Julie Carson Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Shanghai, China

• The Global Impact Program Department at WLSA Shanghai Academy consists of essay and discussion based critical thinking courses about global issues• Grade 11 and 12 GIP Coordinator acting in a supervisor role to all GIP teachers, performing lesson observations and evaluations, assisting in improvement and development of curriculum, leading subject and department meetings, and creative collaboration with teachers to improve pastoral care and wellness of students

Shanghai, China

• Full time Assimilation and Differences Across Societies teacher. This course was developed in-house and seeks to comparatively analyze sociocultural factors in United States and China to over 120 Grade 12 students • I was given creative control to direct the course content and learning objectives of this course as a passion project, which resulted in units such as "Individual Freedom vs. Societal Stability: Weighing the Relative Justifications in America and China" and "Media and Democracy: Political Polarization in America"• Provided supportive, strengths-based, constructive feedback to over 120 students on a regular basis• Consistently received among the highest student feedback of all teachers - averaging 4.85/5 across all relevant metrics

Shanghai, China

- Grade 10 English Coordinator supervising all Grade 10 English teachers, assisting in improvement and development of curriculum, performing observations and evaluations, and leadership of regular subject and department meetings.• Effective collaboration with coworkers in expanding scope and impact of English curriculum through creative, cross-discipline projects and improvement of student-centered learning approaches.

Shanghai, China

• Full time English teacher in Grade 10 with average of 60 students, facilitating academic and creative writing, literary analysis of novels, short stories, and poems, Socratic Seminar discussions, engaging projects, and daily lessons• In addition to these responsibilities, creation of "Health and Wellbeing" course in collaboration with administrator for all students to attend weekly. Course focuses on mental, physical, and emotional wellness through weekly workshop approach focused on building knowledge and awareness of topics such as stress management, healthy friendship, anxiety and depression, and many others.

Shanghai, China

• Homeroom teacher in Primary Division, Grades 1-3• Creation and implementation of Science, Social Studies, and English curriculums aligned to Common Core• Daily collaboration with Chinese co-homeroom teacher as well as other coworkers in organized grade and subject planning groups

Teaching Certification, Education

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology

International Baccalaureate Diploma