999: REAL ESTATE CONSULTANT,
PLAZA CORP. In charge of all aspects of property
management including disposal of properties
(retail sites), acquisitions and leasing
properties representing both tenants and property
owners.
1996 to 1997: DIRECTOR OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES
AND LEASING; RICHCRAFT HOMES LTD. Richcraft is
Ottawa's second largest builder of residential
properties (next to Minto) and has a Commercial
Portfolio of approximately $20,000,000 which I am
responsible for. My duties include property
management, leasing and the sale of the
portfolio.
1993 to 1995. LEASING/ PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
CONSULTANT: Advising and consulting (part time)
on leasing and general property management
matters.
1992 to 1993. GENERAL MANAGER PINECREST SHOPPING
CENTRE: GLA 200,000 sq. ft. In the spring of
1992 I returned to Canada after aprrox 4 years in
Central America and I obtained the position with
Confed Realty Services
to manage Pinecrest. In 1993 the property was
sold to Ilea and I was involved with the ¡°due
diligence¡± on this 20 million dollar sale.
Prior to 1992 I managed numerous shopping
centres, and was the National Property Manager
for a Trust Company.
