Professional experience gained in a number of positions, involving both teaching and management roles in education in Australia and abroad, mainly within an ESL and EFL framework. I believe that an innovating, eclectic and constructive teaching approach along with effective relationships between staff, students and parents are crucial to providing a stimulating working environment that celebrates the achievements of every individual, enabling them to reach personal and academic potential and meeting school mandates. I am looking to make a continued and significant contribution as a specialized language or humanities teacher.

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

* Curriculum development   * Leadership and staff training

* Report writing            * Specialist areas of teaching:

* Cultural sensitive          * IELTS / Academic Writing

* Curriculum coordination   * Computer literate

* Team work               * Adaptable and innovative

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

B.A.           New England University, Australia    1987

Dip. Ed.       Murdoch University, Australia         1987

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCES

Australia  1989-1991   E.S.L. teacher

Mount Lawley Senior High School, Western Australia

A joint Commonwealth and State Government funded multicultural literacy program.

* Teaching English language and Social Studies with an E.S.L. framework;

* Extra curricular swimming classes for beginner;

*Experience working with newly arrived adolescent-aged refugees from a number of Asian countries;

Japan     1991-1995   Director of Studies 

Britannica Private Language School, Okayama

l    Designed curricula appropriate for adult and adolescent English language students used widely also in other branches;

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l    During my tenure student numbers rose so that the school rose in ranking from 18^th. to 5^th. out of 20 facilities operated by the company, across Japan;

1995-1998  E.S.L. Teacher

l    Taught all age groups and favourable client response especially from the specialist child learning courses was reflected in increased attendance and retention of these clients.

         1995-1988 Proprietor

* Established an English language school for students aged 9-17;

Australia  1998-1999

Supply teacher (Queensland Education Dept.)

l    Taught in the Special Education Unit, adolescents with psychological challenges;

l    Bandmaster of concert bands at two schools; One of these schools was on an Aboriginal reserve and the band was comprised of indigenous students.

England 2000

       Supply teacher (English Literature and E.S.L.)

l    Designed a writing program to meet the needs of newly

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 arrived non-English speaking migrants;

l    Solo horn player with the school concert band comprised of teaching staff;

Australia 2001

      Power Coaching College manager/teacher

l    Designed and taught English literature programs for intellectually gifted students aged 10-15;

China 2001-2011

* Experience teaching all over China students aged 5-17, (primarily with adolescents);

l    Taught IELTS and TOEFL; Cambridge A and AS Levels English language;

l    Designed and taught a comprehensive multi-media IELTS curricula, meeting the needs of students, (i.e. the academic and non-academic IELTS exams;)

l    Designed and taught IELTS multimedia program;

l    Designed and taught multimedia program: BBC ‘Flatmates’

l    Designed Academic English Preparation (post IELTS level;

l    Designed and taught pre IELTS Multimedia Programs (beginner/false beginner & higher low intermediate levels);