Kathryn Lorimer

Few school functions are unfamiliar: faculty recruitment, class scheduling, classroom observation, curriculum oversight, international student advising, academic records, and SEVIS compliance.

Academic

Manager onboarding throughout North America has required policy explanation, preparation of new leaders, and instruction in curriculum, staff oversight, and academic quality. Regulatory records, federal reporting, instructor evaluation, and report writing have made documentation and close reading routine parts of the work. Accreditation coordination is the intended direction for applying school administration knowledge, international education experience, regulatory judgment, and disciplined writing to institutional review and member guidance.

Academic Manager & DSO - Kaplan International Colleges - Berkeley, California

(2020-01)

• Balanced five parts of the academic program, including class scheduling, instructor allocation, coverage planning, resource purchasing, and payroll approval, while matching staffing and class sizes with curriculum and budget requirements so students could rely on dependable instruction.
• Guarded international student compliance throughout three key stages, prospective, newly enrolled, and continuing, by preserving precise SEVIS documentation, filing required federal reports within mandated deadlines, and guiding students through academic and immigration requirements.
• Authored and taught a North American onboarding program for Academic Managers covering six operational and leadership areas, then mentored each new leader as they put institutional policies, curriculum expectations, staff oversight, and quality standards into practice at their school.

Senior English Instructor - Kaplan International Colleges - Berkeley, California

(2015-02 - 2020-01)

• Demystified English course material for international students at multiple proficiency levels by rebuilding lessons, classroom activities, and assessments around three realities of learning: language level, learning style, and goals.
• Readied new instructors for Kaplan classrooms by sharing practical knowledge in four areas: lesson planning, classroom leadership, teaching methods, and curriculum delivery, so colleagues entered the role with confidence and carried the school's instructional expectations into their own teaching.
• Threaded five years of classroom experience into curriculum development and academic initiatives, drawing from student progress, individual language goals, and lesson outcomes to keep teaching practices grounded in the realities of international learners.

Teaching roles

(2002 - 2013)

11+ additional years of professional experience in Teaching roles from 2002 – 2013.

Certificate in English Teaching to Adults - CELTA - Cambridge U – Milner College of English, Perth, Australia (2013)

Bachelor of Arts - German - University of Exeter (2004)