Jacqueline C.

Struthers
1287 Belmont Avenue
West Chester, PA 19380
tel. 610-692-9562
cell 484-459-1600
jsc76a70@westpost.net

Work Experience
1980 present
Part-time ESL, Spanish, French and English teacher and tutor to various groups a
nd individuals
Jul. 2005 Dec. 2006
Program Manager/Coordinator of Volunteers, Thresholds in Delaware County, Inc.
Recruiting, helping train, and coordinating volunteers to teach individual and g
roup self-help classes on decision-making to prison inmates in Delaware Co. corr
ectional facilities.
Sep. 1998 - Jun. 2000
Part-time Spanish teacher, St. Norbert School, Paoli, PA. Teaching once-a-week
required Spanish classes to children in grades 3-8 my first year and grades 1-8
my second year.
Apr. 1984 - present
Part-time free-lance French and Spanish translator and interpreter
Oct. 1992 - May 1993, Oct. 1994 May 1998
Part-time French and Spanish teacher in before-school extra-curricular elementar
y foreign language program at Hillsdale School, West Chester, PA.
Aug. 1980 - Mar. 1984
Bilingual secretary, Wyeth Intl. Ltd., Radnor, PA. Answering, and translating c
orrespondence related to Francophone Africa markets; translating reports, contra
cts, and articles from French to English, English to French, and some Spanish to
English; writing synopses of French technical and news articles; occasional int
erpreting; editing; typing.
Sep. 1979 - Jul. 1980
Bilingual secretary. World Bank, Western Africa Projects Dept., Washington, D.C
.
Jul. 1977 - Jun. 1979
E.F.L. teacher. Peace Corps, Tunisia, North Africa. Teaching Tunisian lyce stu
dents English. Critique teacher in summer, giving model EFL lessons and teachin
g pedagogy and cross-cultural awareness to new 1978 Peace Corps volunteers. Ass
istant in planning group for cross-cultural aspects of new volunteer training pr
ogram for summer 1979. Travels in Egypt, Turkey, Sicily, Morocco, and Algeria.

Sep. 1976 - May 1977

Spanish/English teacher and co-supervisor of Language Club. Sandy Union High Sc
hool, Sandy, OR. Teaching first and second-year Spanish students and Freshman E
nglish students. Organizing and chaperoning students exchange trip to Vancouver,
B.C.
summer 1975
Field assistant on archaeological survey. Department of Anthropology, I.S.U., P
ocatello, ID. Collecting historical and archaeological data to be included in e
nvironmental impact statement to Bureau of Reclamation and National Park Service
.
Feb. - May 1975
Part-time volunteer teacher, English as a Second Language. ABE, I.S.U., Pocatel
lo, ID.
Sep. 1973 - Dec. 1974
Bilingual secretary, World Bank, Washington, D.C. Western Africa Projects.
Education
2008 present
Main Line Night School, Berwyn, PA. Advanced French Conversation classes.
2004 - 2006
Continuing education credits and interpreter training certificates earned at var
ious interpreter-training seminars sponsored by Phoenix Language Services Inc.;
American Translators Association; Delaware Valley Translators Association; and N
ationalities Service Center
Sep. 1981 - Dec. 1981
Immaculata College, Immaculata, PA. Evening course in Business Spanish.
Jan. 1980 - May 1980
Georgetown U., Washington, D.C. Evening courses in French and Spanish translati
on.
Oct. 1977 - May 1979
Bourguiba School, Sfax, Tunisia. Evening courses in Arabic.
Jan. 1975 - Jun. 1976
I.S.U., Pocatello, ID. Education courses for teacher certification.
1969 - 1973
Drew University, Madison, NJ. B.A. in French and Spanish Literature. Junior ye
ar abroad in Paris through N.Y.U. in France, included courses at the Louvre and
U. of Paris.
Special Interests
Climate change, educational research, international relations, translation, art
and film, psycholinguistics. Active member of American Translators Assoc. Dela
ware Valley Translators Assoc. Newsletter Editor July 1988 - July 1999, Program
Chair 1990 - 1996.