Shawn McKay
Canada: 1-(519)-633-7125 Korea: 010-5805-3098 Shawn.McKay@hotmail.com
Work Experience
Seo Hae (¼ÇØ) High School Gyeonggi-do, South Korea 2006-2008
- Native ESL teacher in charge of developing creative lesson plans
- Taught groups of 40 students of various levels 20 times a week
Old St. Thomas Church 2004-2006
- Sociable tour guide and groundskeeper to a historic building
Starwood Hotel Services 2004
- Telephone reservations assistant for a chain of hotels
Ontario College Application Services 2002-2003
- Aided college applicants over the phone with various issues
Volunteer Experience
College Heights Secondary School 2004-2006
- Assistant teacher specializing with reading disabled students
Priory Park Elementary School 2004-2006
- One-on-one reading ¡®buddy¡¯ for low-functioning children
Homewood Health Centre 2003-2006
- Easy-going Horticultural Therapy helper for trauma patients
Regional Mental Healthcare 2001-2006
- Organized weekly activities and exercises for mental patients
- Conducted research interviewing difficult forensic patients
Education
University of Guelph 2001-2006
- Honours Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
- Teachable subjects in English, History, and Society
Parkside Collegiate Institute 1996-2001
- Graduated with distinction, Honours OAC (gr. 13)
- Winner of English/History scholarship for best combined grade
Global TESOL Institute 2004
- Completed 100 hours during school vacation for TESOL degree
Additional Qualifications
Reliable
- Never late for class, and used only 2.5 sick days over a 2 year period at Seo Hae High School
Adept at Languages
- Wide knowledge of the English language and Psycholinguistics
- Also proficient in basic Korean and French
Creative
- Created lesson plans for two years of high school classes as well as two additional supplementary camps
- Lessons aimed at making English fun for difficult and disinterested students
