Some highlights:

Qualifed and experienced teacher

Fluent Japanese speaker

Commercial pilot

I was born at an early age…

…in Manchester, in the north of England. I grew up there, and didn't leave until I was 18 and I went to university in Sheffield. At 23 I moved to Japan, ten years later I left for the United States, and I've been in New Zealand since 2009.

Here's a little more detail.

Steve McCabe

British/American dual national with New Zealand permanent residence

7a Helvetia Road
Pukekohe
Auckland 2120
New Zealand

Home phone: +64-9-239-2486
Mobile phone: +21-425-895

steve@stevemccabe.net

Education

Department of Biblical Studies
University of Sheffield
1986-1990
Bachelor of Arts with honours, Biblical Studies, 1990

Language Studies Unit
Aston University
1996-1998
Master of Sciences, Teaching English and Applied Linguistics, 1998

Capstone Programme
University of Tampa
2005-2007
Master of Arts in Teaching, 2007

Airline Training Academy
2002-2003
Commercial Pilot, Advanced Ground Instructor

Qualifications

Registration, New Zealand Teachers' Council
2009
(Teacher registration certifies that a teacher is satisfactorily trained, qualified and suitable to be a teacher and provides the assurance to future employers, parents and the public that the requirements for registration have been met.)

Florida State Temporary Teacher’s Certificate
2006
(Certification in physics grades 6-12, middle grades integrated curriculum; fully authorised to teach, as sole classroom practioner, at any public school in the state of Florida, physics to 6th-12th grade level, and any of the middle grades core subjects. NB permanent certificates are only issued after five years of classroom experience in the State; until this requirement is fulfilled, all teachers teach under temporary certificates, but are considered “highly qualified” under the terms of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.)

Japanese Language Proficiency Certificate, Level 2
1996
日本語能力試験2級 合格
(“The examinee has mastered grammar at a relatively high level, knows about 1,000 Kanji and 6,000 vocabulary words, and has the ability to converse, read and write about matters of a general nature. This level is normally reached after studying Japanese for about 600 hours and finishing the intermediate course.”)

Advanced/instrument ground instructor
2003
(Qualified to give primary flight and ground instruction in single-engine aeroplanes, at all levels, up to and including commercial pilot.)

Teaching Experience

Papakura High School
Willis Road, Papakura
Classroom teacher, January 2010 — present
Teaching NCEA Level 2 and Level 3 physics, as well as NCEA Level 1 and Year 9 and 10 general science and Year 9 Japanese. In this time I have boosted enrolment in Level 2 physics by over 100%, and helped my physics students to achieve NCEA grades above decile averages.
 
Pinellas County School Board
Safety Harbor Middle School
901 1st Ave. N
Safety Harbor, Florida, U.S.A.
Classroom teacher, August 2006 — June 2008
Teaching 7th- and 8th-grade Social Studies and Advanced Language Arts classes: responsible for lesson preparation and teaching; maintaining student records and grades; administering relevant assessments; preparing students for FCAT and other standardised tests; ensuring compliance with state-wide curriculum; maintaining hallway discipline; communicating with parents. Complete job description available at:
http://www.pinellas.k12.fl.us/hr/compensation/Instructional/2316.pdf
   
獨協大学 Dokkyo University
学園町 1-1 Gakuen-cho 1-1
埼玉県草加市 Saitama-ken Soka-shi
Adjunct instructor, April 2000 — September 2001
Teaching writing, discussion and general undergraduate English classes; compiling and submitting detailed course outlines; performing ongoing and end-of-semester evaluations; co-ordinating with other faculty members; maintaining student records; being available for out-of-class student discussions and English contact practice
   
早稲田大学 Waseda University
第一文学部 School of Arts, Letters and Sciences
東京都新宿区 Tokyo-to Shinjuku-ku
戸山 1-24-1 Toyama 1-24-1
Adjunct instructor, April 2000 — September 2001
Teaching English writing classes; compiling and submitting detailed course outlines; performing ongoing and end-of-semester evaluations; co-ordinating with other faculty members; maintaining student records.
   
大東文化大学 Daito Bunka University
経営学部 Faculty of Business Management
埼玉県東松山市 Saitama-ken Higashimatsuyama-shi
岩殿 560 Iwadono 560
Associate professor of English, April 1999 — September 2001
Designing and teaching English courses to undergraduate students; compiling and submitting detailed course outlines; performing ongoing and end-of-semester evaluations; co-ordinating with other faculty members; maintaining student records; entrance-test development and administration; general faculty administration; assisting with training of new teachers; translating and interpreting; carrying out research related to language teaching and linguistics.
   
上武大学 Jobu University
経営情報学部 Faculty of Information Sciences
群馬県多野郡 Gunma-ken Tano-gun
新町 270-1 Shinmachi 270-1
Full-time lecturer of English, April 1998 — March 1999
Teaching general English classes to undergraduate students; revising the university English programme; compiling and submitting detailed course outlines; performing ongoing and end-of-semester evaluations; co-ordinating with other facultymembers; maintaining student records; preparing entrance-test software.
   
聖学院大学 Seigakuin University
聖学院女子短期大学 Seigakuin Women’s Junior College
埼玉県上尾市 Saitama-ken Ageo-shi
戸崎 1-1 Tozaki 1-1
Adjunct instructor April, 1996 — March 2000
Teaching composition and CALL classes to junior-college and university students; developing CALL materials for Macintosh; compiling and submitting detailed course outlines; performing ongoing and end-of-semester evaluations; co-ordinating with other faculty members; maintaining student records; maintaining Macintosh computers.
   
共栄学園短期大学 Kyoei Gakuen Junior College
埼玉県春日部市 Saitama-ken Kasukabe-shi
内牧 4158 Uchimaki 4158
Adjunct instructor April 1996 — March 1998
Teaching conversation classes to junior-college students; compiling and submitting detailed course outlines; performing ongoing and end-of-semester evaluations; co-ordinating with other faculty members; maintaining student records; judging
English speech contests; assisting in textbook preparation.
   
文化女子大学 Bunka Women’s University (now Bunka Gakuen University
文化外国語専門学校 Bunka Institute of Language
東京都渋谷区 Tokyo-to Shibuya-ku
代々木 3-22-1 Yoyogi 3-22-1
English teacher, April 1995 — March 1996
Teaching intensive English classes and Macintosh computer course to Senmon-Gakko (vocational school) students; teaching English to undergraduate students of Bunka Women’s University; compiling and submitting detailed course outlines; performing ongoing and end-of-semester evaluations; co-ordinating with other faculty members; maintaining student records; maintaining Macintoh computer network; occasional translating and interpreting; course and programme development
   
下條村立中学校 Shimojo Junior High School
長野県下伊那郡 Nagano-ken Shimoina-gun
下條村睦沢 8690-1 Shimojo-mura Mutsuzawa 8690-1
Assistant English Teacher, April 1993 — March 1995
Team-teaching and individual teaching of junior-high classes; teaching elementary-school and adult classes; assisting the village administration in various internationalisation programmes; involvement with the PTA
   
太田イングリッシュスクール Ota English School
群馬県太田市 Gunma-ken Ota-shi
飯田町 1409 Iida-cho 1149
English teacher Nov. 1991 — Nov. 1992
Teaching English conversation classes to all age groups, from kindergarten to company classes; preparing lessons and maintaining lesson plans; covering for absent colleagues

Presentations

Computers, CALL and the Internet (JALT Suwa Chapter)
29 September 1996

Keeping the ‘L’ in CALL (JALT CALL N-SIG International CALL Conference, Chubu University)
1 June 1997

How to Write an Email: Following the Rules or Making Your Own (JALT CALL N-SIG International CALL Conference, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology)
31 June 1998

Developing Testing Software Using FileMaker Pro (JALT CALL N-SIG International
CALL Conference, Kyoto Sangyo University)
22 May 1999

Computer-Generated Speech: Tool or Gimmic? (JALT 1999 Annual Conference,
Maebashi)
9 October 1999

The Use of English in Japan and Japanese (PhD Kenkyukai, International House, Tokyo)
7 December 1999

On Whose Authority? Corpora in English-teaching materials (“Quality in Language
Education,” Tsinghua University, Beijing, PRC)
22 June, 2000

CALL — The Pessimist’s View (JALT CALL N-SIG International CALL Conference, Kanto Gakuen University, Ota, Japan)
26 June 2001

Japan, a diglossic society (Language in Society Conference, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand)
November 2008

Publications

Online Wizardry: Email and Online Discourse (Dissertation submitted to Aston University on November 23rd, 1997, in partial completion of Master of Science degree)

Computers and Learning Styles (女子聖学院短期大学英文学会会誌第28号 pp 61-71, June 1997)

Virtual Manchester (CALL: Basics and Beyond, Paul Lewis, ed, pp 83-88, JALT Press, 1997)

Revising the Seigakuin CALL Course (女子聖学院短期大学英文学会会誌第28号 pp 63-72, June 1998)

On Whose Authority? Making sure that what we’re teaching is what they’re saying (Reflecting Language, Melissa Megan & Alice Jyu, eds, pp 43-51, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2002)