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Braden Wingham

Osaka City,Osaka Prefecture

Summary

With over 3 years experience in Management in a large Japanese company and 15 years experience in the English education field in two large education companies, I would like to apply my operational skills within a different field. With a built in desire to take on challenges and further my skills, I have taken on extra tasks at Berlitz Japan which include administrative, scheduling, lesson and branch management tasks.

Overview

2
2
Languages
15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Instructor

Berlitz Japan
Osaka
06.2017 - Current

Instruction

  • Conducting young learner, teens and adult lessons using the Berlitz method
  • Performing placements and demonstration Lessons for Kids, Teens and Adults including Mass level checks for corporate contracts
  • Conducting university, high school and junior high school lessons
  • Conducting online lessons for adults, kids, teens, and university learners
  • Conducting TOEIC, EIKEN, GCSE Business, IELTS Test Prep Lessons
  • Creating lesson plans for custom lesson requests

Administrative Tasks

  • Arranging Instructor Schedules for 120+ instructors at 11 Language Centres across West Japan
  • Instructor salary management
  • Creating corporate student progress reports
  • Supporting Language Centre Manager with administrative and management tasks
  • Assisting Language Centre Manager with instructor assignments
  • Assisting Program Development and Customization Department with lesson planning

Instructor Support Manager

NOVA Holdings
Kansai
08.2014 - 04.2017

Instructor Support

  • Assisting with Instructor’s accommodation
  • Instructor monthly evaluations including assessments and reporting
  • Providing feedback to instructors on results of evaluations
  • Conducting Instructor lesson observations and feedback
  • Arranging instructor course training and providing ongoing training support
  • Arranging instructor schedules and shifts in 18 branches
  • Instructor salary and work record management for 105 employees
  • Handling Student and instructor complaints
  • Coordinating, conducting and managing special events

Branch Management

  • Assisting Area Managers with school management
  • New Branch set-up and promotion
  • Reaching area sales targets
  • Product quality control within branches

Instruction

  • Conducting kids and adult lessons
  • Motivating students to reach lesson goals
  • Lesson promotions and sales
  • Conducting demo lessons at NOVA branches in Osaka and Hyogo
  • Student counselling
  • Juku cover shifts
  • Elementary school cover
  • TOEIC and TOEFL lessons
  • Eiken lessons
  • Business lessons

Achievements

  • Promoted only after 3 years as an instructor at NOVA
  • The first Instructor Support managers in Osaka Area at NOVA
  • In a three-month sales period conducted 174 demonstration lessons contributing 20% of new students
  • Assisted in creating procedures and tasks for the ISM role

Instructor

NOVA Holdings
Osaka
04.2011 - 08.2014

Hankyu Umeda Branch Instructor

  • Developing and building new branch schedules and student base
  • Demonstration lessons
  • Sales and promotions
  • Assisting with branch duties
  • TOEIC and TOEFL lessons
  • Adult and kids lessons
  • Eiken lessons
  • Business lessons

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Audio Production

Southern Institute of Technology
01-2006

Skills

  • Lesson planning
  • Curriculum development
  • Student assessments
  • Online instruction
  • Workforce Scheduling
  • School Management
  • Microsoft Office 365
  • Proficient in Autodesk Fusion CAD Software
  • Japanese Corporate Fluency

Languages

Japanese
Intermediate
B1
English
Proficient
C2

Hobbies and interests

  • Play drums
  • Radio Control Cars
  • Hobby Designer - Operates a small RC brand that manufactures upgrades
  • Engineering
  • Spending time with family

Timeline

Instructor

Berlitz Japan
06.2017 - Current

Instructor Support Manager

NOVA Holdings
08.2014 - 04.2017

Instructor

NOVA Holdings
04.2011 - 08.2014

Bachelor of Arts - Audio Production

Southern Institute of Technology
Braden Wingham