Byron Kerr Application to teach English in South Korea

Submitted to ASK Now Inc. for placement

13176 Edge Street, Maple Ridge, BC, V4R 2R2

604-463-8423
byronjdkerr@gmail.com

Objective To live abroad and teach English to another culture.

Summary • I have taught writing seminars at summer camps to teenagers.

• I have traveled in foreign countries before and quickly find a way to communicate effectively
with people.
• I referee soccer most weekends, so I understand the need for rules.

Education Bachelor of Arts from the University of Victoria 1998

Victoria, BC, Canada

Career History & Accomplishments

 2008-
English Teacher Wonderland/WEL Language Academy, Suwon, South 2009
Korea
• Teaching children aged 6 – 11 English, from the ABCs up to complex nouns
and verbs
• Playing educational games with them, doing Art, Science and Music

• Serving lunch, going on field trips and leading lunchtime activities

Short-Term Administration Assistant, Temporarily Yours 2005;

• General office duties – paperwork, filing, faxing, photocopying 2006-
• Proof reading and editing 2007
• Quickly required to pick up tasks and implement them on a short term basis

Administrative Assistant, Standard Life (Scotland) 2001-

• Executive Pensions’ questions – legal, technical, general 2004
• Living overseas (in Scotland) and the requirements settling into a new country
and city
• General office duties – paperwork, filing, faxing, photocopying

Personal Interests
• Traveling (30 countries so far, and aiming for more.)
• Writing
• Soccer – refereeing and playing

Writing Section Please answer the following questions.

1. Please explain why you are the right type of person to teach overseas.
I love to travel and learning about new cultures. Being paid to teach English in a foreign country
seems like a dream come to me.

2. Please explain what qualities you think are necessary to be a good teacher.
Patience, organization, focus and motivation are four qualities necessary to be a good teacher. There
is much more to being a good teacher but those are four good places to start.

3. Please describe how you would deal with a workplace dispute with another co-worker or supervisor.
If a dispute arose, hopefully it would be dealt with privately and professionally, out of the ears of the
students. If things were still unresolved then I’d request an impartial mediator be present to help sort
out the situation and hear both sides of the argument.

4. Please describe some actions you could take if you began feeling homesick or lonely while in Korea.
If I feel homesick I would phone home, write a letter to long time friends or organize a night out
with fellow travelers, teachers or Canadians.

5. Do you have any other plans for your time in Korea? (Further study, hobbies to pursue, places to
visit?)
I would like to learn more about the Korean culture and visit as much of the country as possible. I’d
also enjoy using it as a base to visit other places around South-East Asia.