STEVEN BALLARD
Senior Coordinator of Adult Literacy
B.S. Business Administration from Hampton University
Diversity and Inclusion in Leadership Certificate from Cornell University
Oxford Teachers Academy Certificate of Completion
TEFL Certificate from the TEFL Institute
In this position Steven joins the CMAA family as an Adult Education administrative support unit. He organizes, collaborates and manages CMAA’s Adult Education classes and he works closely with the Adult Education instructors to help test, register and outreach existing and potential students. In addition, Steven is also responsible for managing quarterly reports and data entry for our Adult Education grant funders.
Steven comes to CMAA with over eight years of teaching experience, half of which comes from teaching abroad. He has lived, worked and studied in four different countries as an English as Second Language teacher to the youth. When he stayed in the states he would teach Adult Learners at various institutions. Steven studied abroad at the Oxford Teachers Academy, learned Mandarin at the University of Chicago and has obtained a Diversity and Inclusion in Leadership Certification from Cornell University.
FUN FACT | Steven is an avid “Crossfitter” and frequents Chicago’s own Sono Fitness