Teaching at English Aloud since September 2013
Living in Vineland, NJ, USA
EDUCATION
1. UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, Notre Dame, IN, USA, Bachelor of Arts & Letters, May 2004, Major: Psychology
2. UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, Master of Applied Linguistics with Distinction, December 2012, Specialization: TESOL
3. TEFL certification Bridge TEFL, January 2009
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
1. Academy teacher, Golden Gate English, Jeju, South Korea August 2006-August 2008
-Taught small “afterschool” classes of 1-10 students, ranging from ages 5-50. Most common ages were 7-15
2. University teacher, Dushanzi Vocational College, Xinjiang, China, February 2006 – July 2006
-Created, maintained, and taught personal curriculum for university students. Students’ majors were primarily tourism and hospitality.
3. Kindergarten teacher, Konohana International Kindergarten, Singapore, Singapore March 2009 –December 2009
-Taught EFL in multiple subjects (English, art, music) to over 30 Japanese kindergarten expats
4. Preschool and Primary School teacher, Beijing Haiden Experimental Foreign Language Shi Yan School, Beijing, China August 2005
– January 2006 -Taught the Carden Method of English to grade two students in the boarding school. Class size was approximately 30 students.
-Taught preschool and kindergarten twice a week. Class sizes ranged between 5-30. Conversational English teacher, Orden Bunka Center, Tsu City, Japan, June 2004
– August 2005 -Taught small “afterschool” classes of 1-5 students, ranging from ages 3-80 -Edited a short series of English handbooks
AWARDS, ACHIEVEMENTS, AND RECOGNITIONS
Writing/Publications: Positions:
- Jeju Life (Magazine), Writer, Editor and Photographer, August 2007- December 2008
- Mie Times (Newspaper), Writer and Proofreader, November 2004 – August 2005
