Faculty Resume
I have included my resume in this section. It outlines my educational experience, my work experience and my accomplishments.
I graduated from Humber College and the Hotel and Restaurant Management in 1978. I went on to enjoy an exciting career in the Hotel and Restaurant Industry. In 1991, I left the industry to open my own business that offered corporate training. I worked with a number of companies in the areas of sales training and train the trainer programs. Companies that employed my services included; Sales and Merchandising Group, Ford Motor Company of Canada, Canadian Tire, SC Johnson and Cadbury’s. I also had the opportunity to train and consult with the Federal Business Development Bank. As part of my services, I offered mystery shopper programs. I conducted these quality audits for the Holiday Inn on King, Horseshoe Valley Resort, Grandview Resort, Rocky Crest Resort, Sherwood Inn and six Holiday Inns in southern Ontario.
To have a career like this, I believed that goals were an important part of my success.
I had two goals for myself when I left Humber College.
1. To become a Hotel General Manager by the age of 35.
2. To teach at Humber College in the school of Hospitality, Recreation and Tourism by the age of 40.
I became a hotel General Manager at the age of 33 and I was hired on full time at Humber at the age of 40.
While working in the industry and working for myself, I also saw the importance of continuing my education. In 1993/94, I completed my Certificate and Diploma in Adult Education at St. Francis Xavier University. This knowledge assisted me tremendously in working in the corporate arena. I also joined an organization called Toastmasters to enable me to practice being in front of people speaking and teaching. This experience not only helped me to achieve a great level of confidence in front of a group of people, but also afforded me the opportunity to compete in larger venues with the organization. I have given speeches in front of 500 people and I have noted in my resume that I have won several public speaking awards.
I believe that all of this experience has greatly enabled me to succeed in the area of teaching at the college level. As you can see, it was always one of my goals and I set my training and learning to achieve that goal.
One of my hiring criteria was to obtain a University degree during the next five years. I began classes at York University and took a Sales and Marketing course and a Human Resources course there. I found that the drive was too much with smaller children at home and full time work, so I entered into a degree program at Athabasca University. In 4 years, I completed my Bachelor of Arts in Administration.
Once again, I have spent time on this section, because I hope you can see the importance of my background to my success and to my teaching at Humber.
I graduated from Humber College and the Hotel and Restaurant Management in 1978. I went on to enjoy an exciting career in the Hotel and Restaurant Industry. In 1991, I left the industry to open my own business that offered corporate training. I worked with a number of companies in the areas of sales training and train the trainer programs. Companies that employed my services included; Sales and Merchandising Group, Ford Motor Company of Canada, Canadian Tire, SC Johnson and Cadbury’s. I also had the opportunity to train and consult with the Federal Business Development Bank. As part of my services, I offered mystery shopper programs. I conducted these quality audits for the Holiday Inn on King, Horseshoe Valley Resort, Grandview Resort, Rocky Crest Resort, Sherwood Inn and six Holiday Inns in southern Ontario.
To have a career like this, I believed that goals were an important part of my success.
I had two goals for myself when I left Humber College.
1. To become a Hotel General Manager by the age of 35.
2. To teach at Humber College in the school of Hospitality, Recreation and Tourism by the age of 40.
I became a hotel General Manager at the age of 33 and I was hired on full time at Humber at the age of 40.
While working in the industry and working for myself, I also saw the importance of continuing my education. In 1993/94, I completed my Certificate and Diploma in Adult Education at St. Francis Xavier University. This knowledge assisted me tremendously in working in the corporate arena. I also joined an organization called Toastmasters to enable me to practice being in front of people speaking and teaching. This experience not only helped me to achieve a great level of confidence in front of a group of people, but also afforded me the opportunity to compete in larger venues with the organization. I have given speeches in front of 500 people and I have noted in my resume that I have won several public speaking awards.
I believe that all of this experience has greatly enabled me to succeed in the area of teaching at the college level. As you can see, it was always one of my goals and I set my training and learning to achieve that goal.
One of my hiring criteria was to obtain a University degree during the next five years. I began classes at York University and took a Sales and Marketing course and a Human Resources course there. I found that the drive was too much with smaller children at home and full time work, so I entered into a degree program at Athabasca University. In 4 years, I completed my Bachelor of Arts in Administration.
Once again, I have spent time on this section, because I hope you can see the importance of my background to my success and to my teaching at Humber.
Looking at the past 5 years teaching in the Hotel and Restaurant Management program, I have taught many different courses.
Introduction to the Tourism Industries
Introduction to Financial Management
Hospitality Financial Management
Marketing and Hotel Sales
Leadership
iSucceed@Hospitality and Tourism
As a coordinator, my teaching hours have been reduced. At this time, I teach in the big lecture theatre and have class sizes of 150 to 240 students. I am currently teaching the Introduction to Tourism course and the iSucceed@HRT course. These are 1st semester courses and it gives me the opportunity to meet and work with 1st semester students.
Enrollment Numbers
Over the past five years, the number of students in the classes has doubled. In 2003, the class sizes were approximately 24 students. Now we are seeing class sizes of 60 to 75 students. My HRT 104 class will have over 240 students in September. These numbers have an impact on how you teach the course, how you get to know and interact with the students, and especially how we give and receive feedback from the students. In September 2010, we accepted a record number of students for the Hotel and Restaurant Management program. For the first time, we had six sections to start in September. Along with the Food and Beverage program, the programs had over 130 students, in first semester. In fall 2013, we expect to have the same number of students in the program. Our target is 136 students in these programs. We are expecting over 100 students in the Event Planning program. This doubles the intake for this program. My HRT. 104 course will have the Hotel and Restaurant Management students and the Tourism and Hospitality Management - Event Planning students and students from the National Kaohsiung University totalling approximately 240 students. My iSucceed class will have students from H&R, F&B and Events equaling 240 students.
The retention has been good for the programs this past year. My retention rate for Hotel and Restaurant students from 1st to 2nd semester is 86%. The fall 2013 we would expect to have 136 Hotel and Restaurant students plus 100 for the Event Planning program. Total number of students in my programs will reach 440 students.
The types of students in each course
Since January of 2010, we have started to see a great increase of international students coming into the Hospitality courses. Many of these students are from India, but also Korea, Japan, China and Vietnam. The educational level of these students, particularly their English language skills and math skills present some challenges with the speed and level of teaching in the classrooms. These students require extra help and assistance that is offered by the college. In order to get better prepared for these challenges, I have attended sessions on teaching in a large classroom, body language in the large classroom and teaching students from India. I do not believe that this will change over the next few years. This is now a reality of teaching.
2013 update - this is still a reality of teaching in the college system today. My January intake of Hotel and Restaurant students was 50% international. We continually need to work on getting to know the student and help them understand the Canadian education system. There was information provided by the Dean of the school to suggest that Humber was expanding the number of different countries that we are marketing to for students.
Introduction to the Tourism Industries
Introduction to Financial Management
Hospitality Financial Management
Marketing and Hotel Sales
Leadership
iSucceed@Hospitality and Tourism
As a coordinator, my teaching hours have been reduced. At this time, I teach in the big lecture theatre and have class sizes of 150 to 240 students. I am currently teaching the Introduction to Tourism course and the iSucceed@HRT course. These are 1st semester courses and it gives me the opportunity to meet and work with 1st semester students.
Enrollment Numbers
Over the past five years, the number of students in the classes has doubled. In 2003, the class sizes were approximately 24 students. Now we are seeing class sizes of 60 to 75 students. My HRT 104 class will have over 240 students in September. These numbers have an impact on how you teach the course, how you get to know and interact with the students, and especially how we give and receive feedback from the students. In September 2010, we accepted a record number of students for the Hotel and Restaurant Management program. For the first time, we had six sections to start in September. Along with the Food and Beverage program, the programs had over 130 students, in first semester. In fall 2013, we expect to have the same number of students in the program. Our target is 136 students in these programs. We are expecting over 100 students in the Event Planning program. This doubles the intake for this program. My HRT. 104 course will have the Hotel and Restaurant Management students and the Tourism and Hospitality Management - Event Planning students and students from the National Kaohsiung University totalling approximately 240 students. My iSucceed class will have students from H&R, F&B and Events equaling 240 students.
The retention has been good for the programs this past year. My retention rate for Hotel and Restaurant students from 1st to 2nd semester is 86%. The fall 2013 we would expect to have 136 Hotel and Restaurant students plus 100 for the Event Planning program. Total number of students in my programs will reach 440 students.
The types of students in each course
Since January of 2010, we have started to see a great increase of international students coming into the Hospitality courses. Many of these students are from India, but also Korea, Japan, China and Vietnam. The educational level of these students, particularly their English language skills and math skills present some challenges with the speed and level of teaching in the classrooms. These students require extra help and assistance that is offered by the college. In order to get better prepared for these challenges, I have attended sessions on teaching in a large classroom, body language in the large classroom and teaching students from India. I do not believe that this will change over the next few years. This is now a reality of teaching.
2013 update - this is still a reality of teaching in the college system today. My January intake of Hotel and Restaurant students was 50% international. We continually need to work on getting to know the student and help them understand the Canadian education system. There was information provided by the Dean of the school to suggest that Humber was expanding the number of different countries that we are marketing to for students.