Work Experience: Chinese High School English Teacher
•Utilized games, chants, songs and role playing to effectively teach oral English to grades 5 to 11
•Coordinated school's language objectives with administration
•Facilitated custom training classes, strengthening English teachers’ skills, and effectively spanning
generation and education gaps.
•Sponsored English parties for holidays and festivals in order to motivate students and create intrinsic
interest in speaking English.
Beijing Shuren Private School, Beijing 1999 to 2001
Work Experience: Chinese Adult Education and University
English Teacher
•Provided successful and interactive instruction in oral English to university students preparing for
meaningful positions in the business world.
•Creative teaching methods included debating, journaling, role playing, speeches, joke telling, book
reports, student-made television commercials, cooking, fashion shows, adaptations of classic games and
others.
•Successfully managed classes as large as 90 students.
Jiaotong University, Shanghai 1998
New Oriental School, Beijing 2002 to 2003
Tianjin Senior Citizens University 2007
Sanda University, Shanghai 2009 to 2011
Freelance Teaching
Provided strategic employee training for Fortune 500 companies: Nestle Corporation, Coca Cola
Corporation, and Elle Magazine
Empowered employees with effective communication skills in order to allow their corporations to present
a professional image while using English.
Customized training included listening, speaking and writing
Coca Cola Corporation, Human Resources Department, Shanghai 1998
Nestles Marketing Division, Beijing 2001
Elle Magazine, Beijing 2001
Work Experience: Chinese Non-Governmental Organization
•Taught English to primary to high school aged children with cerebral palsy
•Used lessons to help motivate students to exercise their bodies and to help enrich their daily lives.
•Carefully planned and facilitated craft activities and outings to broaden the children's social development.
•Developed language training for teachers to enable them to receive crucial training from international
experts and doctors.
Tianjin School for Disabled Children 2005-2008
Work Experience: US High School Business Teacher
• Educated young minds in the vital areas of Economics, Typing, Accounting, Computer Applications,
Business Writing, Business Math, Office Procedures, Customer Service and Job Search Skills
• Developed distinct curriculum in accordance with state guidelines, based on state of the art texts,
simulations, role plays and integrated oral and writing activities
• Adeptly managed classes of up to 40 eager students
• Effectively supervised extracurricular activities including the yearbook and the Future Business Leaders of America Club
California USA 1989 to 1992
Work Experience: US Adult Education and University
Accounting Teacher
• Trained adults in the fundamentals of manual and computerized accounting
• Maintained a dynamic, active classroom environment
Mendocino Community College, California 1990
Business Trainer
• Developed a high degree of competence in the students' skills of Typing, Accounting (Manual and
Computerized), Business Writing, Public Speaking, Computer Applications and Job Search Skills
• Successfully managed a mixed classroom of very low and very high ability students
• Initiated and supported creative and group-oriented exercises to encourage participation, to engender confidence, and to develop business skills
• Strategically presented multimedia applications, computer assisted education tools, simulations, role plays and texts in the curriculum
• Graduates found a 95% job placement rate in the last half year of training, compared to a county wide rate of 75%
Training Inc., Indiana USA 1992 to 1995
Business and Technology Training Institute, California USA 1995 to 1998
California State University Sacramento, California USA
Bachelor of Science Degree, Business Administration 1983
Secondary Education, State Teachers Certification (graduate level) 1989
University of California Los Angeles, California USA
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL Certification) 2003
Languages: Effective and fluid, intermediate level Chinese.
Professional Associations: IATEFL (International Association of Teaching English as a Foreign Language)