Professional educator with outstanding communication and instruction experience. Adjunct Faculty adapts to different classroom settings and subjects. Masterful at new teaching styles and concepts and can work within constraints of school guidelines and policies. Prepared to instruct both large class sizes and smaller groups depending on enrollment demands. Outgoing personality with outstanding history of professional relationships with students and faculty members.
Hi, I’m
Kathleen Trudel
Shantou,GD
Summary
Overview
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Guangdong Institute of Technology
Adjunct Teacher
08.2022 - 07.2023
Job overview
- Engaged students with insightful and compelling classroom discussion of topics relevant to coursework to boost student learning and retention.
- Developed and kindled professional relationships with students to better communicate and enhance instruction.
- Identified academic strengths and obstacles and developed instructional techniques to accommodate different learning styles.
- Worked cooperatively with other members of faculty and staff to contribute to overall institutional effectiveness.
- Advised students in academic matters to improve successful course completion.
- Evaluated and selected instructional materials and texts to prepare course materials and lesson plans.
- Organized, prepared and revised Technical English course material and applied technological options for online and course-related software.
- Transitioned course material and applied technological options for online and course-related software for Technical English and Advanced English.
- Developed creative and effective teaching methods for course content to capture students' attention.
Universite Laval
Tutoring Assistant
01.2021 - 05.2022
Job overview
- Collaborated with students to complete homework assignments, identify lagging skills and correct weaknesses.
- Motivated students towards learning and studying to build self-confidence and reduce fear of failure.
- Supported students with helpful reading and writing habits.
- Collaborated with students to complete homework assignments, identify lagging skills, and correct weaknesses.
- Provided homework assistance using specific curriculum and materials.
- Taught students remotely using online video chat platform and other delivery channels.
- Supported students in development of critical thinking skills and perseverance to persist with challenging tasks
International Auction
Negotiating Buyer
09.2019 - 08.2020
Job overview
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Demonstrated a high level of initiative and creativity while tackling difficult tasks.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Offered friendly and efficient service to customers, handled challenging situations with ease.
Diamond Yarn Canada
Sales Representative
05.2017 - 09.2019
Job overview
- Met with existing customers and prospects to discuss business needs and recommend optimal solutions
- Retained excellent client satisfaction ratings through outstanding service delivery.
- Increased commercial customer base by 30% due to increased service to remote locations.
- Designed new promotion schedules for existing and new products.
- Increased sales by offering additional advice on marketing Diamond Yarn products.
- Determined problem areas and resolved issues related to profitability and business objective achievement.
La Dauphine
Business Manager
06.2002 - 04.2017
Job overview
- Grew niche-oriented craft industry retail SMB 300% over 10 years.
- Created, managed and executed business plan and communicated company vision and objectives to motivate teams.
- Implemented strategies for office operations, correspondence management, schedule coordination and recordkeeping.
- Communicated with customers and vendors positively with particular attention to problem resolution.
Education
Université LavalQuebec, Canada
Teaching English As A Second Language (B-ALS) from Teaching English As A Second Language (ESL)
06.2024
University Overview
Universite LavalQuebec, Canada
MBA from General Business Management
06.2004
University Overview
Université Laval
Bachelor's Degree (L.L.B.) from Civil Law
06.2001
University Overview
Champlain Regional CollegeQuebec, Canada
Diploma of Collegiate Education (D.E.C.) from Natural Science (Health Concentration)
01.1997
University Overview
- Graduation Dean's List, Winter 1996.
Skills
- Education Technology: Classroom, Smartboard, Storyjumper, Socrative, Nearpod
- Google suite, Word, Excel, MS Project, Power Point, Zoom
- Individualized Support
- Online Instruction
- Course Materials Planning
- Lesson Planning
- Business English, Technical English expertise
- Background in Law and Business
- Testing and evaluation
Additional Information
Additional Information
- SpeaQ on Campus, committee member 2021-2022: SpeaQ is a professional ESL community devoted to ongoing teacher development in Québec.
- Future Teachers Scholarship 2020 Recognition for candidates with high academic achievements in a teaching program.
- Dean's Honors Board 2004-2005 Recognition of academic merit.
- Dean's List 1997. Recognition of academic merit.
Other interests
Other interests
International Affairs and Economics.
Biology, Astrophysics, Robotics.
Linguistics and Language Learning.
Languages
English, French
Native language
German
Elementary
A2
Timeline
Adjunct Teacher
Guangdong Institute of Technology
08.2022 - 07.2023
Tutoring Assistant
Universite Laval
01.2021 - 05.2022
Negotiating Buyer
International Auction
09.2019 - 08.2020
Sales Representative
Diamond Yarn Canada
05.2017 - 09.2019
Business Manager
La Dauphine
06.2002 - 04.2017
Université Laval
Teaching English As A Second Language (B-ALS) from Teaching English As A Second Language (ESL)
Universite Laval
MBA from General Business Management
Université Laval
Bachelor's Degree (L.L.B.) from Civil Law
Champlain Regional College
Diploma of Collegiate Education (D.E.C.) from Natural Science (Health Concentration)
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