Summary of Curriculum Vitae
Paulo Kol

a)Educational Record (Higher Education and English Teaching Qualifications)

• MA in Applied Linguistics, University of Brasília (UnB), March 2009• Certificate of Proficiency in English, UCLES, grade: A, December 1991
• International Teacher Training Institute, International House, Goiânia, certification: Very Good, January 1993
• TEFL (Teaching of English as a Foreign Language) One Month Program, School for International Training, Vermont, USA, July 1993
• Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and Instituto Metodista de Ensino Superior, BA in Journalism, 1979-83

b)Professional Experience

• August 2006 – present: teacher of Diplomatic English at Instituto Rio Branco, Ministério das Relações Exteriores, Brasília, DF.
• February 2004 - present: consultant with Sara Walker Special English Courses, involved in preparing materials and providing advanced-level EFL instruction to candidates aspiring to enter the diplomatic career at Brazil's Foreign Ministry, in Brasília, DF.
• July 2003 – December 2004: guest tutor and tutor trainer, Tocantins English Project (a capacity-building project for secondary school English teachers in the state of Tocantins, in partnership between SEDUC- Secretaria de Educação and the British Council, funded by Projeto Alvorada).
• February 2001 – January 2004: freelance teacher trainer and teacher to approximately 30 students of all ages, from intermediate to CPE level.
• February 1999 – December 2000: English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher at the secondary school Colégio Visão, in Goiânia, GO
• August 1999 – December 2000: CPE preparatory course teacher and course designer, at B. A. English School, Goiânia, GO
• December 1994 – December 1998: Co-founder and Director of Training of Associação Lumen (EFL School), Goiânia, GO
• Course designer and instructor for several private business organisations including: Instituto Euvaldo Lodi – SESI, February 1998 – December 1999; Mabel, Goiânia, GO, January to December 1997; Transbrasil, Goiânia, GO, September 1996 – December 1997; Companhia Níquel Tocantins - Votorantim, Niquelândia, GO, February - November 1995
• Co-ordinator and instructor of a 70-hour Intensive Teacher Training Program, offered in January and July of every year by B. A. English School / Associação Lúmen, since 1994 and having trained around 300 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers.
• July 1990 - November 1994: Academic Director at Centro Cultural Brasil-Estados Unidos (Bi-national Centre), Goiânia, GO
• February 1990 - December 1991- EFL teacher at International House, Goiânia, GO
• February - December 1987: EFL teacher at Instituto Yázigi, São Bernardo do Campo, SP
• February 1979 – December 1981: EFL teacher, Greenwich English School, Belo Horizonte, MG
  

c) Activities related English teaching

• Member of the Academic Committee for the 10th Braz-Tesol National Convention, Brasília, DF, July 2006.
• Member of the National Advisory Board of Braz-Tesol, 1992 – 1994 / 1997 – 1999
• Chair of the Organising Committee for the 5th Braz-Tesol National Convention, Goiânia, GO, July 1996
• President of the Brasília-Goiânia Regional Chapter of Braz-Tesol, February 1994 - January 1996
• Co-founder and first vice-president of the Brasília-Goiânia Regional Chapter of Braz- Tesol, February 1992 - January 1994
• Co-ordinator of eight Regional Seminars of Braz-Tesol held in the state of Goiás since 1992, with an average turnout of 150 teachers from Goiânia and Brasília.
• Lecturer and presenter of over 30 academic sessions including plenaries, workshops and courses in national and local professional events.
• Co-author of the article "The State of English Language Teaching in Brazil", published in TESOL Matters, October 1993, a publication of the international teachers' association TESOL Inc., Alexandria, VA, USA.
  

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