CV - English
CV - English
CV - English
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Teaching Experience<br />
Senior Instructor of Writing. Department of Writing Studies (DWS). American University of Sharjah, UAE.<br />
Chaired and served on most committees for the department and the school such as IT, the E-Learning Platform and<br />
the Faculty Development, Placement and Recruitment committees. Senior instructor of the following courses:<br />
WRI102 Writing and Reading across the Curriculum. Taught and designed a writing course based around<br />
stimulating, culturally appropriate readings in areas such as philosophy, travel, film, and literature.<br />
WRI101 Communications 101 – Academic Writing. Pioneered the use of weblogs and utilised meaningful<br />
content such as film, literature, and psychoanalysis to teach effective composition skills at the 101 level.<br />
WRI001 Fundamentals of Writing. Designed and taught interactive methods of learning the basics of <strong>English</strong><br />
in 001 through student-centred online activities and discussion forums. Introduced Moodle to DWS.<br />
Adaptation: Text to film. I have also designed a syllabus for our communications department on the study of<br />
film adaptation (my PhD area) to promote reading and writing across the curriculum, which is awaiting approval.<br />
<strong>English</strong> Teacher. Bilkent University Ankara, Turkey.<br />
Previously taught <strong>English</strong> courses to native Turkish speakers at Bilkent University. Participated in a content-based<br />
instruction (CBI) pilot program that resulted in a new curriculum being instated in the university's <strong>English</strong> program.<br />
Instructed the following courses:<br />
• CCI (Cultures, Civilisations and Ideas) & AMER (American Studies). Taught 2 nd and 3 rd year engineering<br />
students how to discuss, read and write about challenging, canonised humanities and philosophy texts from<br />
Homer to Freud. Assisted in the adjunct course design, produced own lesson plans, assignments and weekly<br />
materials. Also, designed and administered the CCI web site.<br />
• ENG 101. Taught and designed 1 st year <strong>English</strong> courses to improve academic writing and oral <strong>English</strong> skills.<br />
Produced own CBI syllabus, course-books, lesson plans, weekly materials and websites for the topics of The Self<br />
and Identity (1999) and Dream Interpretation (2001).<br />
• ENG 102. Taught and designed 1 st year <strong>English</strong> and Composition II, to improve academic language skills and<br />
research writing. Produced CBI syllabus, course-books, lesson plans, weekly materials and websites for Dreams<br />
Research (2000) and Conspiracy Theory (2002).<br />
• ENG 403/410 Business Communication (ESP). Assisted in the design and delivery of a course in business<br />
communications to develop and improve business-writing skills and oral communication for 4 th year students.<br />
Designed and administered web site.<br />
Writing Consultant. Bilkent University Ankara, Turkey.<br />
Tutored five hours per week at BilWrite, the university writing centre:<br />
• Assisted students working on writing, reading and presentation assignments and <strong>CV</strong> building.<br />
• Specialised in computer skills, essay composition, research and humanities projects.<br />
ESL Teacher. LEC (Paris), Nottingham, UK.<br />
This position was an exciting, early introduction to teaching and working with students from a different culture:<br />
• Taught conversational <strong>English</strong> to groups of French students during their educational holidays in the UK.<br />
• Arranged and led excursions and activities, providing comprehensive information on the area and attractions.<br />
<strong>English</strong>, Communications and I.T. Teacher. People’s College, Nottingham & Wilmorton College, Derby, UK.<br />
Worked part-time in two community colleges simultaneously, teaching, assessing and preparing resources for a<br />
range of subjects:<br />
• Taught <strong>English</strong> ‘A’ Levels, and GCSEs, GNVQ, Credit Framework, RSA & BTEC Communications; RSA CLAIT, C&G<br />
Information Technology<br />
• Educated students from a wide range of backgrounds and with a variety of abilities, such as: mature students,<br />
recent immigrants, the hearing-impaired, and university applicants.<br />
• Helped students to find work placements, visited them on-site and provided support.<br />
<strong>English</strong> Teacher and School Administrator. Thomas Danby College, Leeds. UK<br />
Primarily responsible for the administration and evaluation of the schools of Health, Science, Leisure and Tourism<br />
and also taught part-time:<br />
• Taught GCSE <strong>English</strong> to a school referral student with autism and also to a class of mature students.<br />
• Supported care staff on field trips for students with learning difficulties.<br />
• Compiled agendas, took minutes, monitored databases, produced spreadsheets and reports.<br />
• Ran a fitness class for the other staff during my lunch break, three times a week.<br />
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Skills/ Hobbies<br />
• Helped to set up the Moodle CMS for The American University of Sharjah as part of an Open Source initiative.<br />
• Highly computer literate in the use of Macs, PCs, Blackboard, Moodle and a range of software and hardware.<br />
• Designed and administered a number of websites and CMSs for a range of courses and audiences and set up a<br />
tutorial database for daily use in the Bilkent writing centre.<br />
• Planned, produced and DJed my own weekly alternative shows for Bilkent Radio and Ankara’s Radiovizyon.<br />
• Performed and assisted in numerous student film projects and in a televised play for the Ruler of Sharjah.<br />
• Sing backing vocals and play harmonica for a band, which has performed concerts in Dubai and Sharjah.<br />
References. Available on request.<br />
Jason Mark Ward’s Resume p. 2