Brian Thomson

Experience

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  Cocktails & Canapés

  Nov 2019 - Dec 2019

  Server

  Short-term.

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  Providence Health Care

  Jul 2020 - Dec 2020

  Access Control Screener
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  Red Robin

  Jun 2021 - Sept 2021

  Server
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  Trinity Western University

  Aug 2021 - now

  • Assisted five first-year history and philosophy courses with approximately 40 students each• Responsible for grading weekly assignments, mid-term exams, and final papers• Provided clear and succinct feedback on strengths and weaknesses using grading criteria• Advised efficient strategies and approaches to improve writing and studying for students• Completed grading reports on Microsoft Excel in a timely manner• Stimulated group discussion from professor’s lecture questions in classGuest Lecturer (History) | Trinity Western University | Apr. 11, 2022• Effectively delivered lecture on Latin America to 44-student world history course• Adapted lecture from professor’s notes in a video recording• Created an aesthetic PowerPoint presentation to hook class attentionDiscussion Coordinator (History) | Trinity Western University | TBA Show less • 300-hours’ experience tutoring 250 students in writing in 400 appointments• Tutored international students on grammar, essay structure, and academic styles and formats• Assisted four instructors in first-year English courses to improve student performance• Planned 30-minute to 1-hour tutoring sessions geared to particular writing concerns• Specialized in teaching thesis formulation, outlines, and argumentative flow in essays• Completed detailed session reports for instructors and listed areas to review for studentsEditor-in-Chief of Writing Contest• Organized the display of entries for publication on Pressbooks• Assessed the quality of 9 essays for exemplary writing in a writing contest• Collaborated together with editorial committee to select the winners of the 30 entriesGuest Speaker (English) | Trinity Western University | Nov. 1, 2022 • Delivered presentation on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to 34-student literature course• Voluntarily read novel, conducted research on major themes, and created immersing presentation• Stimulated interaction with content by writing discussion questions on 5 themes Show less

  • Graduate Writing Coach

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Sept 2021 - Aug 2023

  • Writing Center Tutor

    Aug 2021 - Apr 2023
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  WISDOM Home Schooling

  Jul 2023 - now

  Tutor

  Tutor for "Mastering the Essay" in the WISDOM Socratic Dialogue Online Program