Lee Cordes, Lecturer, Staff Development and Item Writer

Lee Cordes

Lecturer, Staff Development and Item Writer

Ibra College of Technology

Location
Oman
Education
Master's degree, ELT
Experience
30 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :30 years, 10 Months

Lecturer, Staff Development and Item Writer at Ibra College of Technology
  • Oman
  • My current job since September 2010

My day to day routine is divided between teaching, lesson planning, staff development and preparing and writing academic test materials.

They're often very demanding days however, very rewarding none the less.

Academic English Lecturer, Business Lead Teacher and Assessment Supervisor at Bell International
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • September 2008 to July 2010

Academic English Lecturer, assisted in preparing a new IELTS curriculum, designed and implemented a business curriculum & project based assessment plus final examination, responsible for business teachers including holding regular meetings, IELTS & Autonomous teacher training as well as other internal based projects.

I also became the assessment supervisor 2009/10. It was my responsibility to liaise with the assessment manager on a daily basis, look after a small team of test writers, organise meetings, write invigilator handbooks and pre-testing of materials

Head of English Language Program at Ameson Language School
  • China
  • August 2007 to July 2008

Writing dedicated IELTS curriculum including internal testing, teaching English to MA TESOL graduates & mentoring local teachers.

Assistant Lead Teacher at Nanjing No 1 Middle School, Nanjing.
  • China
  • September 2006 to July 2007

Preparing FCE & IELTS curriculum, daily & weekly lesson planning, preparing monthly continuous assessment grading, invigilating IELTS equivalent examinations, writing student reports as well as teaching both FCE & IELTS classes.

English Lecturer at Anhui University of Finance & Economics
  • China
  • September 2005 to July 2006

Delivering curriculum based English to English majors and post graduate students including examination preparation.

Design and implementation of business studies including foreign investment with project base.

English Educational Trainer at Best Western Hotels
  • Thailand
  • June 2005 to September 2005

Staff evaluation of educational needs, writing lesson plans, organising materials, weekly testing and grading, reporting to hotel manager with staff reviews.

Senior Business Support/ Assistant Manager at Canon UK Ltd
  • United Kingdom
  • January 1990 to January 2002

Part of a busy local office with over 50 employees and 1000's of local and national customers, liasing with customers including onsite meetings, setting office meetings and agenda's, managing staff including evaluations, other responsibilities included, budget, stock control, staff training & maintaining British Standards throughout the company.

Education

Master's degree, ELT
  • at Reading University
  • July 2011
Master's degree, Business Management
  • at Newcastle University
  • June 1994

GPA: -

Specialties & Skills

Education Management
Teaching English
Language Teaching
MS Word

Languages

Chinese
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