Registered Australian English Teacher offering five years of comprehensive experience teaching and assisting students with academic and behavioural needs. Passionate and proficient in developing integrated lessons with a rich repertoire of pedagogical practices that promote and support students' learning. Committed team player comfortable working with other faculty to establish course guidelines and set departmental goals.
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April Lee
English Teacher
Hong Kong
Summary
Overview
6
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education
1
Professional Certification
Work History
Athena AcademyShenzhen
Senior Native English Teacher /Regional Training Coordinator
11.2021 - Current
Job overview
- Prepare and implement dynamic English lessons covering required course topics and literary concepts for ESL students.
- Instructed students age 4 to 12 in English language, culture, geography and history by assigning reading material, written assignments and hands-on projects.
- Administer formal and informal assessments and standardized tests to evaluate student progress and to inform teaching.
- Help students develop important learning skills and good study habits useful in becoming independent life-long learners.
- Design student-led investigations to facilitate students learning in global issues.
- Work with administrators, parents, and other teachers to support struggling students and provide thorough help to rectify issues.
- Conduct observations to assess and evaluate teaching quality of the team.
- Lead in-service and on-going workshops to ensure professional growth of teachers.
- Provide on-board training to new recruits and assist new teachers to understand and meet the school value and teaching focus.
Aspiration EducationShenzhen
English Teacher
01.2021 - 08.2021
Job overview
- Prepared and implemented lesson plans covering IELTS Speaking, International school admission examinations, and foundational reading and writing
- Implemented phonics teaching program using the Letters & Sounds scope and sequence
- Developed a 5-phase phonics teaching and learning pack
- Wrote and developed MAP Grammar handout.
- Obtained a passing rate of 80% for international school admission.
Department of Education, Western AustraliaPerth
Relief Home Room Teacher
04.2018 - 12.2020
Job overview
- Developed and implemented teaching plans for students from Kindergarten to Year 6.
- Planning includes introduction, revision and consolidation of developmentally appropriate learning focuses ranging from English language, English literacy, Numeracy, Visual Arts, to physical education.
- Planned and delivered Literacy and Numeracy blocks for year 1 classes that are low achieving and students are mainly EAL with the help of self-designed, well-differentiated PowerPoint slides and songs that are developmentally appropriate to the students as a hook to grasp students’ interest in the learning objectives.
- Students were highly engaged and have shown success in meeting the success criteria after my explicit and interactive teaching session.
- Used questioning and other formative assessments to frequently monitor students’ understanding on the learning objective.
- Re- demonstrate and model explicitly when there are signs of incomprehension or disengagement
- Engaged in whole school professional learning on Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) and explicitly discussed with students about the different levels of behaviour in schools, as well as explicitly demonstrated and role played the positive behaviours expected by the school with different relatable situations
- Successfully helped a student with unpredictable and disruptive behaviour to transition throughout the day by empathetic communication skills and to brief him on the schedule consistently
- Acquired an ECE Emergency First Aid licence.
Education
Edith Cowan UniversityAustralia
Post Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education
02.2016 - 01.2017
University Overview
University of Western AustraliaAustralia
Bachelor of Economics
01.2012 - 01.2014
University Overview
Certification
Teacher Registration Board WA - Permanent Registered Teacher
Timeline
Senior Native English Teacher /Regional Training Coordinator
Athena Academy
11.2021 - Current
English Teacher
Aspiration Education
01.2021 - 08.2021
Relief Home Room Teacher
Department of Education, Western Australia
04.2018 - 12.2020
Edith Cowan University
Post Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education
02.2016 - 01.2017
University of Western Australia
Bachelor of Economics
01.2012 - 01.2014
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