Employment History

Corporate Business English Trainer (Independent/Agency)

September 2014 – Present

·           Set up   a range of tailor-made Business English courses for the top managers of a   major French sports retail chain ( Decathalon Sports) Pudong on a 1-1 basis.

_·            Delivering   a Business Communication Skills course to a group of architects in Shanghai   for their New York parent company, KPF Architects, in order to aid their   video conferencing capability.

_·            Tutoring   on an IGCSE program in English, French, History and Science.

Principal & IB Co-ordinator at Aurora Foreign Language Middle   School Shanghai

August 2013 – July 2014

·           Set up   a new IB Middle Years Program international division for the school.

·           Managed   a team of over 20 foreign and local teachers.

·           Achieved   IB MYP Candidacy status for my international division.

·           Taught   Humanities through English to Grade 6,7 & 8 classes.

·           Designed   the Humanities curriculum and supervised all other curricular development.

Foreign Trainer at Wall Street English China        March 2011 to July 2013

www.wallstreetinstitute.com

·           Successfully   trained students at all levels in General and Business English in a very   dynamic and exacting environment in our largest centre worldwide in Xujiahui,   Shanghai.

·           Participated   eagerly in all in-house trainings on offer (In total 125 hours of training)

Corporate Trainer at SCD Shanghai                 Jan 2010 – Jan 2011

·           Conducted Business English training seminars for senior management at   Bao Steel among other clients.

·           Delivered   a complete Hospitality English training course to employees of the 5-star,Yangtze   Langham Hotel Shanghai.

IELTS   Examiner China East              

Feb 2002 – Feb 2004

·           Examining candidates fortnightly   for the British Council Shanghai (P/T)

Training consultant       

Aug 03- Feb 04   

London Chamber of Commerce             

Shanghai, China P.R.

·           Designed and delivered corporate   training modules in the areas of Business English writing to Jiao Tong   university MBA students and professionals.

·           Designed and delivered courses in   Western Philosophy and Academic Writing to HK University undergraduates   visiting Jiao Tong, Shanghai.

Web Content Developer

Aug 02-June 03

Englishtown.Com (Shanghai)             

·           Responsible for instructional   design, writing and editing online ESL classes at all levels in a small team   of editors for a global market leader.

·           Created engaging and effective   interactive Flash media environments to stimulate curiosity and learning in   our end users.

PUP Program Coordinator

Aug 2001-Aug 2002

Wisdom Management Consultants / IBT Perth          

·           This one year contract position   involved coordinating a pre-university teaching program, curriculum   development, teacher/technical support, class scheduling and other   administrative duties as well as MS Office and IELTS training.

ESL Teacher       

Sept 96-June 99

Stairway School of English

Krakow, Poland

·           This position involved teaching   General and Business English and preparing people of all ages and abilities   for UCLES exams.