About me

DELTA-qualified EAL teacher with a solid background in second language acquisition and experience in the development and delivery of language programs to a wide variety of students encompassing diverse backgrounds, age range and English level.

My background is in philosophy and education (I hold an M.Ed. in Applied linguistics), but my love for languages spurred an interest in programming (amongst other things), which I have pursued for the last few years. I am currently working towards an M.Sc. in Computer Science.

What I'm looking for

I am currently looking for positions starting in February / March 2025.

Experiences

Grade 5 PYP Homeroom Teacher

08/2022 - 07/2024
Beanstalk International Bilingual School

I was responsible for planning and delivering English, Math, and UOI classes. I coordinated closely with the PYP coordinator and took charge of organizing the PYP Celebration of Learning. I also integrated ICT into my lessons to provide students with a rich and varied learning experience, equipping them with essential ICT skills for the future.

English Instructor

03/2021 - 07/2022
Zhengzhou University of Light Industry

English / Computer Science Instructor

03/2019 - 01/2021
Huanghe College of Science and Technology

Grade 7 MYP Homeroom Teacher

08/2017 - 01/2019
Beanstalk International Bilingual School

I was responsible for planning and delivering Language Acquisition (EAL) as well as Individuals and Society classes.

EAL Teacher (Reading and Writing)

09/2015 - 07/2016
Beijing Foreign Language School

English Instructor

09/2014 - 07/2015
Anhui University of Finance and Technology

Projects

When I first started pursuing programming as a hobby, I was interested in its potential to help me design and build tools to make my job as a teacher easier, such as for building software that could help me automate repetitive tasks and/or mini apps/games to assist students with vocabulary acquisition / review. The following apps are some of the highlights of this journey, in which I strove to combine business with pleasure (learning).

react-classroom-manager - DEMO | REPOSITORY
React // Firebase // Material UI // Vercel

One of the projects that I worked on that I am quite proud of is a full stack web app I build with React.js and Firebase to facilitate my job as a university teacher. This project was loosely inspired on ClassDojo (especially the design), and it incorporates a few useful classroom management tools, such as a random selector, a timer, a student grouping tool and a mini note app to keep track of the students' progress. I am currently working on a similar app using Angular and the MEAN stack.

You can find my other projects on my Github page.

Skills & Proficiency

Javascript / Typescript

Node.js / Express

React JS

Angular

Python