Richard L. Grant
Home:
7815 Greenwood Ave. #4
Takoma Park, MD 20912
Tel: (202) 251-3209
E-mail: richardlgrant@yahoo.com
Work:
Washington Adventist University
7600 Flower Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912
Tel: (301) 891-4059
E-mail: rgrant@wau.edu
E M P L O Y M E N T __________________________________________________________
2001 – Pres.
Assistant Professor of English at Washington Adventist University
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2001 – Pres.
Assessor for Cambridge University CELTA Programs, Cambridge, UK
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1998 – Pres.
Travel (domestically and internationally) to accredited centers to assess
the quality of their certification programs for teacher training
For the past four years, I have averaged more than 20 Assessments per year.
These assessments have been conducted in the following places: the USA,
Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and Argentina. I have also
overseen four Trainers-in-Training and trained up an Assessor.
Teacher Trainer for Cambridge University CELTA Programs, Cambridge,
UK
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1993 – 2000
Direct the First Year Composition Program
Train and support adjunct faculty by conducting observations and consulting
Teach: Writing for ESL, Basic Composition, First Year Experience,
Freshman Composition, Research and Literature, Language Study &
Grammar, Children’s Literature, Young Adult Literature, American
Literature, Honors Rhetoric, Honors Sociolinguistics, Honors Food &
Culture
Provide high-quality ESL teacher training, which leads to certification by
Cambridge University
Ran own CELTA centre for several years
Academic Coordinator at Eurocentres in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
These were among my responsibilities:
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Hired, trained, and scheduled all FT and PT faculty and staff
Conducted placement testing of approximately 1000 students per year
Taught intensive ESL reading, writing, listening, and speaking to classes
comprised of students from numerous geographical, cultural, and linguistic
backgrounds
Administered TOEFL, TOEIC, and IELTS examinations
Set up and lead-taught the Cambridge ESL Teacher Certification program
Created computer and paper-based materials for all levels of our curriculum
Met with European colleagues to strategize organizational and curriculum
development
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Developed, planned and taught two-week Teacher Refresher Courses for
EFL teachers who were non-native speakers (four times a year)
Developed English for Specific Purposes training for closed groups. Past
courses included the following:
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Curacao, Dutch Antilles;
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a teacher-training course for Danish Adult-Ed. teachers who taught their
courses in English;
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a group of Austrian teens needing intensive English language & American
cultural input;
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annual groups of Japanese state and local government employees who
needed language / cultural training before serving internships in the US
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on-site training for a team of engineers at the European Space Agency
in French Guyana
Administered TOEIC Exams
Administrator and Examiner for IELTS
1989-1993
Harker Preparatory School, Potomac, MD
Chair, History Department
Teacher: English Composition, Grammar, & Literature; US History;
Ancient-Medieval History; Geography
1989-1990
Specific Diagnostic Studies, Inc. Rockville, MD
Tutor; Assisted students w/ ADD to learn ESL, World History
1987-1989
Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI
Director of the University Writing Center: Oversaw daily operation; hired,
trained, & supervised 12 student writing consultants; consulted clients
Instructor: Syllabi creation and implementation - ESL, Intro. to Linguistics,
Basic Writing, English Composition. Also developed audio-visual
materials for the English Language Institute
1984-1987
Newbold College, Bracknell, England
Instructor: Part-time in the English Language Institute
1982-1984
Ujung Pandang English Conversation School, Ujung Pandang, Indonesia
Instructor: Full-time EFL
E D U C A T I O N _____________________________________________________________
1989
MA English - Emphasis in Language/EFL
Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI
Teaching Fellowship: EFL; English Composition; Intro. to Linguistics
1987
BA English / History (Double Major)
Newbold College, Bracknell, Berks. UK
Reader: 19th & 20th- Century British Lit.; World Lit.; Intro. to Fine Arts
M E M B E R S H I P S, A W A R D S, & A C T I V I T I E S_________________________
President of Washington Area Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
(WATESOL) for 2000-2001; Vice-President of WATESOL (1999-2000); WATESOL
Convention Planning Team (1995, 1996, 1997); TESOL; Linguistic Society of America;
National Council of Teachers of English; International English Honor Society - Sigma
Tau Delta; Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society