Dominick Antonucci has over 20 years of experience teaching ESL courses at Central Piedmont Community College and UNC Charlotte. He has a Master's in TESL and teaches grammar, composition, listening, speaking and other credit-bearing ESL courses. He uses innovative teaching methods and online learning management systems to engage over 250 students from diverse backgrounds. Antonucci also has experience as an IELTS examiner and has presented at TESOL conferences on helping students with academic tasks.

1. Dominick Antonucci
Dominick.Antonucci@cpcc.edu / (704) 713-9394 / skype: dominick.antonucci
Education
Masters of Education in TESL, with K-12 certification, UNC Charlotte Aug. 1996
Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics, UNC Chapel Hill Dec. 1993
Semester Abroad,L’Università di Bologna,Italia
Undergraduate Studies,The University of Chicago Aug. 1986 – Dec. 1987
Academic English as Second Language Instructor
The Department of Foreign Languages & Academic ESL
Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
Sep. 2012- Present
 Currently teaching two semester-long credit-bearing Academic ESL courses, Grammar III and Listening &
Speaking III in a program offering courses from I, low-beginning, to advanced, V.
 Taught 12 other semester-long courses in previous semesters, namely Grammar I, III, and IV, Composition I,
Reading III and IV, and Listening & Speaking III and IV, nearly half of the course offerings.
 Taught two IELTS-prep mini-courses, both offered at night.
 Have taught around 250 students of a great variety of L1s, ages, and life-experiences.
 Address curriculum objectives through traditional and innovative classroom activities and assignments.
 Create an hour-long online component for each semester-long course.
 Use Moodle as LMS to deliver course content, homework, quizzes, and links to websites.
 Maintain availability to students through office hours, Moodle messaging, and emailing.
 Make use of the ‘Success through Academic Reporting’ system at the 3-week and midterm calendar points to
promote student behaviors correlated with success.
 Track attendance, and record mid-term and end-of-semester course grades.
 Complete annual online training pertaining to Title IX, FERPA, and other educational policies.
 Attend all required meetings. Also attend optional functions such as the Faculty Senate and yearly socials.
 Collaborated with a fellow teacher to create an in-class diagnostic to confirm students’ initial placement in
Composition I.
The English Language Training Institute
The Office of International Programs, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Aug. 1996—Dec. 2000 & Aug. 2007—Aug. 2013
 Taught 67 semester-long courses Reading & Writing, Listening & Speaking and Grammar from beginning to
advanced, teaching over 600 students from a wide variety of L1s.
 Addressed curriculum objectives through traditional and innovative classroom activities and assignments,
including class projects such as ‘Travel Fair’ and ‘Readers Workshop’ as well as field trips to a greenhouse, a
gold mine, a science museum and a history museum.
 Taught Electives courses, including Writing Effective Responses to IELTS Writing Task One Prompts, Idioms
for Upper Levels, Pronunciation for Lower Levels, PBT Listening, and PBT Reading.
 Used computer-mediated technologies during instruction to enhance student learning and engagement.

2.  Used the learning management system Moodle to deliver content such as homework, quizzes, and attendance
records.
 Evaluated students grades at midterm and end of semester to provide advice and grades based on course
outcomes.
 Provided Level Coordinators with thoughtful end-of-semester ‘Reflections’, which included self-evaluation as
well as suggestions for future teachings of the course.
 Served as Orientation Leader providing city tours and airport pickups for new students.
 Assisted with conducting program-wide needs analysis for curriculum development, including compiling and
presenting the findings.
 Collaborated with other International Programs units to work with International Festival and World Affairs
Council events.
Communication Skills Lead Teacher
Summers of 1998 & 1999
- Supervised placement, collected syllabi and sub-lessons, led weekly meetings, and facilitated student course
evaluations.
- Created a revised placement scoring form and a video of three mock oral interviews for use during calibration in
later semesters.
Language Lab Experience
Lab Facilitator, The Multimedia Language Learning Lab, Central Piedmont Community College Spring 2016
 Help students with homework, lead the ‘English Table’ conversation sessions twice weekly,
and provide writing tutoring.
Lab Coordinator, The English Language Training Institute’s Language Lab January 2008-- August 2010
- Assisted students with homework assignments, trained students on Microsoft Word and Moodle,
and offered troubleshooting for technical issues regarding email and the student information system.
- Maintained the lab in terms of equipment and materials.
- Monitored student use of the Lab, including the printer.
IELTS Examiner
IELTS Examiner, Speaking and Writing Fall 2008–Present
Recent Professional Development
A Graduate of CPCC’s Part-Time Faculty Certification Program Summer 2015
- The 25 blended course focused on ways to increase student engagement, both motivation and active learning
Professional Engagement
Conference Presenter, Carolina TESOL
- “Helping Students with Academic Task One of the IELTS Writing Section” Fall 2011
- “Surveying to Discover what Hinders Students from Staying on Course” Fall 1999
Conference Presenter, Carolina TESOL & Southeast Regional TESOL
- “Discovering Science through the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach" Spring 1996
Conference Attendee
- TESOL Applied Linguistics Graduate Students Conferences 2010 & 2012
- Carolina TESOL Spring/Summer 1994, 1996, & 1997, and Fall 1998
- TESOL Annual Conventions 1996 & 2003