Ann (Annie) Pugliese
Milan
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
English Teaching Assistant
ITIS Giulio Riva Saronno
10.2022 - Current
- Prepare and conduct lessons primarily for second and third year students in high school, mainly on the topic of American culture
- Facilitate student classwork
- Correct assignments
- Hold individual tutoring hours
- Run an additional after-school writing course
- Launched an English course for non-English faculty and conduct weekly lessons
- Develop materials for classroom activities such as PowerPoints, videos, writing tasks, oral presentations from students, etc.
English Teacher
Scrambled Eggs Scuola Di Inglese
10.2023 - Current
- Run English exam preparation courses such as FCE and IELTS for high school students at Liceo Parini
- Prepare and facilitate weekly lessons onsite at the school
- Communicate with the directors of Scrambled Eggs and with the English faculty of the high school to monitor student progress
English Teacher
New English Teaching
10.2023 - Current
- Run a weekly conversation-based English course for the Starters exam for elementary students
- Prepare and implement lesson plans covering required exam topics
- Manage a group of twelve students onsite in an elementary school
Volunteer at Opera Messa Della Carità
Opera Messa Della Carità
10.2022 - Current
- Volunteer one shift per week at a homeless shelter
- Activities include preparing meals, serving lunch, communicating with and attending to guests
Research Assistant
Boston College Brighton
09.2021 - 07.2023
- Researched 16th century Italian theatrical works, specifically those of Angelo Beolco; wrote a published essay on the importance of language in these works and on the particular linguistic features of the dialect used; transcribed plays into encoded format using Oxygen XML Editor (September 2021 to December 2021)
- Translated issues from an Italian newspaper published in Egypt in the 19th century into English; categorized articles based on content; assessed which articles are of most importance for supervising professor's work; organized translations onto a spreadsheet (January 2022 to May 2022)
- Assisted a professor in the Sociology department in conducting a research study in Loreto, Italy; conducted spontaneous interviews in Italian with people on the street; translated interview questions from English to Italian; served as a translator for the professor during his research; conducted formal interviews with a tattoo artist and a client; transcribed the interviews from Italian to English; provided the voiceover in Italian for the video footage of the final research project (July 2023)
Private English Tutor
Private
10.2022 - 05.2023
- Assist Italian primary school children who attend bilingual schools with homework
- Guide and facilitate conversation
- Maintain students' focus on given tasks
ESOL Program Coordinator
Boston College Brighton
08.2019 - 05.2022
- Recruited, facilitated, and trained Boston College undergraduates to teach English classes to adults in the community
- Interviewed candidates for teaching positions
- Created a class schedule each semester in accordance with the availability of the teachers
- Sent course information out to interested community members
- Made possible the transition to online classes during the COVID pandemic
ESOL Teacher
Boston College Brighton
09.2018 - 05.2022
- Prepared lesson plans consisting of grammar exercises, listening activities, reading comprehension, and conversation practice
- Provided resources to learners for further practice
- Offered individual tutoring to learners
- Accommodated lessons to a virtual environment after the COVID-19 pandemic
- Launched an eight week summer course in 2021 for the first time in the program's history
Tutor
Boston College Brighton
09.2020 - 12.2021
- Provided Boston College undergraduate and graduate students academic help in the subjects of linguistics, ESL writing, and Italian
- Hosted virtual sessions with tutees to discuss key concepts in the aforementioned disciplines
- Worked with international students who wanted to improve their writing and grammar competence
- Attended tutor training workshops
Copy Editor
Boston College Brighton
09.2020 - 12.2021
- Reviewed and edited articles to be published both in the online and print version of Gusto food magazine
- Handled various types of pieces including personal essays, recipes, and features
- Made grammatical, content, and stylistic revisions to ensure fluency in writing
- Attended monthly meetings with other editors to discuss work and potential improvements to the magazine
Group Leader
Big Brother Big Sister, Boston College Brighton
09.2019 - 01.2021
- Led a "family group" of twenty big Brothers and Sisters (mentors) in the BC Bigs program
- Hosted biweekly reflection sessions to discuss experiences with Littles (mentees)
- Examined larger topics on social justice, mental health, institutional racism, coping with the pandemic, etc.
- Attended biweekly meetings with the other leaders and the heads of the program to plan for the family group sessions
Big Sister Volunteer
Boston College Brighton
09.2018 - 09.2020
- Went through an interview process to be matched with a "little sister," a student at one of the Boston public middle schools
- Met with my Little weekly for an hour, both in-person at her school and virtually when the pandemic began
- Planned collaborative activities for us to do at each meeting, including crafts, board games, conversation questions, and online activities
- Built and maintained a strong relationship with my little through consistent communication and reliability in attending our meetings
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Linguistics and Italian
Boston College
Brighton, MA05.2022
Accomplishments
- Honors for Italian Major awarded for the completion of a thesis in Italian
- Fulbright Alternate for the position of English Teaching Assistant in Italy (2022)
- Dean's Scholar (2021): nominated by the Italian and linguistics departments and selected as a recipient by a final committee
- The Tutto Italiano Award for Excellence in Italian (2021): nominated by Italian faculty and given to one Italian major or minor
- Excellence in Intermediate Italian Award (2019): nominated by Italian faculty and given to one student in all intermediate Italian sections
Languages
Italian
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
English Teacher
Scrambled Eggs Scuola Di Inglese
10.2023 - Current
English Teacher
New English Teaching
10.2023 - Current
Volunteer at Opera Messa Della Carità
Opera Messa Della Carità
10.2022 - Current
English Teaching Assistant
ITIS Giulio Riva Saronno
10.2022 - Current
Private English Tutor
Private
10.2022 - 05.2023
Research Assistant
Boston College Brighton
09.2021 - 07.2023
Tutor
Boston College Brighton
09.2020 - 12.2021
Copy Editor
Boston College Brighton
09.2020 - 12.2021
Group Leader
Big Brother Big Sister, Boston College Brighton
09.2019 - 01.2021
ESOL Program Coordinator
Boston College Brighton
08.2019 - 05.2022
ESOL Teacher
Boston College Brighton
09.2018 - 05.2022
Big Sister Volunteer
Boston College Brighton
09.2018 - 09.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Linguistics and Italian
Boston College
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