Teaching Experience
September 2013 – Present, Jiangsheng Middle School: ESL Teacher
• Teaching English comprehension to 34 classes of 72 children.
• Assessing speaking ability and testing language recognition.
• Adapting different learning techniques to each class when required.
• Encouraging students to develop team and public speaking skills.

Education:
Heriot Watt University: (2011 - 2012) Business Psychology MSc: Pass
Project: Stress Management: The Effects of Exercise Interventions within the Workplace.
Semester 1: Consumer Ergonomics, Consumer Psychology, Psychology of Coaching
Semester 2: Diversity, Leadership, Social and Organisiational Change, Organisational Culture
Heriot Watt University: (2007 - 2011) Applied Psychology BSc (Hons): 2.1
Project: Do music and the medium it is played through affect performance during exercise?
Extended Essay: With reference to teenagers, why is peer-group membership such a concern when it comes to mental and physical well-being?
Edinburgh Telford College: (2006 - 2007)
Scottish Highers: Chemistry, Psychology, Accounting & Finance
George Watsons College: (2001 - 2006)
Scottish Highers: Chemistry, English, Mathematics, Physics Philosophy
Intermediate 2s: English, Mathematics, French, Economics,
Standard Grade: Information Technology, History, Chemistry, Physics

Other Work Experience
December 2012 – May 2013, AMEC: HR Screening and Inductions Administrator
• Quality checking in terms of verifying qualifications and skills base of those being inducted into the company.
• Compiling and presenting data to report discrepancies in the screening process.
• Testing and working with candidates to ensure they met company standards through various trainings.
• Providing assistance to older or struggling individuals in the navigation of the test materials.
• Booking and scheduling training for workers to ensure they met company and project specifications.
July 2010 – November 2012, Bar Kohl: Bar Supervisor and Key Holder
• Manage a team to a professional level.
• Able to defuse critical situations with customers.
• Training staff in team working principles and cocktail recipes.
• Meeting with other managers to discuss targets and changes in policy.

Qualifications
• BPS accredited degree through the Applied Psychology Degree Course.
• Able to use Excel, Word, Power-point, HRMS and SPSS.
• TESOL Accredited (120 hour course)
• Basic Chinese (Pu Tong Hua/ Mandarin) oral and reading ability.



Skills Profile
Communication and Interpersonal
• Working as an English language teacher, required me to teach classes of up to 70 students. I had to interact with them in a clear and concise manner, and communicate my lessons in a way that allowed them to understand and use the new information to practice and perform language tasks.
• As a bar supervisor I was required to deal with customer complaints, delegate jobs to my staff as well as ensuring that they do it to a professional level.
• Rowing and Coxing for Heriot Watt Rowing Club has helped develop leadership skills and motivational skills and has allowed me to command boats to place in races.
• As an inductions and screening administrator at AMEC, I was required to test and work with individuals in their in house training to reach the necessary standards established by the company.
• Presentations and written reports were assessed as part of my course.
Numeracy, Analytical skills and Problem Solving
• The Applied Psychology degree course included data analysis and interpretation of data. My final year project required me to solve logistical, ethical and risk based problems and extensive analysis in order to make decisive conclusions.
Teamwork
• Teaching has allowed me to work on my team working skills in through working with other teachers by comparing notes and teaching techniques to provide the best and most effective lessons for the students.
• Rowing, teaching and my academic career have also given me the skills to work and motivate myself to complete a task, race or maintain a workspace in an individual capacity.

Interests
My interests include rowing, running, learning Chinese, and cooking.
Biography
• Nationality: British
• Language: English
• Ethnicity: Singaporean Chinese

Personal Achievements
• Completed a 250 - mile cycle during a team building project.
• Rowed at the Head of the River Race in London for Heriot Watt in March 2009.
• Won the Novice 8 and Novice 4+ at the Aberdeen Head of the River race in 2011 and 2012.
• Completed “Survival of the Fittest” 10k run in under an hour