Peggy Charles Ridgeway Simpson

OBJECTIVE: To To obtain a full time permanent position as an ESL/EFL Teacher/Instructor/Specialist.

EDUCATION:

• HARDING UNIVERSITY Searcy, AR. MSE, TESL GPA 3.6/3.8, Graduation date Dec 18, 1999
• RADFORD UNIVERSITY Radford, VA. BGS, Graduation date May 2, 1998 Concentration in TESL, GPA 3.0/3.5
• FREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY Henderson, TN. Undeclared Major-General Studies From 1/94 to 12/95, GPA 2.5/3.0
• CENTRO LINGUISTICO ITALIANO DANTEALIGHIERI,Florence, Italy-
• SOUTHERN INDIANA SCHOOL OF BIBLICAL STUDIES, Bedford, IN 1986-1987, counseling course

HONORS:

• Dean's list, (HU)
• Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society, (RU)
• Community Care Center, Bedford, IN- Help set-up
• Spring Mill Bible Camp- Outstanding Counselor
• Family Camp- Excellent teacher/teenagers

ACTIVITIES:

• HIS House, Searcy, AR (community care center)
• Boyscouts of America, Assisant Leader
• American Red Cross, volunteer for bloodmobile
• Church of Christ, Bible class teacher (30 years)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Overseas studies in Italy
• 9 hrs intercultural communications
• 8 hrs of Italian (6 in Florence, Italy)
• Computer knowledge gained by work/personal experience and course study

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

• (DCPS) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Clark ES in Washington, DC ESL Teacher for PK – 5th Grades, ESL students in pull out program, 2001-present 1st – 5th Grades, SFA (Success For All) Reading Class, 2001-2002 3rd - 5th Grades, Holton Mifflin ELL Reading, 2002-2003
• UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS in Little Rock UALR, Little Rock, AR, IELP Instructor for High Intermediate Reading, High Intermediate Writing, Elementary/Intermediate Speaking and Listening classes.
• R-WAY TUTORING Searcy, AR OWNER OPERATOR and Tutor: Taught Elementary and High School students in ESL, English, Reading, Language Arts, Special needs, Math, and Science.
• Assistant to ESL Professor HARDING UNIVERSITY, Searcy, AR College ESL Grammar and Writing class.
• ESL Tutor SIDNEY-DEENER ELEMENTARY, BEEBE ELEMENTARY, SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, SEARCY HIGH SCHOOL, all in the Searcy, AR Area- Taught ESL, Reading, Writing, Language Arts, Computer Skills
• CENTER FOR REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT Roanoke, VA. OFFICE FLOATER. Data entry. Filing Patient files. Organize materials for offices. Reception duties. Spread sheets (Monthly Reports). Teacher's Aide(Montessori Children's House), Van Driver (Montessori Children's House, Van Monitor (Montessori Children's House

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• “LEAVE NO TRACE” BS Area Wide Training Conference Speaker, Fairfax, VA (12/01) “Teaching to the Different Learning Styles”
• “LEAVE NO TRACE” National Conference Speaker, Shepardstown, WV (11/01) “Teaching to the Different Learning Styles”
• TESOL Conference Speaker, ARKTESOL, Conway, AR (4/00) “Combining Phonics, and Reading Aloud in ESL Instruction”

OTHER EXPERIENCE AVALIABLE UPON REQUEST:

REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.