Sukie (Jiayuan) Chen
Caulfield North,VIC
Summary
Postgraduate of Education and TESOL. Energetic EAL Instructor experienced in teaching adults from diverse range of cultures and ethnic backgrounds. Proficient in Microsoft Office and ICT tools, with strong creative thinking skills in lesson planning and course designing. Familiar with SEE programme delivery, skilled in motivating and mentoring students of all ages and learning levels. Quick learner with positive attitude ready to make immediate impact.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
EAL Teacher
AMES Australia
09.2023 - Current
- Engaged and built connections with adult migrant students from diverse cultural backgrounds aged 20+ to 70+.
- Delivered SEE programme and satisfied curriculum requirements of learners' progress assessments.
- Boosted students' confidence in reading, writing, speaking, and listening through engaging activities and personalized feedback.
- Collaborated with colleagues to develop interdisciplinary units of study that promoted language acquisition across subject areas.
- Implemented assessment tools for monitoring student progress and modifying instruction accordingly, resulting in improved student outcomes.
Sessional EAL Teacher
Monash College
11.2023 - 01.2024
- Educated students in basics of English grammar and conversational speaking based on Monash English materials.
- Developed and taught ESL curriculum to improve students' conversational abilities.
- Gave one-on-one attention to each student while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
- Documented student attendance and progress against goals.
- Developed activities and integrated technology to diversify instruction. Engaging students with Moodle.
- Marked assessments and exams based on ME rubrics.
Student Teacher
AMES Australia
04.2023 - 05.2023
- Worked with classroom teacher to learn about current standards and best practices.
- Facilitated small group activities and one-on-one instruction to meet individual student needs.
- Cultivated positive relationships with administration, teaching staff, and students.
- Developed lesson plans that incorporated mandated topics and included immersive activities for student engagement.
- Created and implemented different learning activities to meet needs of different types of learners.
Intern
Twig Education
03.2021 - 01.2022
- Sorted and organized files, spreadsheets and reports.
- Completed research, compiled data, updated spreadsheets and produced timely reports.
- Collaborated in professional team to solve workflow issues.
- Attended meetings with head office in the UK, audited translations of video and dubbing files
- Conducted translation of original English textbook to Chinese versions to meet market demand
Intern Teacher
Dulwich College Beijing
11.2020 - 12.2020
- Facilitated students' discussions of classroom topics, helping each explore concepts and expand horizons.
- Collaborated with colleagues to design learning outcomes and thoughtfully address individual student needs.
- Helped cultivate learning-focused and welcoming atmosphere for students of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Reviewed students' classroom assignments, homework and tests to evaluate knowledge of subject material and assign grades.
- Initiated teaching implementing Mathematics lesson plans and progressed to full-day teaching.
Student Teacher
Caulfield Junior College
03.2019 - 10.2019
- Worked with classroom teacher to learn about current standards and best practices.
- Cultivated positive relationships with administration, teaching staff and students.
- Developed lesson plans that incorporated mandated topics and included immersive activities for student engagement.
- Designed lessons on for students using various teaching methods and modern classroom technologies.
- Observed and participated in special learning opportunities to expand horizons and learn different approaches.
- Conferred with qualified teacher to establish instructional targets and prepare lessons to cover source topics.
Student Teacher, Grade 1
The King David School
05.2017 - 10.2017
- Monitored classrooms for safety and good behaviour, offering students positive reinforcement to maintain discipline.
- Designed lessons on for students using various teaching methods and modern classroom technologies.
- Worked with classroom teacher to learn about current standards and best practices.
- Stood in for teachers, checking lesson plans to provide consistent teaching to students.
- Helped teachers decorate and organize classrooms with age-specific decor and organization prior to classes starting.
Education
Master of TESOL - English Education
Monash University
Melbourne, VIC06.2023
Bachelor of Education (Honours) - Primary Education
Monash University
Melbourne, VIC10.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Chinese Translation
Monash University
Melbourne, VIC05.2020
Skills
- Multitasking and Organizing
- Creative thinking and Course designing
- Microsoft Office
- Proficient English and Mandarin skills
- Basic Korean language skills
- Translating and interpreting between English - Mandarin
- Internal and External Communications
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- IELTS: Overall 8 (Listening 8 Reading 85 Writing 75 Speaking 8)
Languages
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Korean
Limited Working
Japanese
Elementary
Timeline
Sessional EAL Teacher
Monash College
11.2023 - 01.2024
EAL Teacher
AMES Australia
09.2023 - Current
Student Teacher
AMES Australia
04.2023 - 05.2023
Intern
Twig Education
03.2021 - 01.2022
Intern Teacher
Dulwich College Beijing
11.2020 - 12.2020
Student Teacher
Caulfield Junior College
03.2019 - 10.2019
Student Teacher, Grade 1
The King David School
05.2017 - 10.2017
Master of TESOL - English Education
Monash University
Bachelor of Education (Honours) - Primary Education
Monash University
Bachelor of Arts - Chinese Translation
Monash University
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