BENJAMINCLARKE
70CBARLOWSTREET,WINOOSKI,VT05404
PHONE: (802)881-7805
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WEBSITE: pandaenglish.com
EDUCATION ANDPROFESSIONALLICENSES
CertificateofAdvancedGraduateStudyinEducationalCurriculum,
(22credits post-MATESOLcompletedatpresent)
St.Michael’sCollege,Colchester,VT.
MasterofArtsinTeachingEnglishtoSpeakersofOtherLanguages,August1999.
St.Michael’sCollege,Colchester,VT.
CertificatSemestrieldeLangueFrançaise,NiveauSupérieur,January1989.
UniversitédelaSorbonne,Paris,France.
BachelorofArtsinEnglish,June1989.
KalamazooCollege,Kalamazoo,MI.
ForeignStudySemesterAbroad,FrenchLanguage,HistoryandArchitecture,Spring1987.
UniversitédeCaen,Caen,France.
VermontLevelIProfessionalEducator’sLicense
EnglishasaSecondLanguage,GradesPreK-12withHighlyQualifiedTeacher(HQT)status.
VermontLevelIProfessionalEducator’sLicense
ModernandClassicalLanguage-French,GradesPreK-12withHighlyQualifiedTeacher(HQT) status.
PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE
Fall 2013-Present Teacher of ESOL/Advisor to Cultural Ambassadors-High School Level
-Create and teach an ESOL integrated skills curriculum that is designed to multiply learning hours by promoting the social and cultural integration of international students. Design and present interactive workshops and orientations for faculty and international students relating to cultural intelligence and intercultural cooperation. Founded and now direct and advise the Lyndon Institute Cultural Ambassadors, a student organization that is dedicated to promoting intercultural friendship and cooperation. With over 40 members representing 16 countries, the ambassadors welcome new international students, support admissions initiatives, raise funds for worldwide disaster relief and offer language and culture related learning opportunities to the school and extended community. Lyndon Institute, Lyndon Center, VT.
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PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE
Fall 2011-Spring 2013 TeacherofFrench-PK-8 Level
-Designed and directed a program that integrates music and common core standards into French language learning. Instructed studentsatallgradelevelsusinganembodiedandinteractiveapproachfeaturingTotalPhysicalResponse,Sign-toSpeak,CreativeDramaandmusicwhileintegratingasocialandemotionalcurriculumbasedontheResponsiveClassroom®model.Created and published a songbook of French learning songs. WaldenSchool,Walden,VT.PeachamSchool,Peacham,VT.
Summers2011-2013 TeacherofESL-UniversityLevel
-Designedandtaughtcoursesfocusedonthedevelopmentof cultural awareness and listeningandspeakingskillsinthesummerIntensiveEnglishProgram.St.Michael'sCollege,Colchester,VT.
Spring2011 TeacherofFrench-Middle/HighSchoolLevel
-Servedasalong-termreplacementforateacheronmaternityleaveteachingstudentsingrades7-12. EmployedanactiveandcommunicativeapproachtoFrenchinstructionincludingTotalPhysicalResponse,Sign-toSpeakandCreativeDramatechniques. Initiated and developed a lunchtime French learning program open to all students.
MtAbrahamUnionMiddle/HighSchool,BristolVermont.
2010-2011 TeacherofESLandFrench-UniversityandPrimaryLevelsandPrivateCourses
-TaughtcoursesintheIntensiveEnglishProgramatSt.Michael’sCollegewhilementoringgraduatestudentsintheESLCertificateprogram. AssistedwithELLstudentsattheIntegratedArtsAcademyinBurlington,VT. DevelopedcustomizedcoursesinFrenchforsmallgroupsandindividuals. VermontSchoolofModernLanguages,Winooski,VT.
2008-2010 EnglishLanguageFellow-U.S.StateDepartmentFellowshipinChina
-TaughtEnglishasaforeignlanguageandspecializedcoursessuchasPublicSpeakingandaSurveyofAmericanCulturetoChineseundergraduatestudents.CreatedandpublishedvideosandabookforEnglishlanguageteachertraining.ConductedculturaloutreachprogramsandteachertrainingworkshopsforChineseEnglish language teachers. Trainedandsupervisedundergraduateandgraduatestudentsintheirpracticumteachingatlocalschools. Developedandimplementeda modelcurriculumandlessonsforlocalprimaryschools. ThisfellowshipwassponsoredbytheU.S.StateDepartmentincooperationwithWenzhouUniversity,CollegeofForeignLanguages,Wenzhou,Zhejiang,China.
2000-2008 TeacherofEnglishasaSecondLanguage-UniversityLevel
-TaughtEnglishasaSecondLanguagetointernationalcollegestudentsinanintensiveEnglishsummerprogramfunctioningwithinacollegecurriculum. Developedcurriculumforawidevarietyofcoursesincludingpublicspeaking,conversation,creativedramaandthemebasedunitsrelatingtoAmericanCultureandlisteningandspeakingskills. Createdandtaughtspecializedcoursesforinstructioningrammarandthedevelopmentofacademicskillssuchasnotetaking,outlining,readingandwriting.
St.Michael'sCollege,Colchester,VT.
2000-2008TeacherofFrenchasaForeignLanguage-UniversityLevel
-Designedatask-basedcurriculumtohelpstudentsachievethecollege’sstandardsforundergraduateFrench. EmployedcommunicativeandembodiedinstructionaltechniquesincludingSign-to-Speak,TotalPhysicalResponse,andcreativedrama. CoordinatedaccommodationsofstudentswithlearningdifferenceswiththeLiaisonforStudentswithSpecialNeeds.St.Michael'sCollege,Colchester,VT.
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PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE
2006-2008TeacherofIndividualizedCourses-Middle/HighSchoolLevel
-WhileservingasalanguageteachingadjunctatSt.Michael’sCollegeIalsoworkedpart-timewithstudentswithemotionalandbehavioralchallenges. Thesestudentsallhadsomedocumentedlearningdifferenceand/or emotional/behavioral diagnosis. TheclassesItaughtweretypicallycustomizedforanindividualorsmallgroupandrangedfromEnglish Composition to FrenchandSpanishtoYogaandMartialArts.BellcateSchool,Essex,VT.
2004-2005 WinooskiCityCouncilor
- Directed andassistedthecitymanager,schoolboardmembersandcitydepartmentmanagersincreatingcitybudgets,initiativesandpolicydecisions.Initiatedandhelpedtoenactlegislationtoimprovethesafetyofcitystreetsandpedestriancrosswalks. Initiatedandhelpedtoenactlegislationtoprohibitsmokinginpublicbarsandcabarets. AssistedinthenegotiationofthefinalcontractbetweenthecityandthestateofVermonttolaunchthelargestDowntownRenaissanceProjectinthehistoryofVermont. UsedPowerPointandothermediatechnologiesfortelevisedpresentationsoncityissues. CityofWinooski,VT.
1999-2000 TeacherofFrenchasaForeignLanguage-HighSchoolLevel
-ImplementedacommunicativeapproachtoteachingFrenchthatalsofeaturedexplicitinstructioningrammarandintensivepracticeofusefulscriptsforeverydaycommunication. Facilitatedstudents’ developmentoffluencyinFrenchthoughtheuseofcreativedrama,TotalPhysicalResponse,andothercommunicativemethods. SouthBurlingtonHighSchool,SouthBurlington,VT.
Spring1999TeacherofEnglishasaForeignLanguage-K-12Level
-DevelopedandtaughtawidevarietyofEnglishintensivecoursestocomplimentthecontentfocusedcurriculuminaContentBasedLanguageInstructionprogram. Coursesfeaturedahighlycommunicativeapproachandweretailoredtostudentsrangingfrompre-schooltohighschool. This teachingexperiencewasthepracticumformyMaster’sdegreeinTESLandwassupervisedbyprofessorsfromSt.Michael’sCollege. Thepracticumwasconductedatabilingualschool,GimnasioVermont,inBogota,Colombia.
1993-1994 TeacherofEnglishasaForeignLanguage-PrivateInstitute
-TaughtEnglishasaforeignlanguagetocollegestudentsandprofessionalswithafocusonreadingandwritingskills. Implementedacommunicativeapproachtoinstructionwithahumanisticfocusintheselectionofconversationandwritingtopics.
Shisa-Yong-O-Sa,Seoul,Korea.
1991-1992 TeacherofFrenchasaForeignLanguageandHistory-High-SchoolLevel
-TaughtFrenchtohighschoolstudents(levels1-4)andAmericanandWorldHistory.
AppliedAudio-Linguisticandcommunicativeteachingmethods. Lin-WoodSchool,Lincoln,NH.
1990-1991 TeacherofEnglishforSpecificPurposes-PrivateInstitute
-CreatedandimplementedcustomizedEnglishlanguageinstructionforavarietyof businessorganizationsincludingAirFranceandBelierAdvertising. Designedinstructionforimprovingtesttakingperformanceanddevelopmentofconversationandnegotiationskills. CommunicationsLanguesRecherches,Paris,France.
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PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE
1989-1990 TeacherofEnglishasaForeignLanguage-High-SchoolLevel
-TaughtEnglishasaforeignlanguagetoFrenchhigh-schoolstudents. Developedmaterialsandcurriculumfocusedontheacquisitionofspeakingandlisteningskills.
LyceeTechniqueENREA,Clichy,France.
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PUBLICATIONS,AWARDSANDPRODUCTIONS
LessonPlanPresentationforReadingandReading-WritingLessons.Video.Clarkeco-authoredthisteachertrainingvideowithcolleaguesLuoXiaojieandMuJinjiangfromtheForeignLanguageCollegeofWenzhouUniversity. ThisprojectrelatestotheuseofLessonPlanPresentationsasatoolforteachertrainingandassessment. ThevideowasdevelopedforusewiththetextbookNewPedagogyandMethodologyofEnglishTeaching.ThetwowerepublishedasaunitbyEastChinaNormalUniversityPress,June2010.
AnIntroductiontotheBilingualOutreachProgramatMaAnChiPrimarySchool.Video.ThisvideodocumentsaWenzhouUniversityprogramtoassistinthedevelopmentofacontentbasedlanguageinstruction(CBLI)approachatalocalprimaryschoolandwasco-authoredbyClarkeandViceDeanZhuXiaoshen.InthevideoClarkediscussestheprogramanditsrelationtoChina’sNewEnglishCurriculumwithfacultyleadersandsomeofthestudentteachers. ThevideoalsofeaturesfootageofClarkedemonstratingTPRandothertechniquesforintegratedlanguageskilldevelopment. ProducedanddistributedbyWenzhouUniversity,May2010.
YandangFriendshipAward. ThisannualawardhonorsforeignexpertswhohavecontributedtotheeconomicandsocialdevelopmentofWenzhou,acityofsevenmillioninZhejiang,China. ForhiscontributionsinEnglishlanguageteachertrainingandmaterialsdevelopment,Clarkereceivedthetopprizein2009.
CCTV10BestTutorAward. Inatelevisedceremony,theWenzhouareaChineseeducationaltelevisionstationpresentedthisawardtoClarkeinrecognitionofhisworkincoachingawinnerofthestationsponsoredspeechcompetition,May2009.
BetterEnglish: ATeacher’sGuidetoMoreNaturallyEnjoyableandEfficientLearning.Book. CreatedbyClarkeforhisoutreacheffortsinEnglishlanguageteachertraining,thisguidewaspublishedbyWenzhouUniversityandfundedbyagrantfromtheU.S.StateDepartment’sRegionalEnglishLanguageOffice,June2009.
WesternCultureandCustomerExpectations. Video. ThisdocumentsaworkshopgivenbyClarkeandwasproducedforthetrainingofexecutivesandmanagersoftheYindaPropertyManagementCompany,Beijing,April2009.
RETNRoundtable:ActiveLanguageLearning. Video. Thisprogramwasproducedaspartofaneducationalseries. Theinterviewwasfocusedonageneraltheoryoflanguagelearningaswellaspracticaltipsforlearningnewlanguages. Thiseducationalforumwasbroadcastonourlocaleducationaltelevisionstation:RegionalEducationalTelevisionNetwork,SouthBurlington,VT,March2006.
Liemba:ADocumentaryFilm.Video.ClarkewasresponsibleforthetranscriptionandtranslationofallFrenchinterviews(filmedonlocationinTanzania)andforcreatingandeditingtheEnglishsubtitles,LiembaProject,Huntington,VT,September-December 2007.
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PUBLICATIONS,AWARDSANDPRODUCTIONS
YouCanLearnaForeignLanguage! Educationalbrochure.Thisbrochurewasdesignedtoencouragestudentswithlearningdifferencestounderstandtheirabilitytolearnnewlanguages.Micro-publishedinfull-colorattherequestoftheLiaisonforStudentswithSpecialNeeds. SaintMichael'sCollege,Colchester,VT,October2003.
TheIndex.Afterseveralyearsasacontributingwriterandfeatureseditor,servedaseditor-in-chiefofthenewspaperofKalamazooCollege,Kalamazoo,MI,Spring1989
TheCauldron.EditoroftheliterarymagazineofKalamazooCollege,Kalamazoo,MI,SpringandFallEditions,1987.
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REFERENCES
Mr.LeonWheeler,Co-Principal
Mt.AbrahamUnionSchool,Bristol,VT (802)453-2333x2601
Dr.DanEvans,IEPProgramDirector
St.Michael’sCollege,Colchester,VT (802)654-2300
Mr.ThomasCooney,PublicAffairsOfficer
U.S.ConsulateGeneral,Shanghai,China (86-21)6279-7662x4673
Dr.YeMiao,DirectorofForeignAffairs
WenzhouUniversity,Wenzhou,China (86)138-5773-0790
Ms.AntoniaMessuri,DirectorofAccessibilityServices
St.Michael’sCollege,Colchester,VT (802)654-2818
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