CELTA Trainee

• Educated 8-12 students in receptive and productive English language skills • Taught classes to groups with mixed skill levels from beginner, pre-intermediate and upper-intermediate • Developed lessons according to the communicative approach of language learning • Increased student’s participation using student-centered activities • Successfully completed 120 hours of teaching practice and observation

Grammar for Teachers: Language Awareness Self-study Certificate

- Completed 20 hour online course

PhD Success Lab (Online)

• Completed 12-week digital course PSL Success Lab – PhD preparation program – 3 ECTs • Setup system to plan and control projects • Improved personal work patterns • Implemented writing strategies toward the completion of a thesis dissertation • Attended five seminars with instructor and PhD students discussing topics related to project management

Masters of Fine Arts (Studio Arts)

Bachelors of Fine Arts

TESOL / TESL / TEFL Certification

Completed 160 hours of TESOL/TESL/TEFL Teacher Training included lesson planning, classroom management techniques, skills development, teaching grammar, teaching strategies, teaching multi-level classes, communicative teaching theory and teaching practicum.

Chinese Language Certificate

• Beginning Chinese II • Capstone Project: Buddhism’s Journey to the East

Associates of Art - Teacher Education

• Foundations of Education • Education and Child Psychology / Growth and Development • Children’s literature • Literary Critical Theory

IELTS /ESL Teacher

• Increased IELTS (Academic) Speaking and Writing exam pass rate
• Increased confidence of students preparing for IELTS Speaking by introducing exam strategies
• Taught online courses (Ding Talk, 学习通, Tencent Meetings)
• Established the curriculum for media analysis using literary critical theory
• Boosted fluency using a Communicative Approach to SLA
• Expanded student’s intercultural competence and literacy through critical dialogue
• Taught Business English based on British Council curriculum
• Fostered learning outcomes through cooperative teaching of Comprehensive English with Chinese Professors of translation

ESL Teacher

• Demonstrated Pearson Education Big English curriculum to potential customers
• Enriched students intercultural experience using Total Physical Response method
• Furthered administrations continuing-education initiative for Ellson Chinese Teachers training
• Taught foundations of English classes to preschool children on a weekly basis
• Strengthened language retention through summer camp and holiday English Classes
• Secured student enrollment through weekend activity classes for toddlers, pre-schoolers and adolescents.

Adjunct Professor of Studio Art

• Established curriculum for integration of Visual Arts and Literary Critical Theory
• Expanded student’s comprehension of the foundations of drawing and painting
• Chaperoned students on field trips to major American art institutions

After-School Explorer Teacher / Substitute Teacher / Day & After-School Camp Counselor

• Applied student-centered teaching to instruction of visual/3D arts and language arts
• Ensured safety of students during after-school activities programs
• Counseled students on behavioral issues and resolving conflict
• Supported full-time teaching faculty and ensured student learning as substitute teacher
• Ensured safety and coordinated coverage of after school activities with teaching staff using two-way radios

Substitute Teacher - Visual Arts

• Wrote curriculum and taught printmaking, drawing, sculpture, painting
• Integrated art therapy in classroom for refugees from Nepal and West Africa
• Counseled parents of at-risk students to increase students’ success and modify behavior
• Negotiated terms of behavior with the help of administration to resolve student disciplinary problems

Drawing & Sculpture Foundations Instructor

• Increased students’ comprehension of foundations of sculpture through instruction and assessment using online virtual classroom
• Improved students understanding and ability to apply conceptual aspects of the visual language through demonstrations of drawing and observation

Educational Consultant & Project Manager

• Increased the functionality of the online learning platform by collaborating with CEO and programmers to identify how to develop curriculum goals, learning processes, and lesson plans to help support software design
• Helped programmers optimize the end-users experience by researching online software best practices
Improved programmers’ ability to adapt the software to educational components
• Provided feedback to the programmers to help improve the usability of the software
• Communicated competitive research findings with programmers to keep pace with other leading online educational competitors

Vermont Studio Center

Civil Society Fellowship Award