Leah Şen

LEAH A. ŞEN www.leahsen.com-- FREELANCE PROOFREADER Language lover and teacher at heart endowed with eagle eyes for making texts grammatically correct and easier to comprehend. PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY - Successfully implemented blended learning and GLAD teaching strategies in a self-contained ESL/bilingual language classroom - Successfully implemented GLAD and GT teaching strategies in a self-contained dual language classroom - Designed a new curricula that cut supply costs for the school and parents and improved the quality of the school’s education - Trained and managed two newly hired teachers - Designed and managed a Google Drive with relevant files for lessons and school management, which facilitated document retrieval and training of teachers on different campuses - Trained 10+ staff members and composed training materials for utilization of a new SharePoint site - Facilitated document management and streamlined office processes with SharePoint design, maintenance, and migration - Managed and conducted video conferencing training for corporate management and executives - Managed Outlook and SharePoint calendars for 5+ executives - Managed a corporate project’s budget, expenses, and dashboard - Championed a more efficient process for managing web requests, which helped improve IT web presence and enabled partnership with site users throughout the company - Simplified the utilization of the corporate web, which increased the reliability and reputation of IT, made IT a better business partner, and fostered partnership with IT management and IT employees by facilitating collaboration, communication, and understanding of key IT roles - Decreased the number of user roadblocks to accessing information by proactively addressing broken links, broken anchors, missing descriptions, and missing titles on the corporate web. - Performed clerical duties including copying, faxing, filing, data entry on SAP, and education verification utilizing web research, prepared packets for house staff orientation, and assisted in catering coordination for staff meetings and house staff orientation for 300+ residents and fellows CORE QUALIFICATIONS - Native US English speaker - Follow The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) proofreading guide - Specialize in education (elementary, ESL, foreign language study, professional training), business (information technology, oil and gas, investment), travel, culinary arts, and religious texts PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Private Spanish and English Teacher2018 to present Fifth Grade ESL/Bilingual Teacher at McNamara Elementary School, Houston, Texas2016 – 2017 First Grade Dual Language Teacher at McNamara Elementary School, Houston, Texas2015 – 2016 Kindergarten English and Spanish Teacher at Private Kindergarten Academy, Konya, Turkey2011 – 2014 Administrative Assistant at FCA Corp, Houston, Texas2011 IT Professional and Administrative Support Specialist at Chevron, Houston, Texas2007 – 2010 Operations Management Tutor & Researcher in Disaster Relief at the University of Houston, Houston, Texas2006 Administrative Assistant at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas2003 – 2005 NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS/SKILLS Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems, December 2006 C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, Houston, Texas. Minors: Spanish, Russian, Italian Cumulative G.P.A.: 3.418 A+ Certified SAP SharePoint Administration and Training TESOL Certification – 2012 Certified Texas Educator FOREIGN LANGUAGES Italian, Spanish, Russian, Turkish – (Speak, Read, and Write at a Fluent Level) Arabic – (Speak, Read, and Write at an Intermediate Level)