William B. "Bill" Porter

Experience

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  United States Marine Corps Reserve

  May 1984 - Jan 1995

  Served on temporary active duty as Marine Reserve Force Headquarters G-3 (Operations Section) Counterdrug Operations Officer, coordinating counterdrug-related training and administrative support for Marine reservists, and logistical support for federal, state, and local law enforcement in the counterdrug operations spectrum. Served as a Reserve G-4 (Logistics section) Maintenance Management Officer for the 4th Force Service Support Group, coordinating maintenance scheduling and reporting perational readiness status.Served on temporary active duty as an assistant historical officer for Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, researching and authoring historical articles on Marine Corps topics. Show less Held multiple leadership and staff positions encompassing 24/7 management of human, material, and intangible assets encompassing administrative, legal, operational, training, logistical, communications and quality of life functions.Conducted physical inventories and inspections prior to domestic or global unit movement or transfer of material resources, holding personal signature accountability for $4 to $15 million in physical assets.Met or exceeded extreme quality assurance standards, fostered professional growth of subordinates, and developed high degree of flexibility and innovation in foreseeing, facing, and exploiting challenges at all levels. Show less

  • U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Officer

    Jan 1993 - Jan 1995

  • U.S. Marine Corps Officer

    May 1984 - Nov 1992
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  Endicott College

  Jan 1996 - Feb 1996

  ESL and US Culture Instructor (internship)

  Planned, coordinated, taught, and evaluated ESL/US culture courses at 3 proficiency levels for 35 Japanese and 1 Korean exchange students attending a trial 7-week intensive English & US Culture program at Endicott College, in an international exchange with Hokkaido Women's Junior College in Japan.Chaperoned students on cultural field trips in the local area, and on overnight or weekend excursions to major tourist areas, immersing students in realtime communicative situations applying newly-acquired linguistic and cultural skills. Show less

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  World Learning

  Jun 1996 - Aug 1996

  ESL Instructor

  Planned, coordinated, taught, and evaluated ESL and Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) preparatory courses in a summer Intensive English Program on the School for International Training campus.Participated in planned and informal extracurricular student and faculty/staff activities to encourage use of English language skills gained through formal classroom study in an immersion environment.

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  Multiple Japanese corporations and universities

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2008

  English Lecturer, Instructor, Trainer, and Consultant

  Planned, coordinated, taught, and evaluated required and elective undergraduate general English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and content courses at multiple post-secondary academic institutions, and business EFL classes for Japanese and international corporations and companies throughout the region. Key post-secondary teaching experience includes courses taught for Nara Women's University, Osaka Institute of Technology, Konan Women's University, Osaka University of Human Sciences, Hyogo College of Medicine, Tezukayama University, Kobe Women's Junior College, and others. Key corporate training experience includes courses or tutorials for employees of Daikin Industries, Toray, Kuraray, Takii Seed, Yanmar Diesel, Sun Microsystems, Japanese Ministry of Justice - Immigration Enforcement (Regional Kobe Office), IBRI Port Island, Sharp, Tasaki Shinju, and others.Academic courses included basic English Communication (primarily speaking and listening skills), US Culture, Academic writing, English Grammar, Travel (Survival) English, and content courses such as Gender Topics, Science Topics, and Health/Medical Topics.Developed original core materials, supplements, and achievement testing tools, blending traditional classroom and interactive online/email-based student learning resources.University class sizes ranged from individual to small group (2~10) through large group (25~60) environments.Corporate trainees included corporate upper and middle management, sales/marketing/engineering staff, skilled laborers, and administrative/clerical workers, in classes of 1~15 trainees.Provided technical proofreading and editing services and original EFL self-study mini-lessons distributed through corporate email. Directed hiring, training, and on-site operations of 11 native English instructors in a corporate new employee intensive English program (IEP) conducted at a remote corporate training center. Show less

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  Defense Language Institute - English Language Center (DLIELC)

  Sept 2008 - Nov 2011

  ESL/EFL Instructor

  English language instructor in General English section, 2008-2009, 2011; MTT (1 of 2 instructors) for 5-week English for Counter-Insurgency Course at George C. Marshall Center, Garmisch, Germany (May 2009); MTT (solo) for 180-day deployment to FOB Union III, Baghdad, Iraq as Teacher-Trainer / Advisor to Iraqi Defence Language Institute; awarded DoD Civilian Joint Service Commendation Medal (Dec 2010) in Iraq; Curriculum Writer for American Language Curriculum (ALC) Books 21, 22 in LEAGC (General Curriculum) 2009-2011; selected as participant in DLIELC LEAN/Six Sigma event Show less

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  SALIENT FEDERAL SOLUTIONS, INC

  Jan 2012 - Jul 2013

  Language Training Program Development Consultant

  Online and on-site private adult professional English Language Training (ELT) program development consultant; adult professional ELT Subject Matter Expert; over 20 years firsthand experience in classroom and on-site adult professional ESL/EFL teaching; additional experience in teacher training &mentoring, curriculum development, organizational efficiency and change.

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  SALTS (Saudi Arabia Logistical and Technical Support)

  Aug 2013 - Mar 2014

  Technical English Language Instructor

  Taught intensive general, semi-technical, and technical English language skills to junior enlisted personnel and non-commissioned officers of the Royal Saudi Air Defense Force.