585 O’Connor Ave., #9 Ottawa 613 565 0915

Ontario, Canada, K1S 2R3 paulmerredew@canada.com

PAUL MERREDEW 2006

SUMMARY: Master's in Education -Teaching and Learning Strategies Concentration

Bachelor of Education - English and History Grades 7 to 12

Bachelor of Arts Joint Honours - English and History

Languages – French, Japanese, Russian - oral/written fluency

UCDSB Employee Information Number - 22676

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

2003 / 2006 English/History/Social Science, Full-time, Grades 9 to12, Smiths Falls District

Collegiate Institute, Smiths Falls ON, 613 283 0288

2002 / 06-07 Scorer for SAIP: Student Writing Scoring Session, Corporation of the

Council of Ministers of Education, Hull, PQ/Toronto, ON, 416 962 8100

2002 / 01-06 History and English, Half-time, Grades 10, 11 and OA, Merivale High

School, Ottawa Carleton District School Board, Ottawa, Ontario.

2001 / 04-06 English, Full-time, Grades 9, 10 and 12, 4 out of 4 EOT Contract, John McCrae

High School, OCDSB, Ottawa, Ontario.

1997/2000 English as a Foreign Language Teacher, Full-time, Chiba City Municipal

Board of Education, Chiba City, Japan.

1994 / 1997 English Teacher, Full-time, Shibayama Junior High School, Shibayama Town,

Japan. EFL teacher, 20-25 hours/ week, including Saturdays.

1990 / 1991 EFL Teacher, Full-time volunteer, Palatcky-ho University, Faculty of

Pedagogy, Russian Language Teacher Retraining, Olomouc, Czech Republic.

EDUCATION

2002 Master's in Education: Teaching and Learning Strategies, University of Ottawa,

Ottawa, Ontario.

1993/94 Bachelor of Education, Joint English and History dual 1st Concentrations,

Intermediate and Secondary qualifications, McGill University, Montreal,

Quebec.

1988/93 Bachelor of Arts, Graduated cum laude, Joint Honours English and History,

McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.

Merredew 2 Education, Continued

1992/93 French Immersion, Two 6 week courses taken over 2 summers. Riviere du

Loup/St Pascal and St Georges du Beauce, Quebec.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

JAPANESE: Spoken fluency, written proficiency: Level 2 of Japanese prep course.

FRENCH: Spoken and written proficiency, 9 Credits McGill University Courses.

Two summer Immersion Programs in rural Quebec, six weeks each.

Five years living in francophone area of Montreal, Quebec.

RUSSIAN: Spoken and written ability: McGill Intermediate Level, oral and written.

PUBLICATIONS

2000: Dialogue 1200 Textbook, Obunsha Publications, Tokyo, Japan, 2000.

English text writer for Japanese-English Proficiency Test textbook.

2001: Dialogue 1800 - TOEIC Exam Textbook, Obunsha Pub, Tokyo, Japan.

English text writer and editor for Japanese-English textbook

PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

1994/97 Shibayama Town, Japan: 3 years of teaching weekly evening

English Conversation classes for adults at local Community Center.

1990/91 Olomouc, Czechoslovakia: Conversation Teacher, Palatcky University.

Teacher Retraining Center: sponsored by Education for Democracy.

EXTRA-CURRICULAR SPORTS, ACTIVITIES and INTERESTS

Team Sports: Coaching Football, Snowboarding, Downhill Skiing, Camping, Kayaking,

Jogging, Volleyball, Badminton, Weight Training.

Clubs and School Activities: Musical/Drama Productions, Environmental Club, Chess,

Japanese Go and Japanese Shogi, Foreign Travel, Foreign Languages, Multicultural Issues.

Paul Merredew 3 References

List of References for Paul Merredew

These are the telephone numbers of the Principals and Vice-principals with whom I’ve worked, both here

in Canada and while teaching overseas in Japan and the Czech Republic. If you are calling Japan please note that

there is a twelve or thirteen hour time difference ahead. For the Czech Republic there is a six hour time difference

behind. For Japan it is best to call during their normal school hours, 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, or 8am to

1pm Saturdays. For the Czech Republic normal working hours are 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Mrs D. Thomlinson Principal, Smiths Falls District Collegiate Institute, Smiths Falls ON,

613 5283 0288

Mrs. Sharon Turner Former Vice-Principal, Smiths Falls, District Collegiate Institute, Smiths Falls

ON, 613 273 6130

Ms. Nancy Keech English Department Head, SFDCI, Smiths Falls ON, 283 0288

Mr. Paul Mathews: Group Leader, SAIP, Hull PQ, Resides in St. John’s Nfld, 709 745 4303

Mr. R. Vijay: Former English Department Head, Fellowes High School,

Pembroke, Renfrew County Board of Education, 613 735 6858

Mrs. F. Kopczewski: Principal, Fisher Park Public, OCDSB, 613 729 5054

Mr. Hiroki. Sase: English Teacher, Chiba Municipal High School,

Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

English Language Department Head

011 81 90 1843 6048

Mr. Yas Masuzawa: English Teacher, Chiba Government Offices

Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Formerly English Language Department Head

011 81 90 2242 6044

Mr. Teruo Noguchi: Foreign English Teachers’ Department Head

Chiba City Municipal Board of Education

Chiba City, Japan

011 81 43 245 5936

Mrs. Maria Dohnalova: English Language Studies Department Head,

English as a Foreign Language Department

Pedagogical Faculty, Palatcky University

Olomouc, Czech Republic 77200