The CV of Andrea Palafox
Personal Information
Date of Birth: June 21, 1983
Place of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario
Citizenship: Canadian
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To continue and pass on my appreciation for knowledge and to further my experience in a working environment_________________________________________________
Work Experience
January 2008- December 2009 Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
English Teacher with SLP Pyeongchon
• Taught students from preschool to 16 year old conversational English
• Led children in games and crafts in special events
• Accompanied children on school field trips
• Interviewed potential students and assessed English level
• Planned lessons for various classes
• Helped to create teaching resources in grammar and other areas of learning
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October 2006-October 2007 Sendai, Japan
English Instructor with NOVA Group, VOICE and Kids co-ordinator
• Taught students from children to adults conversational English
• Led children in games and crafts in special events
• Planned VOICE lessons that gave students of all levels a chance to speak in a comfortable setting
• Gave demonstration lessons to potential customers
• TOEIC and Business class trained
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September 2004- 2005 Mississauga, ON
Campus Tour Guide at UTM
- Gave tours around campus
- Made confirmation calls to prospective students
- Helped with preparations for campus events
- Trained volunteers for the campus events
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September 2003 – 2006 Mississauga, ON
Residence Cleaner at UTM
• Washed the windows
• Vacuumed the carpeted areas
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June-August 2002 Ottawa, ON
Rental Agent
• Performed floor-to-floor checks making sure it was up to code
• Answered phones
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Education
January 24-March 11, 2009 BridgeTEFL Online Course
▪ Focused on TEFL training, Business English Endorsement, Young Learners Endorsement, and Grammar Advisor
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July 23-August 28, 2005 University of Siena Siena, Italy
• Completed course in Italian Urbanism in Tuscany
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Sept. 2002-2006 U of T at Mississauga Mississauga, ON
• Finished the four year program in Art and Art History; studying art throughout the ages and how they are applied to the modern world
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Sept.95- June 2002 St. Peter Catholic High School Orleans, ON
• Completed grade 7-OAC
• Comfortable with spoken French
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Awards
September 2006
$100 award for Past and Present Techniques (studio class)
• This class entailed wood carving, fresco, encaustic paintings, etc
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2008
KOTESOL at Sookmyung Women’s Univesity Seoul, Korea
• “KOTESOL” –Held at the Sookmyung Women’s University
• Attended 2 days of lectures to learn about new ways of teaching an acquiring teaching resources to use in class
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2005-2006
U of T at Mississauga Mississauga, ON
• “2006 Graduate Exhibitions- Art and Art History”- held at the Blackwood Gallery
• “Equinox” - Curatorial Practices class exhibition project, held in the CCIT Building
• “Happy Court” - February 2006, 4th Year painting class exhibition held at the Erindale Theatre
• “Twenty-one”- March 2005, 3rd Year painting class exhibition held at the Erindale Theatre
Sheridan College (Trafalgar Campus) Oakville, ON
• “Open House”- held at the Annie Smith building
• “Past and Present Technique Class Mosiac”- created for a retirement home in Oshawa
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2004
U of T at Mississauga Mississauga, ON
• “Arts Fest”- held at U of T at Mississauga
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2003
Sheridan College (Trafalgar Campus) Oakville, ON
• “Cancer ward painting mural”- created for the Princess Margaret Hospital by the students in 2nd Year painting classes
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Publications
The Toronto Star- March 25, 2006
• “Student uprising”- article was featured in the Visual Arts section; written by the visual arts critic, Peter Goddard, on the ‘Equinox’ class exhibition project.
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The Medium- March 27, 2006
• “Nature as art in Equinox”- ‘The Medium’ is a student run newspaper for the U of T at Mississauga Campus. This article was written by Nikita King.
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Interests Studio skills
• I am trained in: painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, past and present techniques (mosaics, encaustic, silverpoint drawing, wood carving, fresco), and print media; though I have a particular interest in painting and photography
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Art History• I have studied European art of the: Renaissance, Medieval, 20th c
