Marcus L Michael
836 Emrick Road, New Madison, Ohio, United States, +1-937-678-5161, marcuslmichael@gmail.com

English as a Second Language Teacher

Career Highlights:
➢ Awarded Two Fulbright Bulgaria ETA Grants in 2016-2017 and 2017-2018
➢ Awarded Ohio State University Land Grant Scholarship 2012-2016
➢ Awarded Hope Scholarship 2012-2014
➢ Awarded Scott Sutton Ohio State University Scholarship 2012-2013

Work and Volunteer Experience:

Fulbright Bulgaria English Teaching Assistant I and II
Petar Beron Language High School Kyustendil, Bulgaria 2016-2018 (present)

Independently teaching grades 8-12. Applied local curriculum based English as well as formulated and implemented creative speaking and listening tasks. Organized interest-based after school programs. Served as Returning Mentor for incoming Fulbright grantees through orientations and trainings.

Ohio State Student Mentor Teaching II
Prairie Norton Elementary School, South-Western City Schools 2015-2016

Year-long student internship 15 hours a week. Observed as well as designed and implemented lesson plan and mini-units that were observed by campus a supervisor.

Ohio State Student Mentor Teaching
Hilliard Memorial Middle School, 2015

Student taught weekly during spring semester. Observed as well as designed and implemented lesson plans that were observed by campus supervisors.

Student Academic Services IT Technical Support Student Position I and II
IT Student Technical Support, August 2013- 2016

Office reception, diagnosed computer problems, prepared meeting rooms and conference calls.

Worked minimum of 25 hour weeks, handling large projects, and managing students’ work.

Mount Leadership Society
Campus and Community Volunteer, August 2012- 2016

Organized and participated in monthly community outreach programs such as city clean-ups, after school education, and self-designed year-long social justice issue projects

US Together and Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services
Volunteer Teacher in Adult English Language Courses, 2013-2014

Organized weekly English class sessions as well as weekend outings to acclimate new refugees with local transportation and community resources. Taught adults ages 18-60+ in a curriculum aimed to educate refugees in work-place language.

Education:

Ohio State University
Major: Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language (Major GPA: 3.918; Cumulative GPA: 3.728)
Columbus, OH, USA

Arcanum High School, Graduated with a GPA of 4.2
Arcanum, OH, USA

References:

Angela Rodel
Executive Director, Fulbright Bulgaria Commission
12 Vitosha Blvd. Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
+359 2 981 8567
arodel@fulbright.bg

Iliana Dimitrova
Program Officer, Fulbright Bulgaria Commission
12 Vitosha Blvd. Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
+359 2 981 8567
idimitrova@fulbright.bg

Maria Kirilova
English Foreign Language Teacher, Petar Beron Language Highschool
2 Tsar Osvoboditel St. Kyustendil 2500, Bulgaria
+359 078 552429