ETHAN DE JONGE-KALMAR
1917-30 CHARLES ST. W., TORONTO, CANADA, M4Y 1R5
PHONE: 1 (647) 472-2888
EMAIL: MAKEYOURENGLISHWORK@YAHOO.COM/ETHAN@MAKEYOURENGLISHWORK.COM

WORK EXPERIENCE – TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATION

October 2014 King Edward Public School Toronto, Canada
Teacher candidate
 Teaching and designing units, lessons, and assessment for grade 7 English and drama classes of roughly 30 students as part of a one-month practicum
 Assisting with the teaching of grade 8 English and drama classes
2009-2011 Jembatan Budaya National Plus School Bali, Indonesia
Head of English department
 Managing a staff of 14 teachers
 Redesigning curriculum for all grades
 Designing and maintaining English math and science programs, as well as teacher-training programs
 Teaching elementary and high-school level English classes
 Administering after-school English club and English activity day
2008-2009 Jembatan Budaya National Plus School Bali, Indonesia
Teacher
 Teaching English to elementary and junior high school students, grades 3-7
 Assisting with after-school and extracurricular programs
2007-2008 English First Bali Bali, Indonesia
Teacher
 General ESL teaching with a focus on teens and younger learners, as well as some business-related courses (CV writing, telephone language, etc.)
2005-2007 English First Bandung Bandung, Indonesia
Teacher
 Teaching general EFL classes at the high school and primary school levels, as well as TOEFL training, business, and conversation classes
2006-2007 Bandung, Indonesia
Private tutor
 Freelance EFL tutoring for high school students, and teaching private conversation classes for working professionals
WORK EXPERIENCE – COPYWRITING, EDITING, AND OTHER

2008-Present Make Your English Work Online
Writer, editor, proofreader, translator
 Designing, marketing, and maintaining company site (www.makeyourenglishwork.com)
 Creating, editing, and proofreading English language documents
 Translating and editing documents from other languages, in cooperation with other translators
2008-Present Scribendi.com Online
Editor, proofreader
 Checking, improving, and rewriting a variety of texts, including web copy, business documents, essays, and marketing materials
2012-Present Cactus Communications Online
Editor
 Editing business and finance-related manuscripts, primarily by ESL authors, for prominent academic and trade journals
2011-2012 The Beat Magazine Bali, Indonesia
Back-up proofreader, writer
 Writing bi-weekly restaurant reviews
 Proofreading laid-out InDesign articles
 Editing and revising translated article texts for layout
 Performing a comprehensive proofread on entire magazine issues, with four issues printed per month
 Editing daily news releases
2007-2008 Englishtown Bali, Indonesia
Writing corrector
 Correcting short texts online (between forty and one hundred and fifty words), averaging sixty to ninety texts per week, with a turnaround time of twenty-four hours or less per job.
2003-2004 Citibank Toronto, Canada
Customer Service and Account Maintenance
 Helping customers with their account problems, general troubleshooting and problem solving
2000-2002 S-dip Promotional Co. Montreal, Canada
Partner
 Booking, setting up, and promoting events as part of a small business formed with friends
EDUCATION
June 2015 Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Toronto, Canada
Bachelor of Education – Junior/Intermediate level
 Teaching degree involving one-month practicum at the middle school level, one-month practicum at the elementary school level, and one-month internship in a school
 Qualification to teach grades 4-9, with a focus on English language arts
• Courses include Psychological Foundations of Learning and Development, Technology Education and the Curriculum, English, Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, Health and Physical Education, Music, Visual Arts
October 2004 Language Studies Canada Toronto, Canada
CELTA certificate
 Cambridge-administered TESL/TEFL training program, pass grade above average
1998-2002 McGill University Montreal, Canada
Bachelor of Arts
 Major in anthropology, minor in philosophy, 21 credits in English
CERTIFICATIONS AND ADDITIONAL SKILLS
-Ontario College of Teachers certification as a teacher in Ontario, Canada (pending 2015)
-Fluent spoken Bahasa Indonesia, spoken and written French, rudimentary knowledge of Dutch and Spanish
-In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office, familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite programs
-Strong understanding of multimedia and technology platforms used for teaching (SMART boards, Edmodo, etc.)
-Knowledge of web design using WordPress, Blogger, etc.
REFERENCES

-References available on request