Mariusz Szajnert
2319 Alexander Drive
Troy, Michigan 48083
248 689-0180 (home & office)

Email: mszajnert@gmail.com

EDUCATION

  • Teacher Certification Program of Chicago Public Schools, Illinois, administered by the Chicago State University, 1990-1994
  • Doctoral Study in Linguistics, University of Warsaw, Poland, 1981-1985
  • Master’s degree in Polish Language and Literature, University of Łódź, Poland, 1973-1978
  • Board of Immigration Appeals Representative
  • Member of American Translators Association, number 225998

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2010 – Present Linguist
    Northrop Grumman, Fairfax, Virginia
    Polish/English translating and interpreting services
  • 2003 – Present Translator and Interpreter. Teacher of Polish as a Second Language, English as a Second Language, and US Citizenship courses
    Polish Translations, LLC, Troy, Michigan
  • 2008 – 2010 Polish Language Instructor
    Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
    Developed and taught primary and secondary levels of Polish language courses. Developed proficiency tests for students of Polish heritage
  • 2003 – 2006 Assistant Professor of Polish Language and Polish and Central and Eastern European Literatures
    Madonna University, Orchard Lake, Michigan
    Developed and taught course: “Cross-cultural issues for the prospective teachers of English as a Second Language,” and taught Polish courses and course on Translation into Polish and English Languages
  • 2001 – 2003 Director of English as a Second Language,
    Instructor of Polish Language and Professor of Polish Literature and Culture
    Saint Mary’s College of Ave Maria University, Orchard Lake, Michigan
    Developed and taught courses: “Literary Nobel Prize Winners from Poland,” “Polish Literature of 1918-1939,” “Real Giants and Nobel Prize Winners from Eastern and Central Europe.” Taught various levels of Polish language
  • 1999 – 2000 Instructor of Linguistics
    Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois
    Developed and taught introductory course of general linguistics
  • 1999 – 2000 Citywide Bilingual Teacher Facilitator
    Office of Specialized Services
    Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois
    Provided services and testing for linguistically and culturally challenged children of Polish heritage

Teacher of English as a Second Language, Polish Language, U.S. History, Public Law, Geography, Early World History, Modern World History, Ethnic Studies, and Learning Disabilities at:

  • 2000 – 2001 Foreman High School, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1990 – 1999 Curie Sklodowska Metropolitan High School, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1995 Lourdes Evening High School, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1990 – 1991 Polish University in Exile, Chicago, Illinois

Teacher of Polish as a Second Language at:

  • 2008 – Present Sienkiewicz Polish Language School, Hamtramck, MI
  • 1989 – 2001 Paderewski Polish Language School, Park Ridge, IL
  • 1990 – 1991 Renaissance Language Instruction, Chicago, IL
  • 1990 – 1991 Polish University in Exile, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1990 – 1991 Pulaski Polish Language School, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1986 – 1989 School of Polish Language, Liege, Belgium
  • 1981 – 1986 Institute of Polish Language and Culture “Polonicum,” University of Warsaw, Poland
  • 1978 – 1986 Institute of Polish Language for Foreigners, University of Lodz, Poland

Translator of English to Polish and Polish to English for:

  • 2001 – Present Freelance Translating and Interpreting Services, Metro Detroit, Michigan
  • 2000 – 2001 Foreman High School, Local School Council, Chicago, Illinois Student newspaper
  • 1995 – 2001 Office of Specialized Services, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1993 – 2001 The Polyglot, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
  • 1995 – 2001 Encyclopedia Britannica, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1995 – 1999 Curie Sklodowska Metropolitan High School, Local School Council, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1990 – 1999 Department of Language and Cultural Education, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago, Illinois

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2004 – Present Radio journalist for “Polish Varieties Radio,” Detroit, Michigan
1991 – Present Journalist for various Polish publications in Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Toronto, Canada; and Paris, France
1989 – 1990 Archivist, Polish Museum of America, Chicago, Illinois
1976 – 1978 Archivist and Librarian, Public Library, Łódź, Poland

LANGUAGES

Polish (native speaker fluency), reading and understanding of Russian, French, Latin, and Church Slavonic

CONFERENCES

  • May 2008 Jagiellonian Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania Symposium, Vilnius, Lithuania: First Polish Republic as the tolerant and embracing multicultural, multiethnic, and multi-religious melting pot for Poles, Lithuanians, Ukrainians, Byelorussians, Germans, Jews, Tartars, and a dozen of other minorities
  • October 2003 Father Joseph Dabrowski Symposium, Madonna University, Livonia, Michigan: Father Dabrowski as an Innovator of Ethnically- Rooted education in America
  • October 2002 7th Biennial International Conference, Ave Maria University, Orchard Lake, Michigan: It Did not Collapse; It Had Been Set Solidly on Rock (Building Linguistic Foundations of Teaching Polish as a Second Language to Polish Youth in the United States)
  • September 2002 4th Forum of Teachers of Polish as a Second Language, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland: Teaching Polish Literature to the American-Born Polish Students in the United States (published)
  • May 2002 Polish Diaspora after 1989, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland: An Overview of Teaching Methods and Materials in Teaching Polish as a Second Language to Polish Youth in the United States (published)