Experience

Dalian Maple Leaf International School

• Truck Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teacher

  • Aug 2015 - Present

  Courses taught: o English 12 – a demanding course with a difficult provincial exam at the end of it o English 12 Enriched – a more at-Canadian-level course designed by myself in order to give a more challenging environment to our higher level students o Communications 11 – a more practical English course, focusing on day-to-day English skills o Introduction to English 10 – a bridging course intended to introduce the English 10 course to students who are bridging into the BC program but have high beginner or low intermediate language skills o Developmental Reading 10 – another bridging course, this one attempting to increase the reading skills in the students o Developmental English 10 – another bridging course, this one attempting to use traditional ESL teaching techniques to increase the language level of the students o History of Rock and Roll 12 – a course I started myself, using the free curriculum found at teachrock.org, created by Scholastic and Steve Van Zandt o Social Studies 10 – a one semester course that combines geography and history o Social Studies 11 – a one semester course that acts as an introduction to various Grade 12 level course, run by teacher discretion; I made mostly my own materials for this, focusing on Genocide and Human Rights, 20th Century Technology, Social Justice, and Contemporary Indigenous Studies Show less



Earth Village Foreign Language School, Reach High, Joy School

• English Teacher

  • Aug 2012 - Jul 2015

  Two business partners jointly own these three schools. Duties included planning lessons so that language goals could be met via the playing of games, working with the Chinese co-teacher to ensure that only English is spoken in the classroom, and occasionally marking students’ writing. At one of the schools, I had two regular classes of my own (once per week for 2 hours each) which were solely my responsibility to plan for and teach. It was a general skills course. Duties were similar to what was listed above, but I was also responsible for reviewing and testing the students both in a written and oral test. Reach High is mostly for middle and high school students who wish to increase their academic language ability. Occasionally, I was called on to tutor individual students who wished to study in high school or university abroad. I mostly taught them reading skills. Joy school is a highly successful chain based in Taiwan. They have their own textbooks and curriculum. The students here were mostly in Primary and Middle school. As of Nov 2012, I became their primary foreign teacher, teaching a variety of levels, but mostly focusing on the upper levels with students around the age of 9-14. There was a “Super Joy” class that I taught which focused on more academic work; I gave them weekly writing assignments to complete. Show less



Yang Guang Qing School of Beijing

• Head Of English Department

  • Aug 2008 - Jun 2012

  Duties included - creating new entry tests and managing entry testing procedures- sorting students into leveled classes based on English ability- holding bi-weekly meetings with other staff in the English department to co-ordinate the various classes- creating new skills-developing curriculum items- implementing the University of Winnipeg English Language Program curriculum, beginning Aug 2009 - creating a new system of classes, beginning Aug 2009- tallying total marks for Grade 10 ESL, using our new system- overseeing the purchase of new library books, especially leveled readers- purchasing and recommending resources to teachers for use in their classes Show less

• Teacher

  • Aug 2005 - Jun 2012

  Taught ESL Grade 10 and 11 - mostly high beginner to intermediate level EnglishEnglish Language Arts Comprehensive - a Grade 12 Manitoba high school course with a challenging provincial examESL 12 - a program for students who were not able to complete the Manitoba program, mostly focusing on low intermediate to intermediate English skillsGrammar Seminar - a class focusing on grammarVideo and Writing Seminar - a class for the Grade 12 ESL students that I created based on using TV, movies, and video games to improve English skills Show less

• Principal

  • Jul 2010 - Jul 2011

  As the school was having problems hiring new staff and a new principal, I took over the job, despite having no experience. I took a three day training course on leadership during the summer and did one year, after which I was replaced by someone with more experience.My duties included many typical administrative duties (staff management, dealing with student behavioural issues, creating a class schedule, hiring staff, etc.), as well as several secretarial duties (record keeping, typing up parent communication, filing various forms with the Manitoba government) due to the lack of a secretary. We also had a completely new staff this year, so I had a lot of work to do helping them.Accomplishments while principal:• Oversaw the successful implementation the University of Winnipeg’s English Language Program curriculum across all grades and amongst different subjects like Canadian History and Language Arts.• Successful improvement of the Grade 10 program.• Creation of a “Project Class” for Grade 10, during which the students were able to use English to explore more creative and project-based assignments.• Successful overseeing and implementation of a Manitoba Phys Ed class for the first time in the school's history.• Successful implementation of computerized tracking system in our library.• Implementation of digital records of student behavioural issues. • Wider variety of and more frequent “activity nights”, during which students can practice their English with the teachers in a fun setting.• Successful implementation of a summertime University of Winnipeg program, during which our students traveled to Canada for one month in the summer to study English and live with a Canadian family. • Head of the English Language Department. • Teacher. Course taught: Grade 12 English Language Arts Comprehensive (2 sections). Show less