Richard McDorman

Experience

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  Madison House | Charlottesville, VA

  Sept 1990 - May 1992

  ESL Instructor

  • Taught English as a Second Language (ESL) to migrant workers from Mexico and Central America• Helped learners develop foundational literacy and academic skills• Provided English language learners with assistance adjusting to life in the United States

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  The University of Chicago

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1996

  Lector of Romance Languages

  • Appointed to the teaching rank of Lector for the 1995-1996 Academic Year.• Taught two graded undergraduate sections of Introductory Spanish.• Planned and implemented curriculum and participated in regular departmental meetings. • Met with and advised undergraduate students on a regular basis.http://www.uchicago.edu

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  McDorman Translations

  Jan 1999 - now

  Certified Translator and Language Consultant

  ATA-certified translator and language consultant specializing in educational, literary, legal, academic, scientific and technical documents • Translated and edited documents from a wide variety of genres and styles from Spanish, French and Latin to English and from English and Latin to Spanish for private clients and language service providers.• Provided on-air language consultation for Telemundo Spanish language television network• Served as Head Test Developer (English ↔ Spanish) for BilingualBility• Provided linguistic consultation and grammaticality judgments for private clients and language services and technology companies, including SDL (the maker of Trados)• Provided management consulting for private language institutes and language service providers• Translated television dialogue for Fox Cable Networks Show less

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  Inlingua Florida

  Oct 2003 - Oct 2016

  • Managed the Departments of Academic Programs and Professional Development from the Florida Head Office.• Directed and oversaw the recruitment, selection, training, and professional development of more than two thousand ESL, foreign language and test preparation instructors.• Created, implemented and supervised an extensive language training and professional development program for new and experienced language and test preparation instructors.• Authored a series of original administrative, training, teaching and research materials.• Authored two language textbooks, teacher’s editions and corresponding audio CD texts and achievement test for use at all inlingua Language Centers throughout the world.• Translated (from Spanish to English, Latin to English, French to English and Latin to Spanish) and edited general, legal, financial, literary, scientific and technical documents. • Developed and conducted training seminars and workshops on topics related to language teaching and learning, standardized testing, writing, and literacy (including second language acquisition, language assessment, and linguistic description and analysis).• Administered the TOEIC Open Test on behalf of Educational Testing Service (ETS).• Served as institutional multisite Accreditation Coordinator during accreditation process with the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA)http://www.inlingua.com Show less

  • Director of Programs and Professional Development

    Jun 2007 - Oct 2016

  • Coordinator of Teacher Training and Test Preparation

    Jun 2005 - Jun 2007

  • English, Latin and Test Preparation Instructor

    Oct 2003 - Jun 2005
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  Educational Testing Service (ETS)

  Dec 2008 - Jan 2018

  Standardized Test Essay Rater

  • Scored examinees' written responses for the TOEFL iBT (an English proficiency test), SAT and Texas STAAR testing programs in accordance with established benchmarks and standards.• Integrated, synthesized and applied the testing programs' objective assessment norms to provide valid and reliable final scores for essays on the tests' writing sections.http://www.ets.org

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  COMMISSION ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM ACCREDITATION

  Jan 2016 - now

  Prepare reports to support the accrediting agency's work

  • CEA Specialized Contractor

    Jan 2021 - now

  • Chair of Nominating Committee (2020)

    Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

  • Commission Chair (2019)

    Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Commissioner (2016-2018)

    Jan 2016 - Dec 2018
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  Language On Schools

  Nov 2016 - now

  Chief Academic Officer

  • Responsible for ensuring that the day-to-day academic operations of the institution are carried out at all eight Language On campus locations in Florida, Massachusetts and Utah, in addition to one partner site in Virginia• Serve as one of the four members of the institution's Management Team, supporting campus-level operations and engaging in short-term and long-term strategic planning• Work directly with the Governing Board, campus directors, faculty and staff to ensure that all instructional programs are executed in accordance with school policies, CEA accreditation standards and SEVP regulations• Serve as the institution’s PDSO (Principal Designated School Official), CEA Accreditation Coordinator, and TOEIC and iTEP Test Center Administratorhttp://languageonschools.com Show less