Folarin, Teaching Kindergarten

The need to learn another language is becoming ever more useful as our move toward globalization continues. Having grown up in America around people from all over the world, I have always been intrigued about the transition one must make upon arrival on foreign soil. I have always admired the ability of an individual or a family to acclimate to their new habit. Being able to learn the language is arguably the most important component to anyone’s experience. I have often found myself as one of individuals trying to help new entries get acclimated by teaching the language to those that I encountered (as a manger in my previous job we often employed a lot of people who had recently migrated to the U.S.)  Seeing firsthand, how an improvement in a foreign language can have a direct impact on the quality of one’s existence in a new setting inspired me to pursue an appointment as an English Teacher in Korea.

In my professional experience I have executed a lot of the compentiences that are required to become a teacher. Being a manager at a retail establishment in a U.S. city that has a high percentage of immigrants allows you to work by their side and requires you in a lot of instances to teach them the language. As a manager at Rite Aid Pharmacy and CVS pharmacy I was in the position to directly interact and teach English to those who had just came to the county, so that they could perform the job proficiently. In a lot of instances, I saw novice speakers turn into conversation speakers in a short amount of time. Another competency that I required to render was the overall capacity to teach. I regularly held in house training sessions where I would hold mini-seminars to teach current and new employee’s new technical and physical tools that the company was implementing in order to make our jobs more efficient.  In addition to that, I regularly was the point person in charge of coaching employees who were having difficulty performing various aspects of our jobs.

Given the opportunity, I would be humbled if I could transfer my skills to become a teacher in South Korea. Being a teacher of sorts and seeing up-close the sheer power of language in opening doors for those that I coached was extremely satisfying. Having already procured the requisite documentation (I am also currently in Korea and have the E-2 visa and health check) I am ready to teach right away. Thank you for your time.

                                                                                                          Sincerely,

                                                                                                                             Olarinde Folarin

Through my years in the professional setting as a manger I have gardnered exprience teaching those who I have lead. Because I live in an area of the United States that has a big immigration presence, I had the opportunity to teach alot of my emloyees English because they were new to the country. I rountinely had the opportunity to help novice speakes become conversational speakers in a very short period of time. This exprience because with the ability to understand the languge you saw their confidence grow which helped them at and away from work