EDUCATION Elluminate Teacher Certification, University of San Diego (2009), Amanda Reed
MA, Teaching English to Students
of Other Lands (TESOL), University of Central Florida (2004), Dr. Keith Folse
Graduate Certificate
in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) from UCF (2004), Dr. Keith
Folse
My postgraduate courses included Urban Education and Curriculum Development, Drs.
Martha Lue and David Boote. I also had some courses toward Industrial Psychology under Dr. Fritsche (all at UCF).
BS,
Business and Hospitality Management, NOVA Southeastern University (1996), Dr. Dana Tesone (now
researcher at Rosen School of Hospitality Management, UCF)
Certificate
in Computer Programming from CPTD at Valencia CC (1993), Dr. Stan Stone
Minister,
Science of Mind Center, Melbourne FL (1976), Drs. Mary Horgan and
Roy Graves
Certified
Instructor of the Dare to be Great philosophy (Adventure I) as was taught by
Glen W. Turner Enterprises (1969)
THESES On cognitive
connectionism for TESOL (2004) and on the birth of
contemplative intelligence for my ministerial thesis (1975)
LICENSURE I
have passed the General Knowledge and ESL comprehensive exams for my Florida teaching certificate but,
since I've taught virtually my whole life in private schools, I do not meet the two years of institutionalized teaching requirement. All I have is one full year at Nanjing University (helping them implement their new NCC program) and one full semester at the Nanjing Military Academy (teaching cadets to debate controversial subjects). My most recent licensure is with the Lake County school board as a substitute teacher.
I was
registered as a licensed reading mentor for the Orange County School System. (2004 - 2006)
With Arthur Murray and the American Dance Teachers Association
(ADTA) at all levels of professional coaching, analyzing, teaching, and dance
studio operations.
I was also
a licensed “Trainers’ Trainer” for V. J. Mortensen Company, teaching Mortensen
more than Math™ (until they abandoned their Distributorship program).
To make
extra money, I acquired a securities license during the three years I spent as
an Investment Advisor for FAS Wealth Management services in Altamonte Springs. (1998 – 2001)
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION (1) Private and corporate coaching on how to form new habit patterns using Habits a la Carte, a process I copyrighted in 1973, (2) problem solving using mathematics, and (3) conducting
seminars on issues of soul-level differences (using my E:P:N-ratio Analysis™)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Arthur Murray
Dance Studio, Hamilton, Canada, (1957 – 1962). I started as
a teacher, became an analyst in 1960, and served my last two years as Dance
Director
Arthur
Murray Studio, Orlando, Florida (1962 – 1965) and (1972 –
1975). I was brought to the U.S. on a work visa as a specialist of the
international style of ballroom dancing, helped with the training of teachers,
won three teaching marathons, and earned the first Top Teacher award (1965) at
a national meet in New Orleans.
From 1965 –
1972, I taught at our own schools in Lakeland and Sarasota; and from 1977 – 1995 we
owned and operated the largest dance studio in Orlando (at 367 N Orange Avenue.)
Since 1995,
I am no longer responsible for teachers and their success; I teach only private
lessons at places I can rent on an hourly basis. The only school I teach out of
is at 644 Florida Central Pkwy in Longwood, FL.
After my graduation in 2004, I did mostly private tutoring in math and English with Middle- and Highschool students.
During 2008 and 2009 I taught at Nanjing University in China (college-levels 3, 4 & 5 as well as "Business Communications" and "Essentials of Business" to prepare Chinese students for studying in England).
Since May of 2010, I have served Lake County, Florida, as a Substitute Teacher working with mainly High School students.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE That which I acquired
during my years at UCF: One was a short study at CMMS (2003) titled, “C-tests:
Their evolution and future—a way of boosting report cards, including the
teacher’s?”
The other was a 6-month study
at the 9th-Grade Center in Apopka. The analysis of that study is at clozeonline.us/Research/Blum.htm.
My full-scale E:P:N language learning study is now in progress. It is sponsored by and administered through Global EPN Learning Foundation Inc, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation (2011 - 2016)
I also presented my online C-Test program during the Graduate Research Forum at UCF (2003)
RELATED EXPERIENCE Fifteen years
of serving as a consumer arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau for Central
Florida and twenty years of serving and training as a toastmaster (in Clubs
1066, 28, and now 840) have given me problem-solving, coaching, and presentation skills--skills that are bound to bring value to any company or project I serve. My awards include "Advanced Communicator Gold," the highest award on the Communications track.
PUBLICATIONS (2011). E:P:N Ratio: What's Yours? Apopka, FL: Olmstead Publishing.
(2003). Learning
cycles. International Journal for teachers of English writing skills
(Spec. Lit. Ed.) August, 112-114. Ann Arbor, MI: Robbie Dean Press.
(1990). I am both Adam &
Eve: An evolutionist’s answer to a prayer.
Orlando, FL: Baker Press
ACCADEMIC SERVICES Mentor for the
Business Advisory Council to CPTD (later the Center for High-Tech Training) at Valencia Community College (1999).
Chosen to
be an advisor to the Orange County Interim Commission on Aging (2002).
Chosen to
be one of seven coaches to other Arthur Murray franchised studios (1974). My last foreign engagement was at their franchised operation in Frankfurt, Germany (1977).
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Since 1980,
a member of ISFGW, the International Society of Friendship and Good Will.
I served as its treasurer (1981), was elected Vice-President (2003), and was also its interim president (2005).
Vice-President of AATE, the American Association of Teachers of Esperanto
(2003)
AWARDS/DISTINCTIONS I was on the Dean’s List every semester
at NSU, and I graduated with Distinction from both universities. My
cumulative GPA was 3.83.
I placed 2nd
at the State level in a Human Resource competition (1995) and 9th
(out of many hundreds) at the subsequent national meet. I also came in 2nd
in the Computer Programmer category at the State level.
LANGUAGES German:
native (18 years), still fluent
Esperanto:
moderately fluent. See clozeonline.us/cgi-bin/cheesearch5u.cgi?searchwords=01-01. That database has several hundred translations of diverse quotable quotes (featuring my voice).
REFERENCES Martha
Lyle, Speech Therapist at Seminole County Public Schools, Orlando, Florida. mblyle@aol.com.
Dr. Keith Folse,
Researcher at UCF, 407-841-8597 or 407-823-0087 keith.folse@gmail.com
Dr. Dana Tesone, Rosen School of Hospitality, 407-903-8041 or 954-263-8114 dtesone@mail.ucf.edu
Dr. Richard Poole, retired, 407-774-9501 catbird@cfl.rr.com
