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My professional teaching career was at an Elementary School in the city of Jaworzno and then, at the Technical School for Miners in Mysłowice, as an instructor of professional subjects. Later on,   I worked as an Administrative Assistant to the Dean, Doc. dr. Hab. Joachim Strzoda, (a wonderful person to work with), of the University of Economics in Katowice-(Dedicated to Karol Adamiecki,  after his sudden death and the Catholic funeral of non-Communist party member Scientist,  I lost this job because I never became a member of the Communist Party.

 Following this, I worked for the Department of Culture of the City of Krakow. Late in 1976 - (in the latter part of the fall) - I assumed a new "position" as a factory worker in Chicago, on O'Klay Street, at the General Dynamic Corporation. Soon I had enough of Chicago's climate, and in 1977, I came to beautiful Florida. Since 1982, I have been working full-time at Miami Dade College. As an Academic Manager, at the present time I coordinate English as a Second Language Laboratories (Speech and Writing), Foreign Languages and a Technology, Translation-Interpretation Laboratories. Also, I worked as a Crisis Counselor at the Switchboard of Miami. I travel, I do photography, I read poetry, and I listen to classical music. 

See my resume:

Objective

Instructor ,Manager

Experience

 

2002- Present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1999 - Present

 

 

 

 

1981-2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miami- Dade College                                                                                      Miami, Florida    

Academic Manager, Computer Laboratories            

  • Supervise 37 employees, including both part time and full time instructional staff, as well as student assistants.
  • Responsible for the smooth running of the facilities (three laboratories) to service approximately 4,000 students per term:
    • Look after equipment readiness and maintenance.
    •  Train new staff.
    • Develop learning activities using technology.
    • Assist faculty with instructional technology training, and encourage staff to learn through CT&D.
    • Evaluate the educational software.
    • Purchasing updated computerized educational software, and new equipment.
    • Manage the correct upkeep of payroll, and of staff substitutions and the attendance.
    • Oversee class schedules, and curricula development for all levels of the English for Academic Placement lab sessions.
    • Oversee network technicians.
    • Delegate tasks and/or distribute assignments as necessary.
    • Upgrade educational software (Can8, Genesis, and Ellis, among others.)
    • Conduct monthly meetings with faculty and staff.
    • Keep appropriate permission for copy right materials.
    • Interview and hire new staff as openings occur.
  • Help the faculty, on individual bases, to run the electronic classrooms.
  • Design Educational Web Pages.
  • Propose and design new projects for new laboratories.
  • Creation of Distance Learning Hybrid level 5, and 6 Writing Lab Course.
  • Teaching level 6  hybrid writing, speech lab.

 

Miami Dade College                                                                                        Miami, Florida

Part-time Instructor

  • Simultaneously with above, teach ESL, VESL –all six levels of the ESL Laboratories’ sessions –
  • Substitute as needed by Department.
  • Intensive English Class- teaching lev.1 and 2.

Miami-Dade Community College                                                                    Miami, Florida

Language Laboratory  Associate Instructor  (Managerial Tasks),

Appointed and recommended personnel.

Designed Curriculum.

Handled technical emergencies, trouble-shooting equipment difficulties.

Selected appropriate instructional material, in conjunction with English as Second Language instructors.

Obtained copyright permits. In charge of maintaining the pieces of equipment, worth over a quarter of a million dollars, in good operational condition.

1985–1999

Florida Department of Education                                                                      Tallahassee, FL

Oversaw the administration of foreign language Subtests for the Florida Teacher Certification.

1995–1999

Switchboard of Miami, inc.                                                                               Miami, Florida

Fixed Part-Time Crisis Counselor, and Volunteer during Catastrophes 

Simultaneously with full time work at the college, facilitated individual crisis

counseling – one on one, as permanent part-time staff.

Trained volunteers for the 24-hour hot lines and help lines. On call for emergencies during catastrophic circumstances, such as hurricane warnings. Crisis telephone room weekend supervision of volunteers, university students (MIP, UM, Barry University, F.I.U.) Interns.

Nov. 1976-Sept. 1978

 

Various temporary jobs while studying English                                                 Chicago, Illinois

Jan 1975-Nov. 1976 

 

School Board                                                                                            Kraków, Poland

Part time Instructor in Machine Technology and Drafting

Jan 1975-Nov. 1976

 

Cultural House                                                                                          Kraków, Poland

Manager

Jan 1974-June 1975

 

University of Economics                                                                            Katowice, Poland       

Office Administrator for Dean of Continuing Studies and Graduate Programs

 

Jan 1973-June 1974 

 

Technical School for Miners                                                                      Mysłowice Poland

 Instructor of professional subjects

Sept. 1969-June 1973

School Board                                                                                            Jaworzno, Poland 

Elementary School Teacher

Education

Current

 

 

1994–1997

 

1988-1991

 

1967-1969

Walden University (Headquartered in MN) Ph.D. Student in Education. Concentration in     Educational Technology.   21 credits to date.                                                                                      Minneapolis, MN

Caribbean Center for Advanced Studies                                                        Miami, Florida

Master’s Degree in  Mental Health Counseling

B.S. Psychology

PUNO - one semester ( History, Literature, Political Science)                                           Chicago, IL

Teacher’s College                                                                                        Krakow, Poland

Double major in Education: Technology and Art.

  Highlights

Meet deadlines, welcome challenges.  Experience with multi-ethnic populations. Foster learning  environment that leads to self-discipline, good organization, and single mindedness.  Familiar   with Spanish. Bilingual English/Polish.  Actively involved with the Chopin Foundation and the American Institute of Polish Culture, both of Miami.  2008 Publication and lecture in Teacher’s University in Poland –Participating in the International conference –lecturing and publishing about distance learning

(Surina 2010 page 375)

Honors and other Training

 

Excellence Award from Miami Dade Community College, 1988, 1991, 2001   Certificate of Appreciation from Miami Dade Community College, 1982-1992, 1992-2002 Completion of MDC Personnel Policy and Procedures, for Supervisors. Translating Interpretation Laboratory designing, software and hardware readiness, maintenance, upgrade.   Participating in public endeavor as setting Interpretation equipment for guest’s speakers as Presidents of Paraguay, Poland, Russia   and other officials.

Favorite links

Do Stworcy  Neruda Mokotow   Szymborska Milosz

 
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