Shachar Efrati: Teacher resume
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Shachar Efrati: Teacher resume

Shachar Efrati
253 Parkside Avenue, Apt. 2D Mobile Phone:------------
Brooklyn, 11226 E-Mail: ------------

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
High School English Teacher, Be’er Hagolah Institute, New York, 2015-present
Teaching ELA to High School boys 8th through 12th grade students, some of which with IEPs
Duties include NYS Regents preparations, vocabulary build up, creative writing, reading analysis, essay writing as well as weekly lesson plans. Also act as a college advisor, writing letters of recommendation as well as editing and assisting in the production of the senior yearbook.

English Teacher, East Midwood Day School, 2016-present
Teaching ELA to 7th and 8th grade students. Lessons include reading novels, building vocabulary, group projects, acting out Shakespeare, lively class discussions and word games.


YWCA of New York, Flushing, NY
English as a Second Language Instructor, September 2007-2009
Taught adult beginning students reading, writing, and conversation. Instructed various students in business and college level English. Developed lesson plans, exams, and quizzes.

Prodigy Learning Center, Bayside, NY
English Language Arts and ESL Tutor, June 2003-August 2007
Taught English as a Second Language to elementary school children.

Volkshochschule, Berlin, Germany
English as a Second Language Instructor, April 2001-June 2003
Conducted seminars on commercial business correspondence. Taught grammar basics, idioms, and modern business expressions. Successfully prepared students for the TOEFL exam.

CREATIVE WORK
Independent theater director and playwright, musician, poet, multimedia artist
Wrote and directed Discovery of Fire for 2000 NYC fringe festival in East Village.
Multimedia installation currently on view in Tel Aviv Central Station entitled TAKE NOTICE. In 2007, published Hyenas on Joy Street, a book of plays and poems.


OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
Freelance Copywriter & Content Manager, Israel, 2009-2014
Website writer and editor

Project managed sitemap, constructed new pages, optimized user experience. Managed company content with web content, brochures and roll-up publications. Composed email marketing campaigns. Wrote and edited PowerPoint presentations.

EDUCATION

2008-2009 City University of New York at Queens College
Master of Science in Secondary Education, English Language Arts

2003-2007 Empire State College New York
Bachelor of Arts, Creative Writing and English Literature

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Fluent in Hebrew. Proficient German. Rudimentary French, and Spanish.

COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Smartboard technology.

INTERESTS
Writing and performing original songs with musical accompaniment. Exhibiting art which uses elements from my writing and painting. Certified Kundalini Yoga and Meditation instructor.