Editing and Writing
Joel Monkarsh
Hwaseong (Dongtan) South Korea; Cell Phone: 82-010-9757-8257; jm8257@gmail.com
Qualifications Summary
Professional Experience
June 2013 – Present: ESL tutoring, editing, consulting work (Seongnam/Bundang & Dongtan, South Korea).
Webmaster for the EBKASC.
September 2002 to June 2013: Teaching in San Francisco Bay Area public schools.
Numerous Skype teaching projects. ESL teaching at the East Bay Korean-American Senior Center.
June 2000 to August 2002: Paralegal. Farmers Insurance. Worked with in-house
counsel, audited legal bills from claims branch offices, Cumis counsel, independent, & panel
counsel. Single files and panel law firm auditing involved cases of small to large dollar amounts
& complexity. Computer legal research using Lexis & Westlaw. Drafted single file & panel
audit reports.
January 2000 to May 2000: Paralegal. Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison (Concord) & ESL Instructor
at the Asian Women's Resource Center (San Francisco).
1992 through 1999: ESL Instructor in South Korea (Seoul, Inchon, Muan) & the Czech
Republic (Jihlava) at the high school, language institute, & university levels; 1992-1994 - Jihlava/Prague, 1994-late 1999 - Korea. Interned at Prognosis Newspaper in Prague (summer 1993).
Volunteer Experience
(1986-1991, 2000-2003) FLASH – Bar Assoc. of San Francisco Divorce Clinic. Bar Association
projects included Immigration Amnesty, Homeless Advocacy Project. Non-bar association work
included Old St. Mary's Housing Committee, TRO Clinics in San Francisco & Berkeley.
2009 – 2012. Davis Street Family Resource Center. Cyber Lab Assistant.
2010 – Present: East Bay Korean American Senior Services Center – Webmaster
(http://www.eastbaykoreanamericanseniorcenter.org/), ESL instructor (summer 2011, 2012)
Education
TESL Certificate – Transworld Teachers, Diploma (Linguistics) – Univ. of Surrey; Internet
teaching projects.
BA (Political Science) & MBA (Marketing) degrees; Course
Work Terms
Online work. Work depends on the specifics of the assignments.