Serena Zhen
Primary and Secondary Teacher at The Lakes College- Claim this Profile
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The Lakes College
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Australia
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Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Primary and Secondary Teacher
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Aug 2020 - Present
Responsibilities: - Based on the guidance of ACARA, design lessons that are appropriate to students’ year levels and language backgrounds. - Collaborate with other colleagues to work on drafting, selecting and editing texts to develop internal ATAR assessments and submit for QCAA endorsement. - Moderate judgments for internal ATAR assessments within subject cohorts. - Participate in NAPLAN marking based on QCAA criteria. - Support school values and implement whole school approach to manage classroom behaviour. - Have parent teacher interviews and keep a record of the communication with parents. Skills Developed: - Use of technology to promote students’ receptive and productive language proficiency. - Consistent use of behaviour management strategies to all classrooms. - Differentiation of teaching contents and strategy according to students’ language proficiency levels. Show less
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Canterbury College
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Australia
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Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Secondary Teacher
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Feb 2020 - Apr 2020
Responsibilities: - Create a collaborative learning environment for students of varying backgrounds while building an atmosphere of respect and rapport. - Deliver bilingual lessons to year 10 to year 12 students. - Teach students English vocabulary and grammar for creating English texts. - Teach students analysing skills needed while reading and writing texts. - Design lesson plans and instructions in accordance with QCAA syllabus. Skills Developed: - Efficient application of the syllabus of QCAA to classroom environment. - Excellent communication skill with students about their academic results. - Differentiation of teaching contents and strategies according to students’ language proficiency levels. Show less
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English Teacher
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Jan 2018 - Aug 2018
Responsibilities: - Prepare and deliver English lessons to students and administer formative and summative assessments for students. - Provide feedbacks on students’ performance in assignments. - Communicate with students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. - Differentiating teaching contents and strategies according to students’ different language proficiency. Skills Developed: - Differentiation of teaching strategies according to students’ different language proficiency. - Ability to understand English with different accents. Show less
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Beijing International Studies University
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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English Lecturer
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Jul 2007 - Apr 2017
Responsibilities: - Deliver English courses to undergraduate students. - Deliver courses of TESOL Pedagogy to postgraduate students. - Lead and collaborate with fellow lecturers to design lessons and language teaching resources. - Design formative and summative assessments in accordance with curriculum. - Conduct research in field of specialisation, TESOL, and publish findings in scholarly journals or books. - Implement academic research projects for the university Skills Developed: - Skills of presentation, classroom management, teamwork. - Outstanding English listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Show less
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Education
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Queensland University of Technology
Master's degree, Teaching -
Beijing Language and Culture University
Master's degree, Applied Linguistics