Sarah DeVries

Online English Teacher

VIPKid

Sep 2016 - Jul 2019 (2 years 11 months)

Remote I taught 25-minute one-on-one video classes to children located in China between the ages of 5 and 12 on the company's unique online platform, focusing on phonics, speaking skills, reading, conversation, and comprehension. I reviewed and prepared classes, readying props, learning tools, and reviewing the concepts addressed in each lesson. I wrote detailed feedback for each student. I maintained a 100% booking rate, and a 5/5 teacher rating.

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Freelance Writer and Spanish-English Translator

Mar 2013 - Current (12 years 3 months)

Various Remote As a writer, I have contributed to a wide variety of projects within numerous positions. Examples in the field of education include creating a new edition of the textbook used at Bridge Institute, original course material for classes given at JFK High School, and the creation of a monthly newsletter for the English department at Manchester University. At VIPKID I wrote individual evaluations for the students of each class I taught, and at Speak Confident English I wrote individualized evaluations of ESL students' speaking tasks. I currently write short stories for children's ESL textbooks for the educational content provider Eduland. Currently, I publish weekly articles at Mexico News Daily and a regular blog on the Expat

Online English Instructor, Teacher, Monitor, Quality Monitor (Quality Control)

Open English

Oct 2011 - Oct 2017 (6 years 1 month)

Remote Worked as a Support Team member in which I greeted and oriented teachers and students in English and Spanish, responded to help requests, and taught class when a teacher was not available or otherwise incapacitated. I also served in the "Ask a Teacher" forum (Adobe platform) answering student questions about grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation in English and Spanish. As a quality monitor, evaluated recordings of live classes and provided teachers with extensive written feedback.

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English and Humanities Teacher

Escuela John F. Kennedy, The American School of Queretaro

Aug 2006 - Jul 2011 (5 years)

Taught the following courses: English Literature (9th grade), Introduction to Social Sciences (10th grade), Research Writing (10th grade), Ethics and Values (10th grade), Socioeconomic Structure of Mexico (11th grade), and Sociology (12th grade). As the school encourages creativity and "fresh material" in all courses, I prepared 95% of the material used in my classes from scratch (Sociology was the only course for which there was an official textbook). A great deal of my time was spent researching current information to present in my classes, as well as preparing and giving lessons, grading and giving feedback on student work, and creating and grading tests and other assessment materials. On average I taught four to five classes a day and

Emergency Telephone Operator

Pluss-Wireless

Sep 2005 - Jun 2006 (10 months)

Worked as an emergency telephone operator, answering after-hours calls in English and Spanish for over 100 doctor offices, hospice organizations, and medical supply companies. I also followed specific client procedures for recording information and reporting emergencies to the proper on-call specialist, and kept track of client records and on-call calendars for different companies.

English as a Second Language Teacher and Academic Coordinator

Bridge Global Institute

Oct 2004 - Jul 2005 (10 months)

As an instructor, I taught up to eight classes a day to a variety of mostly adult students using the communicative approach in grammar, vocabulary, and conversation classes. As academic coordinator, I created the new edition to the school textbook, scheduled and planned classes, trained new teachers, interviewed potential teachers and students, educated current and potential students about the educational system used, and helped with the general administration of the school.

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Front Office Coordinator

Express Personnel

Jun 2004 - Oct 2004 (5 months)

Maintained and coordinated the activities of the front office, including performing general office duties, answering multi-line phone, giving and receiving applications for employment, setting up testing for applicants, answering inquiries about available job positions, providing service to Spanish-speaking associates, and translating between Spanish and English when necessary.

Writing Tutor and ESL Assistant Teacher; English Department Assistant

Manchester College

Sep 2003 - May 2004 (9 months)

As a student, assisted ESL students in the Writing Center at Manchester College with their papers and helped teach ESL classes to members of the Latino community in N. Manchester. As the English Department Assistant, created monthly department newsletters and assisted professors with research.

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