RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

ESL Teacher – Hainan Middle School, Haikou, Hainan, China                09/2014 to Present
English Foreign Language teacher at top middle school in Hainan:
?    Required to create course curriculum for grade 8 and 9 English classes.
?    Responsible for creating all worksheets and visual aides.
?    Adhere to communicative teaching style to enhance learning experience.
?    Provide interactive environment by use of various videos, games, group work activities.
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ESL Teacher – Hebei United University, Tangshan, Hebei, China      09/2013 to 06/2014
HUU is one of the premier universities in Hebei province:
?    Responsible for creating curriculum for Oral English and Hotel Management classes.
?    Created all worksheets and visual aides.
?    Provided IELTS training upon request to students and HUU faculty.
?    Class sizes ranged from 30 to 170 students

ESL Teacher – EF Tangshan, Tangshan, Hebei, China                            06/2012 to 06/2013
EF Tangshan is part of the EF Education First education organization:
?    Responsible for creating classroom materials for EF classes and public school classes to supplement curriculum.
?    Responsible for tracking attendance, progress reports, progress updates on EF software.
?    Report weekly attendance numbers to EF Director of Studies on weekly basis.
?    Help facilitate weekly demo classes to assist the Sales and Marketing department.
?    Taught students as young as 3 up to their early 20s.  

Volunteer ESL Teacher – CLUES, St. Paul, MN                           2012
C.L.U.E.S. (Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio), a non-profit organization, is a leading provider in behavioral health and human services in Minnesota.  Key responsibilities:
?    Taught a beginner’s level English class to adult learners in small to medium sized groups.
?    Responsible for creating and implementing lesson plan for classes.
?    Successfully managed time of class to ensure all aspects of lesson plans were covered.

Senior Employment Counselor — HIRED, St. Paul, MN                         2009 - 2012
HIRED is a non-profit organization that provides personalized and innovative work solutions.  
Key contributions:
?    Created a Sales curriculum for our ELL Customer Service and Sales Training.
?    Assisted students develop English vocabulary and provided job search assistance.
?    Provided a fun and welcoming environment that enabled students to practice their speaking and listening skills.
?    Facilitated group orientations to educate groups about training programs and enrollment processes.
?    Worked on various projects and supervised a wide variety of aspects for each project such as: marketing, recruiting, community outreach, weekly and quarterly reporting to various stakeholders (i.e. federal, state agencies, NPOs, local Workforce Centers, local colleges).







OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Branch Manager – PA Staffing, Kenosha , WI                    2007 - 2009
A mid-size staffing agency responsible for filling open positions with large to small professional offices and manufacturing companies in the southeastern region of Wisconsin. Key contributions:.
?    Responsible for weekly, monthly, quarterly reports, sales, marketing, oversaw recruiting efforts, etc.
?    Managed staff of 6 in-office employees and 3 teams of on-site teams (teams located on-site of manufacturing companies.)
 
Client Service Manager – Spherion, Lincolnshire, IL                2004 – 2007
A large-size staffing agency responsible for filling open positions at Hewitt Associates, a Human Resource Outsourcing company, from call center staff to paralegals and executive admins.  Key contributions:
?    Counseled employees regarding behavioral and performance issues, documented and took corrective actions as necessary, including terminations, and assisted in conflict resolution.
?    Communicated and coordinated various aspects of On-Premise operations to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures.
?    Managed up to 170 contracted employees.
?    Promoted from Client Service Supervisor to Manager.

Account Supervisor  – Staff Management,  Kenosha, WI and Saint Louis, MO     2002 – 2004
A mid-size staffing agency based out of Chicago, Illinois. Key contributions:
?    Recruited and supervised temporary staff on-site at Deluxe Video (Pleasant Prairie, WI) and Proctor and Gamble (Saint Louis, MO).
?    Responsible for entering attendance, payroll, and reporting to Account Managers.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Volunteer – Tangshan Public Church, Tangshan, China                             2010 - 2011
?    Assisted members of the local church to speak and read English passages out of the Bible once a week.


Volunteer – Harding High School, St. Paul, MN                             2010, 2011
?    Conducted interviewing sessions to help seniors become more comfortable speaking to others.
?    Provided constructive criticism when necessary to help seniors improve interviewing skills.
?    Conducted an audit on students’ projects to make sure all necessary documents were included in their senior portfolio.

EDUCATION

Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) Young Learners Certificate – University of Cambridge 2013
TESOL Certification – TESOL Training International – 120 hour certificate                       2012
Bachelor of Arts – Advertising – Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX                              2001