Curriculum & Course Designer August 2017 - Present |
• Researching and designing new elective high school courses in areas such as Critical Thinking and Global Perspectives for a private Shanghai client. • Producing a range of micro videos in ESL and Cultural Studies for an online learning platform. |
Esl/Literature teacher Oct 2016 – July 2017 Sino-Canada International Middle School (Fenghua, Wujiang Hi -Tech Zone, Suzhou, Jiangsu , China) |
• Curriculum design for Reading and Creative Writing courses • Teaching English Literature and creative writing for 7th to 9th grade classes. |
Management consultant/ESL/ Literature teacher |
China Rencai Educational Consulting Ltd. Jan 2016 – July 2016 Putuo district, Shanghai |
• Curriculum consultant for Social Studies, ESL & Literature courses • Teaching the above courses to 7th to 9th grade. |
IGCSE Exam Prep Tutor ( Literature, History, Geography ) EBF Education Shanghai Aug. 2014 – July 2015 |
• Preparing a small number of students for admission to English private boarding schools. • Tutoring students one to one intensively in a range of subjects. |
IB MYP Coordinator Sept. 2013 – June 2014 Aurora Education Group Shanghai |
• Set-up and managed an IB International stream in Aurora International Languages Middle School. • Successfully oversaw the application for IB candidature status. • Supervised Curriculum Design to align with IB specifications. |
Senior Foreign Trainer Mar 2011 – July 2013 Wall Street English, (Xujiahui, Shanghai) |
• General & Business English Trainer • Online Interactive ESL Trainer • VIP 1 to 1 ESL Trainer |
Independent Web/Graphic/Database Designer (Self- Employed, Dublin, Ireland) | May 2004 – Feb 2011 |
· I developed and implemented a comprehensive E-strategy for one of Irelands largest alumni associations which involved designing an Ezine and an interactive community website. www.rockunion.ie · I Rebranded a building services company producing a new website and print advertisements. · I Designed and built a high fidelity prototype for an online interactive community art gallery and retail website (ASP.NET 2.0) Extensive webmastering, webediting and online testing experience |
Web Content Developer | August ’03 – Mar ‘04 |
Englishtown.Com (Shanghai) | |
· In this project role I was responsible for instructional design, writing and editing online ESL classes at all levels in a small team of editors for a global market leader. · I created engaging and effective interactive Flash media environments to stimulate curiosity and learning in our end users. |
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PUP Program Coordinator |
Wisdom Management Consultants / IBT Perth | Aug 02-June 03 |
• This one year contract position at Bangde College, Shanghai 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. |
ICM Advanced Diploma in Interactive Multimedia (P/T)
SCD Dun Laoghaire (June 2007)
Major Project/ Graphic Design 3/ Advanced 3D + video, Flash Actionscript/Multimedia Authoring/ Media studies, E-commerce.
ICM Diploma in Interactive Multimedia (P/T)
SCD Dun Laoghaire (June 2006)
E-Commerce/ RDBMS/ Web Programming/ Interactive Web Authoring/
Digital Imaging/ Human-Computer Interaction/ Advanced Video
ICM Diploma Computer Graphics/Web Authoring
SCFE (June 2005)
Web Authoring/ CD-Rom Authoring/ DTP/ E-Commerce/ Photography
IELTS Examiner Cert.(June 2002)
Cambridge University (UCLES)
FAS Database Programming Cert (March 2001)
(VB6 / SQL Server MCP 70-029)
FAS Centre, Dublin.
TEFL Cert. (R.E.L.S.A) Alpha College Dublin (May 1995)
B.A. (Hons) Philosophy (June 1990)
Trinity College Dublin Ireland
Logic, Epistemology, Ethics.
