Lecturer – National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, Jan. 2012 – Current
Teach Mandarin Chinese as a second language to international students; courses conducted including beginning Chinese, intermediate Chinese, advanced Chinese, and skill-oriented Chinese, with students coming from Germany, Austria, France, England, Japan, Vietnam, Belgium, Thailand, Indonesia, Mongolia, Malaysia, etc.
Teach English to Taiwanese students, courses conducted including EGP (English for General Purposes) and ESP (English for Specific Purposes), such as "International Issues Discussion in English," "English Public Speaking," "Presentation in English," etc.
Develop the Program of Teaching Mandarin Chinese as a Second Language and conduct courses, including "Teaching Mandarin as a Foreign Language," "Mandarin Teaching Practicum," and "Mandarin Communication."
Develop the curriculum for Mandarin and Culture Summer Study Program, teach courses, train teaching assistants, and oversee the whole programs.
Organize Mandarin-related academic activities (such as Mandarin Conference, workshop, and speech) and non-academic activities (Mandarin competition for international students)
Carry out "Teaching Excellence Project," issued by Ministry of Education, Taiwan.
Administrative Assistant – Institute of Human Resources Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan, Jul. 2011 – Dec. 2011
Promotion and execution in obtaining the Certificate of Taiwan TrainQuali System (TTQS) for our credit programs
New credit program planning, coordination, and recruitment
Alumni association website planning and coordination
Asia-Pacific Management Forum organizing, coordination, and promotion.
Office administrative support
Blended Learning Environment (Google Site) Creator and Maintainer – Center of Teacher Education, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan, Oct. 2011 – Current
An online collaborative learning space for students from three classes to interact and co-work on term projects
Research Assistant & Educational Technologies Analyst – Sauder School of Business, UBC, Nov. 2009 – Apr. 2010
Investigate what educational technologies the top business schools (i.e. Harvard Business School, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, London School of Economics and Political Science, INSEAD, Department of Economics and Business in University of Sydney, Rotman School of Management in University of Toronto) employ to enhance teaching, learning, and conducting research
Analyze how faculty/staff/students in top business schools adopt new technologies to facilitate their teaching and learning
Developed strategies and recommendations for Sauder to better incorporate technologies into teaching and learning and to facilitate the program and curriculum design changes
Student Fundraiser – University Advancement, SFU, Jan. 2009 – Apr. 2009
Maintain positive relationships with SFU alumni by calling them to update their demographic information and provide them with the most current SFU events information
Introduce them our alumni annual appeal and its benefits and encourage them to make pledge to SFU. Within about 100 working hours I raised around $ 1000 CAD.
Full-time Research Assistant & Communication Coordinator – National Taiwan Normal University, 2006 – 2008
Assist in designing 10+ training sessions for using research tools and comprehensive online survey systems
Help developing and updating training sessions learning materials in different formats, such as paper-based manuals, audio and video enhanced ppt, etc
Smoothly coordinate, interact, and liaise comfortably and confidently with a wide range of stakeholders regarding diverse tasks
Successfully recruit, interview, train, and manage more than 30 part-timers
Collaboratively organize preparations for meetings and conferences
Tactfully and reliably carry out duties assigned, with great efficiency
Effectively conduct research projects and develop strategies for project promotion; comprehensively collect research information and data and publish e-papers
English Instructor – Global Kids Academy, 2002 – 2005
Analyze learning problems
Design and develop English curriculum and teaching materials for EAL (English as an Additional Language) students
Implement curriculum (listening, speaking, reading, writing)
Conduct summative and formative evaluation for curriculum designed and implemented; modify it
Frequent communication with supervisor and parents regarding students progression