TEPHEN JAMIE BUNTING
CURRICULUM VITAE
Address: c/o Star College, 1 Hengxing Road, Jaing Bei, Harbin, CHINA
Telephone: ( cellphone ) 152 447 67104 132 146 19982
E-mail:
[email protected]Date of birth: 27th July 1960
Nationality: American ( right to live and work in the U.K. )
Marital status: single, no children.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:
1973-78: Bedstone School, Bedstone, Shropshire. 7 O Levels, 3 A Levels
( English, French, Geography ). School French prize ( 1977 ).
1979-1982: Dorset Institute of Higher Education, Cranford Avenue, Weymouth, Dorset
B.A. ( Collegiate ) English and Media Studies.
1992-93: Avery Hill. University of Greenwich, London.
P.G.C.E. ( Secondary English and Drama)
July 1997: I,T,I,. Istanbul, Turkey. CELTA certificate.
EFL TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2009 – present: Star College, Harbin, China. Teacher of General and Business English at post-18 college. Assisting with production of English-language
College magazine.
2008: Language Solutions, Baku, Azerbaijan. One-to-one and small group teaching - mainly to clients in the oil industry.
Summer 2008: Weymouth English Centre, Weymouth. European and Chinese teenagers.
March-December 2007: CET School, Nizhnevartovsk, Russia. Teaching adults and teenagers and one-to-one in established language school. FCE, CAE and IELTS preparation classes.
2002-2006: Ablbion English School, Lipetsk, Russia. Classes and individuals at all levels: in-company teaching to managers at Novo Lipetsk Iron and Steel Corporation:
Teacher training at Local University and Teacher’s Centre.
Summer 2002: Euro-Partner, Weymouth. Classes of Spanish teenagers.
2000-2001: The Webb Academy, Baku, Azerbaijan. Classes and individuals across age and ability range in successful language school: in-company teaching to employees of state oil company.
Summer 2000: Anglo-World, Cambridge, Adult classes of mixed nationality.
Jan-June 2000: British School of Karachi, Pakistan. 11-18 private school. Taught English and Drama, ran school Drama club, edited school magazine.
Sept-Dec 1999: Al-Sanawbr School, Al-Ain, U.A.E. 11-18 private school. Separate boys and girls classes. Involved in curriculum development.
1995-1999: 11-18 private schools in Istanbul, Turkey. Also taught EFL at British Centre, Osmanbey.
UK TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1993-1995: Chapter School, Strood, Kent, U.K. 11-18 non-selective girls school. Classes included GCSE groups.
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE:
1982-1985: Various kinds of mainly clerical employment including Ministry of Agriculture, Guildford: Royal Mail Customer Care Unit: Weymouth and Portland Borough Council, Chief Executive’s Dept. Additionally worked as publicity officer in resource centre for the unemployed ( 18 months ).
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS:
Reading, theatre, travel, chess, go, suduko. Involved in school drama productions in the U.K. and overseas ( “Cinderella” “The Little Shop of Horrors”)
Current U.K. driving licence.
