Maui International Language School (MILS)

Michael's Biography

Professional Endeavors:

         Developing and providing

         educational and support services for...

            ... immigrant (newcomer) children, adults, and families

          ... native Hawai'i Creole English ("Pidgin English") speakers          

          ... native speakers of "Standard American English"

          ... schools and businesses

          ... visitors to Maui

Professional Background:

         1976 – 1978  

• Teacher and Student Advisor, Berlitz Schools of Languages,      Munich, Germany

• School Director, Berlitz Schools of Languages, 

        Nuremberg, Germany & Lausanne, Switzerland

        1986 - 1995

• Established and directed the English as a Second Language (ESL) Program, Hui Malama Learning Center,

        Wailuku, Maui, Hawai’i, U.S.A.

         1996 – 1997

• Case study, Martin Luther King Middle School (curriculum for immigrant ESL students)

        Seaside, California, U.S.A.

         1997 – 2006  

• Language Development (ESL and Foreign Languages) &

         Information Technology (IT) Director, Hui Malama Learning Center,

         Wailuku, Maui, Hawai'i, U.S.A.  
        

          since January 2007  

• Owner-Teacher

        Maui International Language School

Educational Backround:

• American Elementary School, Munich, Germany

• American Junior High & High School, Munich, Germany

• Atlantic College, Wales, Great Britain 

                 Advanced ("A") Levels, University of London, England

                 International Baccalaureate, Geneva, Switzerland

                 Subjects:  English, German, Economics

• American University, Paris, France  

                  Liberal Studies

• University of Maryland, Munich, Germany   

                  Liberal Studies

• Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico

                   B.A., Philosophy

• Ein Harod Meuchad, Israel

                   Academic Diploma, Hebrew Language / Israeli Current Affairs

• Monterey Institute of International Studies / Middlebury College,        Monterey, California, U.S.A.

                  M.A. TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)

          Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California, U.S.A.

          Maui Community College, Hawai'i, U.S.A.

          Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey 

Courses, Certificates, and/or Work-based experience in:

•  Internet-Based Curriculum Design,                     
•  Computer-Assisted Language Learning  (CALL),
•  Microsoft  Office 1997, 2000, 2003, and 2007 Applications,
•  Computer Networking,  
  
•  Information Technology & Systems  (IT).