Jamie Graves
Higashi Takasago 23-2, Urawa-ku,
Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken, Japan 330-0055
Mobile: 080-3624-5803 Office/Fax: 048-885-2726
jamiefgraves@hotmail.com, jamiefgraves@c.vodafone.ne.jp
OBJECTIVE: •English teaching and tutoring work in the Saitama-shi area.
• Restaurant internships or entry level kitchen positions at Tokyo area fusion or vegetarian/macrobiotic restaurants
KITCHEN EXPERIENCE:
• Zoukou-juku Soba: Nagai-shi, Yamagata Nov. 04-Dec.04.
Studied traditional handmade soba making and local cuisine.
• Alishan Café: Hanno-shi, Saitama, Aug. 03-Oct. 04
Menu creation, kitchen management, daily service, and catering, at an organic, vegetarian café.
• Oberlin Student Co-operative Association: Jan. 01-June 02.
Menu creation, kitchen management, setting up food distribution.
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
• Private English Language Tutoring: Jan.03-present
Private lessons with five adult students in English conversation,
reading comprehension and writing.
• Weekly Adult English Classes: Sep.03-Aug 04.
A group adult class in English conversation and reading comprehension.
• Tenryu-shi Public School System ALT Aug. 02-July 03.
English teaching at 6 public middle schools, 7 elementary schools and 7 kindergartens.
Teaching and lesson planning for JHS, Elementary and Kindergarten. Translation and Editing.
• Bike Repair Instructor: Sep. 01-June-.02
Volunteered several hours a week at the Oberlin bike co-op teaching bike repair.
Taught a special class for at-risk JHS students on bike repair.
• Outdoor Trip Leader/Instructor: Jan. 00-May-00
Led several hiking and camping trips, taught participants basic outdoor survival skills
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
• Japanese-English Translation
Sub-Culture Café: Jan. 05-present
Tenryu City Board of Education:
• OSCA Board of Directors Jan. 01-
SKILLS:
• Japanese Proficiency:
Taken 2nd.Grade of the Japanese Proficiency Exam.
Over two years experience working in Japanese.
Proficient in speaking, reading and writing.
Over four years of Japanese study.
• Computers:
Web Design and Maintenance
Microsoft Office
Worked in both Windows (ME, XP) and Apple OS
Internet research experience
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts in History, June 2002
Oberlin College, Oberlin Ohio
Graduated with a GPA of 3.4 on a 4.0 scale
Hobbies/Interests
Jazz, rock musician, 10 years experience in performing, composition,
Photography
Outdoors/Hiking