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Cathleen Li

Newark,Delaware

Summary

Motivated student currently working towards a degree in TESOL. Adept at prepping resources, equipment, and materials for research. Extensive background in investigating English reading and writing research.

Passionate Teaching English offering 2-year background working with students at elementary and middle school levels. Focused on maximizing student learning potential through diverse instructional strategies and classroom management techniques.


Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Teaching Assistant

University Of Delaware
05.2023 - Current
  • Help with ELI's listening lab duties, designing Canvas activities, assistant students listening practice.
  • Helped with grading assignments and tests, providing constructive feedback to students based on results.
  • Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain positive learning environment.
  • Supported classroom activities, tutoring, and reviewing work.
  • Assisted in maintaining engaging and respectful educational environment by promoting discipline and cooperation.

Teacher

Shenzhen Foreign Language School
03.2022 - 07.2023
  • Teaching elementary, middle, and high school students English listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
  • Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into the classroom.
  • Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators, and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
  • Communicated frequently with parents, students, and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
  • Supported different levels of students' physical, mental, and social development using classroom games and activities.
  • Incorporated exciting and engaging activities to achieve student participation and hands-on learning.

Bank Teller/Banking & Finance Trainer

China Bank
10.2016 - 05.2022
  • Answered customer inquiries regarding account balances, transaction history, service charges, and interest rates.
  • Built and strengthened customer relationships by leveraging excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Serve as afinancial trainer to conduct quarterly financial knowledge and professional skills training for employees.
  • Won the title of "Financial Lecturer" awarded by the People's Bank of China; the title of "Gold Medal Lecturer" awarded by the Provincial People's Bank of China.
  • During the activity "Finance into Thousands of Families" which was organized by the People's Bank of China, I served as a "financial knowledge popularization teacher" in three public primary schools for half a year. The main work content is to popularize international basic financial knowledge and currency knowledge to primary and middle school students in Chinese and English.
  • Won the first place in the "Cantonese" and "Cantonese" Speech Contest organized by the Bank of China Provincial Branch.

Education

Master of Arts - TESOL

University of Delaware
Newark, DE
06.2024

Master of Arts - TESOL

HuNan Normal University
China
06.2024

Bachelor of Science - Statistics

Beijing Institute of Technology
China, ME
06.2015

Skills

  • Multiple teaching pedagogies, especially context-based teaching and Genre-based teaching
  • Modern Classroom Technology
  • Active Students' Participation
  • Using psychological knowledge to make friends with students
  • Effective Written and Verbal Communication
  • Time management, critical thinking, problem-solving, and communications
  • Statistics analysis basic ability: using " IBM SPSS" Statistics Desktop from completed participant surveys

Research Experience

Research Assistant, The SOE Research Project, University of Delaware, July 2023-now.


  • Coding primary, middle, and high school teachers' teaching videos through classroom observation;
  • Review, summarize, and analyze annual surveys to identify teachers' beliefs, knowledge, and teaching strategies;


Graduate Researcher, Graduate Research Paper(Collaborative Writing in Genre-Based Pedagogy), Hunan Normal University.


  • Constructed questionnaires and interviews of primary school students to collect data.
  • Document data using "IBM SPSS" Statistics Desktop from completed participant surveys.
  • Interpreted and analyzed quantitative and qualitative results.


 Teaching Assistant, University of Delaware, The Listening Lab.


  • Help with ELI's listening lab duties, designing Canvas activities, and assisting students with listening practice.
  • Help collect research on listening skills.
  • Helped with grading assignments and tests, providing constructive feedback to students based on results.
  • Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain a positive learning environment.
  • Supported classroom activities, tutoring, and reviewing work.


Languages

English
Full Professional

Timeline

Teaching Assistant

University Of Delaware
05.2023 - Current

Teacher

Shenzhen Foreign Language School
03.2022 - 07.2023

Bank Teller/Banking & Finance Trainer

China Bank
10.2016 - 05.2022

Master of Arts - TESOL

University of Delaware

Master of Arts - TESOL

HuNan Normal University

Bachelor of Science - Statistics

Beijing Institute of Technology
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