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Name: Ying Li (Joanna)
Address: 54 Brendon Grove, East Finchley, London N2 8JZ
Contact details: joanna.leeying@googlemail.com
07412818291
Profile
I am a love, caring, supportive, responsible and enthusiastic team player who is commited
to the motivation, safeguarding and stimulation to pupils. I am also a couteous and caring
individual who possess a geniue aptitude and passion for working with children. I am
hardworking, conscientious and trustworthy person who requries minimum supervision
and works well as part of a team. I also have excellent communication and interpresonal
skills. I have a good understanding of Early Years Framework and Child Development
and also can adapt to any envrionment. I also really enjoyed working with children with
special needs.
Key Skills
-Ability to build good relationship with the staffs and pupils
-Very good knowledge of English/Chinese Mandarin/Maths teaching subjects.
-Understanding the language and communication development of children
-The Curriculum & Learning Experiences
-Voluntary working collaoratively at St.Joseph’s Catholic primary school with chidlren
and their families and others
-Highly organized with good Assessment, Observations, Activity Focus Sheet,
Evaluation Sheets, Setting the room, Parent’s Meeting, Daily Record books, Monitor
and Organize folders
-I have some voluntary experinece of working with pupils with Autism and child with
physical disabilities.
Employment History
Sept,2014-July 2015: St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School (Hendon) Voluntary
Teaching Assistant
-Create an environment with children and be friendly with them
-Assist children to practice and improve their pronunciation and numeracy skills
-Playing with children and help children in any emergency situations
-Helping class teacher organizing all learning materials and decorating classroom
-Practicing and improve English reading with children and write feedback
-English, Mathematics, Religious, Geography and other subjects support in KS1 stage
-Help teacher to organize drama play and role plays
-Assist class teacher dealing with daily routines according to her requirements
-Working as part of a team with teachers and staffs to ensure children received best
possible support in the class
-Working closely with chanllenging behavior children and children with speech delay on
a one to one and small groups basis, supporting their teaching and learning
-Observations on children’s development skills
-Teach one to one in other groups
-Encouraging independent
-Making high level needs children into all exclusive place. E.g: play areas; classroom
-Organsing folders and focus activity sheets
-Preparing activities
-Support children with writing stories and letters
-Support children with phonics and spelling
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Achievements:
-Monitoring children’s development, managing relationships with parents
-Monitor children’s records
-Developing communication and language with SLD
-Working with children with special needs based on one to one
-Mathematics and English support
April 2012-June 2012 Think Chinese Agency in London, UK
Voluntary Mandarin
Teaching Assistant
- Assisting the teacher in the management of children and the classroom
- Helping children in their mandarin learning such as pronunciation and also help smaller
children finishing the activities successfully.
- Give a general support and one-to-one assistance for children.
- Helping children with their learning, playing and social development.
- Helping children with their Chinese grammar and punctuation after the lesson.
- Helping students to do the spelling exercise (look, say, cover, write and check) if
necessary
- Assisting with the preparation of a comfortable learning environment.
- Preparing class registers
- Planning learning activities with teachers and sharing opinions if necessary
- Organizing and maintaining books, learning materials and resources.
- Class registers and update student’s records accurately.
- Providing extra support for those who speak English as a second language.
- Support children’s literacy development through family learning
- Record a child’s progress in listening, speaking, reading and writing and monitoring
their progress.
Oct, 2010-April, 2012
Anglo-Chinese Cultural Exchange (ACCE) Chinese
Community School and supplementary school
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Mandarin Teacher
Lesson plan preparation and follow-up feedback notes after every mandarin lessons
Elicitation, giving instructions and organizing different activities to motivate students
Establishing rapport and maintain discipline
Use of eye contact, appropriate gestures and the voice and classroom arrangement
Create learner’s autonomy and improve their confidence
Create a pleasant and supportive atmosphere in the classroom
Making learning stimulating and enjoyable
Enhancing the learners’ expectancy of success and goal-orientedness
Protecting the learners’ self-esteem and increasing their self-confidence
Offering rewards and high grades in a motivating manner
Monitoring students performance at the end of year
Class registers and attend parents’ meeting
Give feedback for every student’s achievement, progress & problems.
Jan,2011-March, 2011
Language and Linguistics Department, University of
Essex, UK, TP lesson Microteaching
Trainee English teacher (Microteaching)
- Lesson plan preparation
- Error correction
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- Write follow-up feedback
- Organizing different activities to motivate students
- Get feedback from our supervisor
- Appropriate teacher’s behavior
- Involvement in playing and managing the activities with students
June, 2008-Sept.2010 2 Sisters Food Group, Witham
-Packing
-Asisst manager to deal with daily routines
Production Operative
Education and Academic Qualification
CACHE L3 Award in Support for Teaching and Learning (L3 Teaching Assistant Award)
Barnet and Southgate College
2014-2015
Certificate of Achievement Teaching Chinese as a foreign language (Mandarin)
Ming-Ai (London) Institute-Recognized by Middlesex University
2013/2014
MA Theory and Practice of Translation
Middlesex University
2011-2013
MA Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)
University of Essex
2010-2012
BA (Hons) Business Communication
Middlesex University
2007-2008
Emergency First Aid at work Certificate
APW Training
June, 2010
Basic Food Hygiene Training Certificate
Venue: Grampian Food Country
2008
BA Business Administration Diploma, International Higher Diploma; International
Advnacd Diploma; All subjects in Grades A-C (all modules pass)
Singapore Informatics College (Informatics Academy)
2003-2006
A-Levels: Mathematics (81) Politics (61) History (pass) Geography (68) ICT computer
(pass primary) Natural Science (63) Vocational Technique (77) English (pass)
Every subject passed may be considered at least comparable to GCSE Grades A*-C,
with the exception of English language by UK NARIC
Graduation Certification of Adult Senior High School （China）
2001-2003
References- Available on request
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