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Roger Bourke White Jr.

Employment Highlights

Professional Background (italics are ESL items)

• 2007-present Author/blogger/ESL tutor/volunteer TA, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Publish ten books, Cyreenik Says blog, Teaching Assistant for scriptwriting class at SLCC
  • ESL tutor overseas executives visiting the US (Ferrari, Schlumberger, Schneider Electric)
• 2005-2008 Senior English Teacher, Michigan Language Academy, South Korea
  • Return to Korea for my sixth stay. Train in Bangkok, Thailand for the CELTA certificate
  • Start writing movie scripts, screen adapt all my stories and science essays
• 2004 Academic Director, Michigan Language Academy, South Korea
  • Returned to Korea for my fifth stay as an ESL teacher. This time at a new school started by JAFLI's director in Young tong, a suburb of Suwon.
    • Overseeing other teachers' performance, recruiting teachers, marketing to students
    • Reading, writing, and conversation to middle school and older elementary school students, 1-3 hour classes, 1-10 students
• 2001-2002 English Teacher, JAFLI, South Korea
  • Returned to Korea for my fourth stay as ESL teacher with JAFLI.
    • English conversation to adult, university and high school Koreans.
    • I was a visiting instructor at:
      • Police University -- freshman through senior classes, semester long, 10-20 students, 3 hours/session
      • Tax Officials Training Institute (TOTI) -- advanced English for customs officials, 10-30 students, 3 hours/session
      • Legal Research Training Institute (LRTI) -- advanced English for government lawyers, 8-10 students, 2 hours/session
• 1998- 2001 Contract trainer and technical writer, RBW Consulting, Salt Lake City, Utah
• 1997-1998 Lead Instructor, CompUSA Training, Salt Lake City, Utah
• 1995-1996 Netware instructor, Future Technologies, Sydney, Australia
• 1994-1997 English Teacher, JAFLI, South Korea
• I took a sabbatical from the computer industry to work at something completely different. I taught
  • English conversation to adult Koreans -- 3-10 students, 1 hour classes, beginner to advanced levels, various goals and topics.
  • Visiting instructor at
    • Police University -- freshman through senior classes, semester long, 10-20 students, 3 hours/session
    • Central Officials Training Institute (COTI) -- advanced conversation and debate to high-ranking lawyers working for Korea's central government, 8-10 students, 3 hour sessions, 6 week classes
    • several other "OTI's" -- English conversation mostly to "rusty" users who would be traveling overseas soon 10-30 students, 2 hours/session, 6 week classes.
    • The conglomerates SKC and SKI -- conversation to engineers and supervisors who where relocating to the US. 8-10 students, 2 hours/session, 6 week classes.
• 1991-1993 Senior Analyst, Techvoice, Provo, Utah
• 1983-1985 Marketing Manager, Beehive International, Salt Lake City
• 1981-1982 Sales Manager, Novell Data Systems, Orem, Utah
• 1977-1980 Founder and General Manager, Computerland, Salt Lake City

Military Service

• 1967-1970 I joined the US Army and worked as an Air Traffic Controller in Saigon, Vietnam and Dugway, Utah.

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