Project Officer within NCOP funded Shaping Futures team based at University of Liverpool. Responsible for working with young learners across the Liverpool City Region

Teach English in China Specialists At China Teach we specialise in placing final year students and graduates in long term paid teaching placements across China. What we do Our services include placement, training, TEFL qualification, ongoing access to resources and continuous support while living in China.We also offer a consultancy service to Chinese schools that have an interest in developing their curriculum to enable them to teach to IGCSE standards.

• Responsible for the development and managment of the University’s external relations with schools, colleges and other key influencers across the West Cheshire, Wirral and the North Wales area. • Have developed and delivered a series of interactive H.E & IAG related workshops, presentations and seminars to pre and post 16 students promoting Higher Education and to produce supporting materials as required.• Have collaborated with the digital team to produce a Chinese activity… Show more • Responsible for the development and managment of the University’s external relations with schools, colleges and other key influencers across the West Cheshire, Wirral and the North Wales area. • Have developed and delivered a series of interactive H.E & IAG related workshops, presentations and seminars to pre and post 16 students promoting Higher Education and to produce supporting materials as required.• Have collaborated with the digital team to produce a Chinese activity booklet which is used to deliver a transition project with local Y6 and Y7 students. The project has required me to work closely with the language department, the international department and international students. • I represent the university at local and national recruitment fairs and conventions. I have also represented the department and the university at national conferences and events.• Devised and delivered programmes of training for student guides to enable them to provide support on all our outreach programmes as well as on Open Days and to support the team’s delivery of student recruitment activity throughout the academic year. • I have developed and manage an intensive two-year programme aimed at supporting Looked after Children progress into Higher Education.• Work closely with student’s to deliver a number of after school enrichment clubs.• Responsible for maintaining and updating the team’s social media activity. Show less

• As a member of the educational opportunities team I was responsible for managing the University’s outreach programmes for primary schools. This involved managing and organising visits on to the university campus as well as overseeing all in-school activities. • I managed devolved budgets from the wider Employability and Educational Opportunities departmental budget for each of my projects.• I developed and delivered many presentations to an extremely diverse array of audiences… Show more • As a member of the educational opportunities team I was responsible for managing the University’s outreach programmes for primary schools. This involved managing and organising visits on to the university campus as well as overseeing all in-school activities. • I managed devolved budgets from the wider Employability and Educational Opportunities departmental budget for each of my projects.• I developed and delivered many presentations to an extremely diverse array of audiences including school and college pupils, careers advisors and the senior leadership team within the University. This enabled my presentation skills to develop to a particularly high standard.• I line managed a team of Graduate Advocates and work closely with them to ensure that we meet Access Agreement targets on each programme, whilst also providing them with opportunities to develop professionally.• I have developed and delivered an introduction to mandarin programme aimed at KS2 aged pupils. Working with Chinese volunteers from our student body, the programme introduced mandarin and Chinese culture to pupils over 10 sessions in a fun and engaging way. The feedback received from the schools I worked with and the Chinese students was uniformly positive. • I developed and delivered training for Graduate and Student Advocates to support the successfully delivery of programmes. This included the training and supervision of the Chinese volunteers who worked on the mandarin programme. Show less

• Teaching in China, where last minute changes are often thrust upon you, requires great flexibility. Throughout my time teaching I was confronted by many unexpected changes to classes and teaching schedules at short notice. • Having received no training as a teacher I was required to learn on the job. The positive feedback I have received from my employer is evidence of how well I adapted to working in a totally different work environment and culture. • To be a successful teacher in… Show more • Teaching in China, where last minute changes are often thrust upon you, requires great flexibility. Throughout my time teaching I was confronted by many unexpected changes to classes and teaching schedules at short notice. • Having received no training as a teacher I was required to learn on the job. The positive feedback I have received from my employer is evidence of how well I adapted to working in a totally different work environment and culture. • To be a successful teacher in China it is important to build a solid working relationship with your Chinese co-teachers. The positive feedback I received from my employer demonstrated that I was able to achieve this. Show less