As the Human Resources Manager of KNS, Mike's primary responsibilities include cultivating strong partnerships with multiple TEFL organizations on behalf of KNS, recruiting top teaching talent for the school, and facilitating the transition of prospective educators to Taiwan from overseas. On top of his recruitment duties, Mike also assists in many important in-house duties. Mike is responsible for addressing teacher’s concerns, facilitating conflict resolution, while maintaining a part-time teaching schedule. Mike's role as our Human Resources Manager, coupled with his ongoing teaching commitments, ensures that he remains connected to the classroom while effectively handling administrative responsibilities.

As an HNST, I am responsible for the management of foreign teachers with responsibilities such as assessing classroom reports, performing teacher evaluations and progress reports, training new employees, scheduling, overseeing communication between teachers and parents, conflict resolution, relaying information , organizing extra curricular activities for the school and employees, working with the Taiwanese staff to maintain a harmonious work environment and to ensure all translation is understood and agreed upon, and helping new teachers become acclimatized to Taiwan by helping them find housing, phone contracts, transportation, etc.It is also my responsibility to collaborate with other HNST’s to try and reach our goals and achieve better results in accordance with the vision of our company. As a teacher, my core values are to maintain a stimulating classroom environment with responsibility for teaching, grading, testing, assessment of English level for class placement, behavioral management, and parental communication. My objective is to help students become better English speakers through student and teacher centered activities focused on reading, writing, phonics and creative exercises.