Director of Studies
Tianjin University of Science and Technology
Total years of experience :13 years, 4 Months
As the DoS I am responsible for creating and guiding the overarching academic direction of our EAP preparatory year program. This includes planning the curriculum, creating and administering exams, and managing a team of six foreign teachers, including training workshops and observations. Additionally, I am the liaison between the Southern Cross University Business professors and the Chinese administrative staff. I also teach a Business English course for 20 academic hours per week.
My weekly teaching duties included planning and delivering communicative Oral English and General English classes to freshman students, as well as designing course curriculum, progress tests, and midterm and final exams. During the 2013 Fall semester I taught Business English as well as Speaking and Listening classes within an EAP framework, with a focus on building fluency.
Primary teaching duties consisted of teaching communicative English classes to VIP adult students, teenagers and young learners, as well as delivering demo lessons to prospective students. In addition to a minimum of 20 weekly teaching hours, I was responsible for planning and delivering weekly adult Life Clubs (English Corners) to adult students. I also planned and delivered monthly training workshops to foreign and local teachers, as well as English classes to the local administrative staff. While working for EF I developed the ability to speak effectively and facilitate group discussion.
ESL Instructor (Volunteer)| Grossmont Adult Education| 2012 January-2012 July
For six months I taught adult Iraqi refugees in a multi-level ESL class sponsored by Grossmont Adult Education, in El Cajon, California. I was responsible for lesson planning, instruction, and student assessments for a group of 10-12 Beginning Low to Beginning Intermediate students. I taught three days per week; each class was two and a half hours. By consistently focusing on student needs, I increased the baseline standardized literacy assessment scores by over 18% in six months. In this environment I honed my time-management skills, as well as the ability to motivate people and plan lessons effectively.
While the owner of Americana Books & Music (an FBA-Amazon online bookstore), I was responsible for sourcing inventory, listing all products, shipping and receiving, customer service, and marketing. This entrepreneurial venture taught me the value of time-management, promising less and delivering more, and taking ownership of any problems that arise.
The Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction: English as a Second Language concentration prepares students to teach English language learners in a variety of settings, including U.S. schools. The programs enables students to gain strategies for developing ESL skills across reading, writing, and listening, and for involving community and families as partners. Additionally, the program teaches educators specific skills for assessing English learner proficiency and content area knowledge, knowledge of various program models, and a stronger foundation in supporting ESL students’ language acquisition.
CELTA Certification
courses: CELTA Certified (120-hour Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate issued by Cambridge University) 2015 TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test) Certificate - YL 2012 Cambridge University ESOL Examinations 100 Hour TESOL Certification