Randall Conrad,
M.A.
Writer •
Educator Arts • History • Literature
English Tutor -- All Ages and Levels
1116 Massachusetts
Ave. • Lexington MA 02420
781-674-2926 • randall@calliope.org
Cell: 781-424-6771
“...I wish all struggling students could work with tutors like you.”
—Public
middle school teacher, Woburn, Mass., 2009
SAT and ESL tutor
Experienced with international students
Familiar with test-taking strategies
Versatile teacher in literature, history, and business & educational communication
Education
Université de
Paris, General Curriculum
Columbia, M.A., cum laude. Romance Languages and Literatures
Harvard, A.B., magna cum laude. Phi Beta Kappa
Phillips Exeter Academy, Classical Diploma
Languages
French – Fluent
Italian – Working Knowledge
Spanish – Reading Knowledge
Studied phonology and phonetics
Work with International Students, 1996 to Present
Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL)
2008 - present. Cambridge Center for Adult Education.Teaching English speaking, reading and writing skills at all levels from basic English to intensive advanced writing and business English.
o Reference: Jason Tetrault, ESL Director, Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA.
Tutoring ESL
2002 - present. Tutoring in English speaking, reading and writing skills. As an ESL tutor with American Language Programs and freelance, I have tutored adults and youth in basic American English,
improved conversation / writing, and office applications. Since 2008, as an instructor at CCAE (below), I have taught
o Reference: Anthony Khor, President, CENOR Group, Paris, France.
o 2007 - Certification, English Language Teacher, International Language Homestays (Association of British Language Schools).
o Registered Host Family, Wider Horizons Program, Boston, Massachusetts.
1996-1999. As a family registered with Harvard's International Students Program, my wife and I have welcomed international graduate students who were pursuing advanced degrees at Harvard. These students and their family members were frequent visitors to our home as we provided whatever level of introduction to American ways and English-language improvement they needed. For example:
o Reference: Park Hong Yeop (former deputy spokesman for South Korea’s National Congress for New Politics and currently with the National Assembly Budget Office),
Seoul, S. Korea, personal e-mail: dyna8255@unitel.co.kr
Tutoring in Preparatory Exam Strategies
2007 – present. Tutoring in SAT preparation. Working first for Summit Educational Group (Newton, Mass.) and then freelance, I have taught test-taking strategies to high school students in the northwest suburbs of Boston, using study guides published by Princeton Review and others.
o Reference: Ms. WieJa Shin, International Education Concern, Lexington, Mass.
o Parents' references also available