Sean Wordingham
Instructional Designer at British Council- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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British Council
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Instructional Designer
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2017 - Present
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E- Moderator/Online Teacher Trainer
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Oct 2015 - Present
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E-Mentor
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Oct 2017 - Oct 2018
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INTO University Partnerships
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United Kingdom
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Education Administration Programs
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500 - 600 Employee
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Materials Specialist
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Mar 2020 - Apr 2020
• produced online materials for pre-sessional English course for British universities• checked other materials for proofreading and academic fit
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British Council
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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E-moderator and Team Leader
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2014 - 2015
• mentored 12 e-moderators – organising online meetings, producing step-by-step guides and screencasts, observing work, giving feedback and dealing with poor performance• presented action research at RELC conference in Singapore with face-to-face trainer on using video, audio and dictation with trainees on WhatsApp to increase online participation
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NILE - Norwich Institute for Language Education
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Trainer
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2008 - 2015
• planned and presented one-week training course in Turkey for the Samanyolu chain• delivered language and pedagogical training for European teachers of CLIL and English • tutored Swiss students for the Cambridge Advanced English exam
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eModerator
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Mar 2013 - 2014
• initiated the use of mail merge for reports rather than filling them out individually• instituted team work on welcome messages, guides for working online and feedback
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British Council
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Teacher / Senior Teacher
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Sep 2009 - Jun 2012
• created and implemented new task-based Adult courses• planned, designed and delivered in-service training and induction• produced, trialled and introduced computerised interactive Teen placement test• integrated delivery, course books and assessment with the rest of British Council Thailand• Distance DELTA local tutor for two years.
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British Council
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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YL Co-ordinator
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2006 - 2008
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Teacher
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2004 - 2006
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Providence University
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Teacher
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Jan 2002 - May 2002
Taught English to small classes of Taiwanese and Thai students at Providence University language centre, while studying Chinese there.
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Teacher
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1999 - 2001
Taught English to Taiwanese Adults and Young Learners. Also observed classes and gave feedback and helped with recruitment, including implementing a feedback stage for teachers after demonstration classes.
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Consultant
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1997 - 1999
Taught dogme-style English classes to small groups (up to 6) of Taiwanese adults who paid yearly membership fees and could come to class at whatever time was convenient for them.
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Yanbu Industrial College
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Saudi Arabia
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Teacher
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Sep 1997 - Dec 1997
Taught General English to large classes of Saudi men in training for work in the petro-chemical industry. This necessitated a lot of materials production as there was no published coursebook.
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Teacher
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1996 - 1997
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Teacher
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1995 - 1996
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Education
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Macquarie University
Masters, Applied Linguistics -
British Council
Emoderator Essentials -
Oxford House College
Triinty Diploma in TEFL -
University of York
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), French and Linguistics -
Bell Language School - Norwich
Cambridge CELTA