Objective English Teacher

Experience

July 2012 – Present – KINGS English Training School, Xiamen

ESL Teacher

• Teaching English to age groups from 7yrs to Adult.

• Adapting teaching styles to be both effective and entertaining for children.

• Identifying student strengths and weaknesses and formulating solutions to enhance language skills.

July 2011 – July 2012 – METEN Language School, Xiamen

ESL Teacher

• Teaching English in the following categories - listening, speaking, reading and writing

• Enhance students’ language skills with emphasis on fluency and vocabulary extension.

• Developing and enhancing students’ general conversation skills.

• Developing a rapport with students to identify strengths, weaknesses and language skills that require development.

July 2008 – July 2011 – English First Training School, Xiamen

Senior ESL (English as a Second Language) Teacher/Course Coordinator 

• Teaching English in the following categories - listening, speaking, reading and writing

• Utilizing previous business communication experience to develop students’ business English skills. Composing emails, telephone conversations and presentations.

• Developing students’ abilities to converse in English and to develop an understanding of the English language and western customs from ages 4 to Adult.

• Enhance students’ language skills with emphasis on fluency and vocabulary extension.

• Developing and enhancing students’ general conversation skills.

• Designing programs to teach to varying student levels.

• Coordinating the learning program for ages 4 – 6.

• Developing a rapport with students to identify strengths, weaknesses and language skills that require development.

• Tailoring lessons to best identify the needs of students of different age. 

• Integrating professional development of students as part of lesson plans.

• Teaching to individual student goals such as Australian Citizenship and IELTS test.

• Teaching students basic job hunting skills (in English) including application letters and interview skills.

• Training junior teaching staff 

  

Jun 2004 – July 2008 - Commonwealth Bank Australia

Business Analyst 

Responsible for providing administrative assistance at varying levels within Program Streams and to act as a floating resource. Including the following:

• Liaise between Project group and Business Units (BUs) within CBA.

• Liaise between BUs and external suppliers (EDS, EMC).

• Representing the Testing Team at Program meetings with BU representatives.

• Organizing and reviewing testing requirements.

• Organizing meetings and resources.

• Provide up-to-date information to Project Stream Managers.

• Presenting information to BUs and following up with BU enquiries.

• Communicating project requirements and establishing “first contact” with BUs for project socialisation.

• Developing rapports with BU representatives and establishing a network of communication.

• Communicating via email and telephone with BU representatives to effectively communicate project requirements.

• Coordinate activities between BUs and provide quality assurance.

Supervisor – Collateral Management System – Manual Data Load

Responsible for the workload of teams of 10-15 Data Validation operators who manually extract security and valuation details from imaged files stored in Documentum. This information is then entered directly into CMS.

• Training cross-culture staff in business processes, document recognition and business rules.

• Review work and ensure a high standard of quality was observed.

• Acting as a medium for staff disputes and ensuring the wellbeing of team members.

• Interpreting imaged files and making decisions based on an extensive knowledge of the business rules and processes.

• Other Duties – 

o Fire Warden

o Liaise with CommSee and EDS Support Helpdesk

o Inventory and equipment ordering.

Education

2006 – 2008 – I-to-I – Sydney, Australia

Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL/TESOL)

TEFL/TESOL  Grammar  Awareness Certificate

TEFL/TESOL  Young Learners

TEFL/TESOL  Business English

TEFL/TESOL  Large Groups

2003 – 2004 TAFE – Sydney, Australia

 Network Engineering Degree

2000 TAFE – Sydney, Australia

Certificate 3 – Information Technology

1990–1993 University of Wollongong, Australia

Commerce Degree –  Business Systems