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2014-2015 Current Alibra Language School Business and General English Teacher
• Taught Business and General English
• Clients included Bristol Myers, Parexel, Mead Johnson and others
2009-2014 Voice of Russia World Service / Rossiya Sevodnya Chief Night Editor
• Broadcast news every 20 minutes during night shifts / US primetime
• Translated, selected and edited news items that I read for worldwide broadcast, this involved up to
the minute monitoring of dozens of feeds and sources
• Promoted Russian interests and served as a spokesperson for Russia’s position when needed
• Wrote geo-political articles and conducted investigative journalism on politically sensitive subjects
• Interviewed politicians, academics and celebrities on major world news stories
• Used industry standard professional software to edit audio recordings for broadcast
• Formatted and edited the content of news, articles and interviews on the Voice of Russia website
• Managed social media posts and replies on Facebook and Twitter
• Authored a new editorial policy and style guide for VOR’s English Service (468 pages)
2009 Personal Development Centre Director of Studies
• Designed and implemented a course syllabus and selected and approved educational material
• Supervised teaching staff
• Developed school website and introduced a marketing program to attract new students
• Managed office equipment, including computer network
• Taught a total of 110 students in 13 groups for an average of 70 hours a week
• Set testing schedules to prepare students for exams at levels FCE, CAE, CPE, TOEFL, IELTS,
BEC and GMAT
• Authored audio and educational material for students
1996-2009 BKC-ih Senior English Teacher
• One of the founding teachers of BKC-ih who helped to found and develop the school
• Played a major role in opening branches in: Zhulebino, Lubertsy, Malahovka, Molodozhnaya,
Shukinskaya, Proletarskaya, Podolsk, Proletarskaya, Kuznetsky Most, Tverskaya,
Zheleznodorozhnaya, Universitet and Borovitskaya
• Helped BKC to maintain its I.H. certification by serving as one of the observed teachers
• Introduced a summer English program which developed into BKC-Country
Education and qualifications
1996-2001 BKC-ih Moscow, Russia
• CELTA
• Teacher training for Young Learners and Very Young Learners
1996 Professional English SA de CV Mexico City, Mexico
• TESOL Certification
• TEFL/TESL – 268 hours course covering all aspects of the requirements
• Special training for learning during sleep
1992-93 Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg, USA
• Russian language
• Russian Literature, Culture and History
• “Soviet” Studies
1982-84 Fresno City College Fresno, California, USA
• Major: Psychology; child development. Clinical psychology, behavioral psychology, and
cognitive psychology
• Flight science; commercial pilot ground school
• Business 101
• Computer Science
• English Literature and Creative Writing