Paula W., Sunnyside, New York Essay Writing Teacher | Teaches Private Lessons in 11104

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Paula W.

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Teaches Elementary, Middle School, High School, College

Age: 5+

Speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Korean

Teaching since 1996

B.A. - Liberal Arts (Focus: Screenwriting and 3rd World Cinema)

About Paula W.

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Paula W. is a graduate of Walnut Hill School for the Arts (Design and Production), Pomona College (Dance and Theatre Management), The New School University (Screenwriting and 3rd World Cinema), and the Alvin Ailey School Professional Division. She has taught English, reading, writing, musical theater, dance, and playwriting to students ages 3-adult in the US, Asia, Europe, and South America. She has also served as an English teacher for various corporations, including KPMG and MultiChannel. She co-authored a series of textbooks on using Musical Theater in the ESL classroom, and subsequently presented her work as as an invited speaker at TESOL New England 2010 and TESOL Arabia 2012 in Dubai. She currently writes for several online publications under her own byline. When not writing, she is the Owner/Director of Pepsqually VO and Sound Design, Inc., a small voice over and dubbing firm focused on English-language adaptation and dubbing for foreign language cartoons. She is also the Artistic Director of The International Partner Dance Intensive (TIPDI), a series of dance camps and workshops for adults who dance. She has danced, taught, and performed Argentine Tango since 2002 in the US, Asia, Europe, and South America. She is also an internationally-ranked West Coast Swing (WCS) dancer, and teaches at dance events around the US, as well as universities and summer dance programs. She teaches regular weekly partner dance classes in NYC, as well as teaching privately.

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Monday

10 AM-2 PM

Wednesday

8 AM-2 PM

Thursday

10 AM-2 PM

Friday

10 AM-2 PM

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45 minutes

$45

60 minutes

$60

90 minutes

$80

120 minutes

$110

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Experience

Owner/Director

Mar, 2014 - Present

Pepsqually VO and Sound Design, Inc.

Casting and performance direction for voice over for cartoons, commercials, and educational programming for companies in the US, Asia, Europe, and South America. Flap-adaptation, script adaptation, and copy writing for voice over. 14 years experience as a voice over artist, prior to shifting in to directing projects.

Artistic Director

Aug, 2012 - Present

The International Partner Dance Intensive (TIPDI)

- Creator and founder of The International Partner Dance Intensive (TIPDI). Curriculum design, website creation and maintenance, hiring, scheduling, travel coordination, fundraising, budgets, etc. for a year-round series of dance camps and workshops geared entirely towards adults who dance.

Freelance CopyWriter and Editor

Jan, 2011 - Present

Pepsqually Productions

- Daily article writer for Celebrity Networth - Daily blog writer for Water My Blog (Boston, MA) - Scriptwriter for Human Focus - Educational Videos (Surrey, UK) - Commercial copywriter for AIMViz (UAE) and TDA Enterprises (Canada) *Full writing resume available upon request

English Teacher

Oct, 2010 - Sep, 2011

KPMG, Standard & Poors, MultiChannel

Taught group classes and private lessons for executives and staff at multiple corporations in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Musical Theater Director, Dance, Visual Art, and English Teacher

Feb, 2009 - Oct, 2010

Hello Kid Actor (HKA) Program - Seoul, South Korea; Gaon Language School, Seocho, Suwon, South Korea

- Taught English Musical Theater, Visual Arts, Dance, Phonics, Conversation, and Comprehension to students ages 3 to adult - Developed the curriculum for the HKA academic program, including writing the 1st and 4th grade textbooks for the 2010–2011 academic year, and the textbooks for the HKA summer and winter camps. - Wrote, directed, and choreographed three full-scale musicals for HKA participants - Developed the curriculum and taught phonics for 200 four to six- year-olds at the Gaon Language School - Co-designed and implemented an English “Immersion”program for 45 six and seven-year-olds at the Gaon Language School.

Education

Diploma - Design and Production

Sep, 1993 - Jun, 1997

Walnut Hill School for the Arts

B.A. - Liberal Arts (Focus: Screenwriting and 3rd World Cinema)

Sep, 2004 - Jan, 2006

The New School University

Certificate - Dance

Sep, 2000 - Jun, 2001

Alvin Ailey School Professional Division

B.A. - Movement Studies and Theater Management

Aug, 1997 - May, 2000

Pomona College

Awards

Choreography

Mar, 1997

Moss Hart

Works-in-Progress Residency Grant

Apr, 2011

The Writer's Ranch

Ohzemidong Production Grant

Jul, 2010

Ohzemidong - Seoul, South Korea

Undergraduate Research Grant in Dance

Apr, 1999

Pomona College

Affiliations

Actors' Equity Association

Sep, 2002

Actors' Equity Association, founded in 1913, is the labor union that represents more than 49,000 Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society.