ZACHARYBALOG

Professional info

 

 Ten years of teaching Spanish/ English (University, Secondary Education)

 Teaching ESL for multinational corporations in Argentina and college-level English in the U.S.

 Master’s degree in World Languages/Hispanic Literature. BA in Spanish, minor in education

 Successfully co-coordinated university study abroad program to Santander, Spain

 Two years voluntary service/ missionary work in Spain

 Recently finished book based on experiences as a missionary in the Canary Islands

Languages

 

Spanish

 

Work experience

 

2014 – Present  STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY                                                               Hoboken, NJ

                             Instructor/ Foreign Languages Coordinator

                             Spanish 101, 102, 201

                             CAL College English101 (Freshman Experience)

 

2012 - 2014        BELATRIX SOFTWARE FACTORY                                                              Mendoza, Argentina

                             Instructor

                             English level: 3A, 3B & 6

 

2012 – 2014        EVENTIOZ/ EVENTBRITE                                                                          Mendoza, Argentina

                              Foreign Languages Coordinator/ Instructor

                              English 1,2,3,4 

 

2010 – 2012        WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY                                                                        Morgantown, WV

                              Spanish - Graduate Teaching Assistant

                              Spanish 102 & 203

 

2008 – 2010        FAIR HAVEN UNION HIGH SCHOOL                                                                 Fair Haven, VT

                              Spanish Teacher

                              Spanish I & II

                                        Curriculum development

 

2005 – 2008        CAPITAL REGION CAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL                                          Albany, NY

                              Spanish Teacher

                              Spanish I

                                        Curriculum development

                                        Teaching Assistant, English Integrated

                                        Taught in class as assistant with English teachers

                                        Collaborated on curriculum development

                                        Substitute Spanish & English Teacher

                                        High School equivalent grade Spanish I 

2010 - present

2010 - present

Education

 

2010 - 2012           WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY                                                                        Morgantown, WV

                                     Master of Arts in Foreign Languages - Spanish

 

2006 - 2008            STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY                                                   Albany, NY

                                      Bachelor of Arts in Spanish

                                      Minor in Education

 

2004 - 2006            HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE                                                               Troy, NY

 

2002 - 2003            ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF AUDIO RECORDING London, Canada

                                      Technical Degree in Sound Engineering

 

1995 - 1999             COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL                                                                    East Greenbush, NY

Summer Semester Study Abroad Program in Spain

 

2011                         UNIVERSIDAD INTERNACIONAL MENÉNDEZ PELAYO                           Santander, Spain

                                       Study Abroad Program Coordinator of Spanish as a

                                       Foreign Language undergraduate students from

                                       West Virginia University