Experience

University of Ottawa

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Language Testing Services

  • Jul 2021 - Present



Government of Manitoba

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Data Analytics Consultant

  • May 2020 - Jul 2021

  ---Extracted data from education information database with Crystal Reports and SQL Developer, analyzed and visualized data---Collected Covid-19 response data (e.g., monthly school attendance) from school divisions and funded independent schools, cleaned, analyzed and visualized data with R or Excel ---Checked the accuracy of high school graduation data submitted by school divisions and funded independent school and followed up for reconciliation ---Assisted in the collection of financial data from school divisions for the transformation project Show less

• Bilingual assessment consultant

  • Apr 2018 - May 2020

  ---Led a test development committee composed of mathematics teachers to oversee the design, development, administration, marking, and reporting of provincial tests---Ensured English-French equivalency of all test documents---Recruited and trained test development committee members---Conducted statistical analyses in support of test development and the reporting of test results---Interpreted and implemented testing policies to stakeholders such as students, teachers and principals---Delivered professional development for teachers at a large high school in Manitoba---Made presentations regarding educational assessment to teacher candidates at the University of Winnipeg and Bishop’s University, Quebec Show less



Queen's University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching Fellow

  • Sep 2015 - Oct 2015

  ---Developed course outline for Teaching English as a Second Language ---Selected reading materials ---Designed teaching and assessment tasks ---Taught B.Ed students in the classroom ---Marked students’ assignments ---Supported struggling students ---Developed course outline for Teaching English as a Second Language ---Selected reading materials ---Designed teaching and assessment tasks ---Taught B.Ed students in the classroom ---Marked students’ assignments ---Supported struggling students



Anhui University

• China
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lecturer and Administrator

  • Sep 1999 - Aug 2012

  ---Taught English as a foreign language to undergraduate and graduate students ---Wrote items for English tests administered to about 9,000 students annually ---Supervised the administration of the tests ---Provided marker training to teachers and coordinated teachers’ group marking ---Analyzed test scores and wrote reports ---Designed a classroom-based English performance assessment used university-wide ---Developed rubrics for the performance assessment ---Marked the College English Test, a large-scale testing program in China ---Marked university entrance examinations in China ---Assessed the test performance of students learning Cambridge Young Leaner’s English ---Analyzed assessment data by using descriptive, correlation, multiple regression, ANOVA, exploratory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis Show less



Shanghai Jiao Tong University

• China
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor

  • Sep 2005 - Jan 2006

  ---Taught English listening, speaking, reading, and writing to undergraduates ---Prepared tests and marking ---Marked assignments ---Taught English listening, speaking, reading, and writing to undergraduates ---Prepared tests and marking ---Marked assignments