Sara Chen
SUMMARY
Licensed Colorado Chinese teacher k-12
Native speaker of Mandarin; fluent in English
Over ten years of teaching experience
Creative and dynamic teaching style
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Member of Chinese Language Teacher Association (CLTA)
Member of Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS)
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
First class, grade B in Putonghua (Mandarin) Proficiency Test
Administered by the State Language Commission of the People’s Republic of China, 2002
EDUCATION
MA, Information and Technologies with emphasis on K-12 Teaching (currently enrolled)
University of Colorado, Denver
BA, English Literature, July 2002
Southeast University of Political science and Law, Chongqing, China
TEACHING RELATED EXPERIENCE
IB Chinese teacher,Jeffco Public Schools, Lakewood, CO 07/14-Present
· Teach Chinese 1 and 2 classes to middle school and high school students under the IB MYP frame.
· Act as an advisor teacher to freshmen students.
Immersion Kindergarten Teacher,Aurora Public Schools, Aurora, CO 07/13-07/14
· Taught math, social studies and sciences and Chinese literature in immersion method.
· Taught music/art/PE as specials for kindergarten students.
High School Mandarin Teacher, St. Mary’s Academy, Englewood, CO 08/06-06/13
· Taught and developed Advanced Chinese curriculum including reading, writing, listening and speaking to advanced and heritage learners.
· Taught beginning curriculum to non-native speakers focusing on listening and speaking and writing
· Worked as a liaison between Asian students and advisors.
· Assisted in organizing Diversity day
ESL Instructor, Panzhihua University, Sichuan, China 07/02-06/06
· Taught Beginning English listening to freshmen of English-majored students
· Taught Comprehensive English to non- English-majored students
· Organized and hosted the broadcast station in the campus
HONORS & TRAININGS
Being rewarded as “excellent Chinese volunteer teacher in 2007” by Confucius Institute.
Have been trained to know the content of Teaching Strategies GOLD®
COMPUTER SKILLS
PC and Mac Platforms: Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Photoshop, Pages
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Mandarin (Simplified and Traditional Chinese), English, Japanese, Taiwanese