1. BARRY DE SAW
1 South Dorado Circle, Apt. 1-H
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Phone: 631-428-1015
acumen1778@hotmail.com
EXPERIENCE
ESL Teacher; Talk School of Languages; teaching English to adults in small classes,
mostly at the advanced levels; emphasis on vocabulary, idiomatic usage, standard
grammatical structures and more advanced grammatical structures, reading
comprehension and writing using the American English materials provided by the school;
May 2015 to January 2016.
ESL tutor; WyzAnt tutoring service; tutoring, on an individual basis, adult students in
the subject of English (writing and speaking). All students were foreign-born, and all
were adults with existing English language skills… tutored using my own lessons and
materials. Lessons were customized to the individual students; part-time - September
2014 to present.
ESL Teacher; Inlingua, Inc.; teaching English to adults in small classes, at all levels of
proficiency; maintaining records of lessons and student progress; August 2014 through
May 2015..
ESL Tutor; preparing individualized plans for adult and teen students and language
learners, mostly Korean students. Students were helped with grammar, reading, speaking
and vocabulary development. Several workbooks were used in preparing lessons; 2012-
2014
Self-Employed Teacher (ESL instruction); creating lesson plans and learning strategies
for customers, hiring employees, record keeping, creating web site, all operations of
business; 2011-2012.
ESL Teacher; teaching classes in a summer program for high school students from Italy,
France, Romania and Russia; developing curriculum; summer, 2011.
English Tutor (self-employed); tutoring individual Korean students in English; focus on
sentence structure, vocabulary, pronunciation and idiomatic expressions; 2010.

2. Writer-Researcher; nonfiction book on geopolitics and human rights; 2005-2008.
ESL Teacher; Computer Professional Learning Center, Jersey City, NJ; preparing
curricula, preparing and administering tests, teaching English as a Second Language (all
levels) to adult students; 2004-2005.
Substitute Teacher; Somerville Public Schools, Somerville, NJ; teaching math, English,
science and social studies to students K-12, as substitute teacher; 2002-2003.
Mentor/Health Aide; Allies, Inc.; comprehensive assistance to a disabled individual in
his home and social settings: shopping, medications assistance, help writing, translating,
and personal care as a live-in staff person; 2001-2002.
GED Teacher; Faith Farm, Inc.; selection and evaluation of math, English, science,
social studies, and reading study and test materials, composing lesson plans, teaching
social studies, English, math and science to adults in a religious drug and alcohol
rehabilitation program; 2000.
Accounts Receivable Clerk; responsibilities included counting cash payments totaling
an average of $40,000 to $50,000 daily, liaison with collection agencies, documenting
invoices, account credit calculations, assembling file records, telephone contact with
sales persons and various administrative duties including state tax calculations; 1998-
2000.
Coordinating Director; conceived and implemented Trenton Colloquia Organizing
Project, a project of the New Jersey Council of Churches and Haddonfield Friends
Meeting; writing funding proposals (86% success rate), developed and conducted
educational presentations for clergy, provided New Jersey clergy with information and
organizational support; 1997-1998.
Teacher of Social Studies; Willingboro District High School, Willingboro, NJ; teaching
U.S. history (pre-Reconstruction and Reconstruction-forward) world history and careers
course, testing students and maintaining student files and records; professional
development workshops; 1995-1998.
Substitute Teacher; Evesham Township Public Schools, Mount Laurel Public Schools
and Medford Lakes School District; teaching math, social studies, English, art, music,
physical education, science and reading to children in K-8 districts; 1995-1996.
EDUCATION and TRAINING
CELTA, New York, 2011
Graduate courses in human rights, Columbia University; 2009
B.A. Degree, history (teaching), The College of New Jersey; 1994 (magna cum laude).
Workshops on teaching persons with learning disabilities, 1996-1998.

3. ASSOCIATIONS/ACTIVITIES
Writing: blog on human rights and politics; 2016
Project organizer; human rights education initiative; 2016
Researching and writing a nonfiction book on human rights, terrorism, geopolitics and
criminal justice philosophy; 2005-2009
Team Twin Towers; 2002-2003
New Jerseyans for a Death Penalty Moratorium; 2001-2003
Committee on Criminal Justice (religious org.); 1990-1998
Million Mom March Foundation; 1998-1999
Amnesty International; 1986-1998, 2006-present
World Vision; 1992-1996
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty; 1992-1994
Now Diet, Inc. (creation of business: diet and exercise program); 1992-2003