Farrah Garlaine Luc

SCAD Language Studio professor

Full-time instructor, September 2018-present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
Instructs ESL courses full time in the SCAD Language Studio; course load includes teaching 20 hours a week, providing office hours at one hour per course, lesson planning, material development, and developing the ESL curriculum through feedback in department meetings and developing syllabi; develops and sustains extracurricular programs to ensure student learning including participation on online learning platform, field trips, extended learning opportunities and extra help sessions; Faculty Council Secretary for the Council for Retention and Persistence

Part-time instructor, May 2018-August 2018, Georgia State University, Atlanta
Instructs structure and composition to international students eight hours a week in a summer English course designed to prepare students for the academic writing context; major responsibilities included designing lesson plans focused on grammatical accuracy, academic vocabulary, use of corpora and other resources for writers, and organizing writing; Reports student progress via progress reports, regular meetings with instructors, and meetings with students

Intensive English program instructor, October 2016-May 2018, ELS Educational Services, Decatur, GA
Instructed general English, business English, and university preparatory English courses; assessed student language proficiency and ability; provided feedback on student performance via staff meetings and student progress reports; presented at an IEP Conference on practices for teaching vocabulary, presented in in-service workshops on teaching vocabulary and reading, led the creation of a supplementary course on public speaking

Technical trainer, July 2016-September 2016 and July 2015-September 2015, U.S. Peace Corps, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Revised, implemented, and evaluated pre-service training for 30 volunteers in the Peace Corps Cambodia Educational Sector. Created, implemented, evaluated, and revised over 30 training sessions, totaling over 60 hours of technical training; developed, implemented, and monitored practicum activities totaling 40 hours of field-based training. Regularly observed trainee performance and communicated to trainees and program and training managers concerning trainee progress; coordinated feedback from local stakeholders and local training participants concerning practicum effectiveness; regularly relayed local feedback to coordinators of future program and training activities.

Education teacher and teacher trainer, July 2013-July 2015, U.S. Peace Corps, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Facilitated English sessions to train over 300 Cambodian teacher trainees in a public teacher training college; coordinated with local teacher trainers and local stakeholders to develop a course syllabus, course curricula, and training session plans; implemented a community-based English teaching practicum involving 100+ trainees, 30 primary school students, and three local trainers; developed and managed several community-based projects in partnership with community leaders, including an agricultural project to restore a community garden and an arts revival project to implement traditional arts education at the teacher training college

January 2016-July 2016, Georgia State University, Atlanta
- Graduate teaching assistant
  Instructed prospective undergraduate and graduate students of various linguistic and cultural backgrounds in a university level academic reading course of 12 students; diagnosed student language proficiency and ability; revised and created lessons designed to develop student academic reading skills and practice strategies to develop those skills beyond the course
- Special programs coordinator
  Assisted in the organization of an intercultural exchange program for 17 Korean international teacher trainee visitors to GSU, including educational sessions and excursions to historical and cultural sites in downtown Atlanta and academic institutions in the Atlanta area; coordinated schedules and transportation, acted as a liaison between participants and the university

April 2016-June 2016, Aug. 2012-May 2013; by contract, Khmer interpreter Atlanta Language Institute, Atlanta
- Language instructor
  Provided language instruction for students of various ages (7- 49); regularly diagnosed and assessed students' ability and needs, and actively responded through the development of materials suited to the students' goals and objectives; provided instruction in one-on-one and small-group classes
- Language interpreter
  Interpreted primarily Khmer language (Cambodian) for non-English speaking clients; attended medical appointments to interpret between patients and doctors; interpreted between employers and employees