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Lawrence

Experienced leader and manager
63 years oldHistory Subject TeacherCome from Canada Living in Shenzhen
Certificate: TESOL
Experience: Other, Training institution, International school
Language: Other
Mandarin: a little

Experienced educator, manager, and teacher-trainer. Have led High Schools, middle schools, and training centers in China and Indonesia.

Position: Subject Teacher Academic Writing
Mingde Bilingual International High School 106 Kuipeng Road, Dapeng New District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Sep 2021 - Now(3 years)

I am currently teaching grades 10-12. The subjects taught are English, TOEFL Prep, and Academic Writing.

Teacher ESL, and English Foundation Classes
EF English First Surabaya, Indonesia
Nov 1996 - Nov 2021(25 years)

Taught university students, adults, and some corpoate groups.

Online English Teacher
Canadian English Course Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia
Oct 2020 - Jun 2021(7 months)

Adapting materials and course books to implement and facilitate skills development over a range of reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities and levels. Student ability ranged from beginner to advanced and five to young adults.

Position: Subject Teacher High School: World History, Social Studies Middle school: English
Weiming International High School Dongxihu, Wuhan Hubei, China
Aug 2019 - Oct 2020(a year)

Taught World History and Social Science at Weiming International High School and English in the Middle School. I also taught drama classes for English Enrichment.

Subject Teacher Primary and Middle School
Weiming Experimental School Optical Valley, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Nov 2017 - Aug 2019(2 years)

Taught at Weiming Experimental School. Primary Grades 4 and 6, International classes, Social Studies, and English Enrichment. Secondary Grades 7,8 and 9 English EFL, Immersion, and skills development

Position: Subject Teacher
Al-Azhar and Sekolah Dasar Alam Insan Mulia Surabaya and Sidoarjo
Mar 2017 - Oct 2017(7 months)

I taught Primary classes Grades 1 to 6 at Sekolah Al-Azhar and Secondary classes Grades 7 -12 at Insan Mulia

ESL Teacher, Teacher-trainer
Canadian English Course Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia
Jun 2014 - Jun 2017(3 years)

Adapting materials and course books to implement and facilitate skills development over a range of reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities and levels. Student ability ranged from beginner to advanced and five to young adults. I continued to work with K-12 schools, including MDC and Xin Zhong. Our focus was on preparing grades 8-12 for Cambridge and Indonesian national exams. In Partnership with CEC's owner, we ran a teacher-training/TESOL Certification course from April 2007 to October 2017.

School Superintendent, Secondary School Subject teacher
Elyon International Christian School 33A Raya Sukomanunggal, Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia
Jun 2012 - Jun 2014(2 years)

I managed student activities, discipline, and parent relations for Middle School. I taught English and Geography for Secondary One and Two.

Subject Teacher: English and World History
Singapore National Academy Waru, Sidoarjo East Java, Indonesia
Oct 2008 - Oct 2008

Teaching Secondary One and Two Subjects include English, Literature, Indonesian History, and Dramatic Arts. I am an experienced IPSLE oral examiner.

Senior Teacher
EF English First Bukit Mas Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia
Jul 2006 - Oct 2008(2 years)

Duties included adapting materials and course books. The focus was on implementing skills development over a range of reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities and levels. Placement testing of new students was a regular duty. During contract with EF Surabaya, was contracted to Al Azhar (a private Muslim K-12 school) and SJS (Surabaya Japanese School)

Director of Studies
English First, Changsha,Hunan Province, China
Feb 2004 - Feb 2006(2 years)

Responsible for teacher recruitment and training. I also wrote tests and materials for classes. Duties included marketing, promotions, and student recruitment. Teachers adapted materials and course books to implement and facilitate skills. We assessed and built student skills using a range of reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities and levels. Duties included regular placement testing of new students Greater focus on Corporate Training

Director of Studies.
English First, Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, China
Feb 2003 - Feb 2004(a year)

Responsible for teacher recruitment and training. I also wrote tests and materials for classes. Duties included marketing, promotions, and student recruitment. Teachers adapted materials and course books to implement and facilitate skills. We assessed and built student skills using a range of reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities and levels. Duties included regular placement testing of new students Started in-school teaching to make small centers profitable.

English Teacher
EF English First Bukit Mas Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia
Dec 2001 - Jan 2003(a year)

Teaching ESL, foundation classes, and business English courses.

Primary and Kindergarten teacher
Wonderland Language Course Ilsan, South Korea
Jun 2001 - Nov 2001(6 months)

Wonderland operated a licenced kindergarten as well as a language course. We returned to Indonesia sooner than expected.

Teacher, program manager
ILS Surabaya, Indonesia
Feb 1998 - Apr 2001(3 years)

Teaching with ILS (International Language Studies) was an amazing experience as I was teaching in-company business English, morning classes at Sekolah Ciputra (an International school), and evening classes for university students at the University of Surabaya. It was exhausting, but it prepared me for new opportunities.

Teacher
EF English First Pusan, South Korea
Feb 1996 - Nov 1996(9 months)

Teaching ESL to Korean university students. EF arranged for me to teach a film Studies course at Pukyong National University.

TEFL International
, TESOL
May 2001 - Jun 2001(2 months)

120 hour in-class course, as well as teaching practice.

Centennial College
, Corporate Communications
Sep 1991 - May 1995(4 years)

Finished two diplomas, in publishing and in Corpoate Communications. Handled public relations for Centennial's newest communications campus in Toronto.

Pass Christian University
, English
Sep 1987 - May 1991(4 years)

PCU offered a communications program strongly rooted in economics, sociology, and communications skills.