Jordan Alan Bagwell
English Teacher/Tutor
Seoul
Summary
Goal-oriented educator with more than 8 years of ESL teaching experience, including a year of teaching basic, advanced, and business English to adults in various fields. Expert at identifying learners’ strengths and weaknesses and working through sticking points with individually tailored explanations and exercises. Passionately committed to applying educational scaffolding principles in both real-time teaching and supplementary material development.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Private English Tutor
Self-Employed
Seoul
03.2023 - Current
- Mentoring students in proper punctuation, spelling and sentence structure use.
- Thoroughly discussing concepts and designing custom practice questions to target individual learners' weaknesses while reinforcing strengths.
- Evaluating student performance, identifying improvement areas, and setting tasks to aid goal achievement.
- Meeting with students and discussing educational goals and expectations.
English Teacher and Teacher Coordinator
Special District For International Education
Cheonan
08.2015 - 01.2023
- Prepared comprehensive English curriculum for multiple classes.
- Utilized multimedia and technology to convey information in fresh and interesting ways.
- Developed and implemented innovative lesson plans to engage students in English language learning.
- Led interesting and diverse group activities to engage students in course material.
Education
Korean Language Course - Korean
Sogang University
Seoul, South Korea 03.2023 - 06.2023
Bachelor of Arts - English Language And Literature
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, Tennessee, United States 08.2006 - 05.2011
Skills
ESL instruction
Teaching material creation
Lesson planning
Progress evaluation
Verbal and written communication
Video editing (with Adobe Premiere Pro)
Audio editing (with Audacity)
Content Creation Experience
I produce video essays about storytelling and literary analysis for a YouTube channel that currently has over 1,100 subscribers.
Timeline
Private English Tutor
Self-Employed
03.2023 - Current
Korean Language Course - Korean
Sogang University
03.2023 - 06.2023
English Teacher and Teacher Coordinator
Special District For International Education
08.2015 - 01.2023
Bachelor of Arts - English Language And Literature
Austin Peay State University
08.2006 - 05.2011