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I'm an educator with 100 languages.

About me

I am a graduate student in the Master of Education program. I love spending time with kids and observing kids' development. I devote myself to examining how play and inquiry pedagogy engage and motivate young students to learn. I have a passion to discover my own way to facilitate young children's learning.

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Name: Wei Mao

Status: Student

Email: mwlcf321@gmail.com

Location: Kamloops

Thompson Rivers University
Aug 2018 - May 2020
Kamloops, Canada

Master - Education
Selected Course: Research Methods; Philosophy and History of Education; Curriculum, Teaching and Learning; Diversity: Constructing Social Realities; Principles and Processes of Educational Leadership; Understanding and Managing Conflict; Learning through play

Thompson Rivers University
Sep 2019 - Dec 2019
Kamloops, Canada

Part-time Early Childhood Education
Selected Course: Child Guidance

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Sep 2007 - Jun 2011
Shanghai, China

Bachelor- Editing and Publishing
This education provided a practical introduction to the essential skills required in the key areas of editing and publishing. The compulsory courses cover all stages of the process: structural and stylistic editing, copyediting, proofreading and production editing. This program also equipped me some basic skills of key graphics editor software, such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and more.

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Sep 2008 - Jun 2011
Shanghai, China

Bachelor- Accounting
I took accounting as my second degree. In this program, I gained skills in fields including financial accounting, cost accounting and financial management. This program armed me with the basic spirit of staying organized, being resourceful and enjoying structured scientific mindset.

University of Pennsylvania
Aug 2019 - Nov 2019
Online, Coursera

Online Course- Foundations of Positive Psychology Specialization
This course includes five-course specialization, and they are: the introduction of positive psychology, applications and interventions, topics about character, grit and resilience skills; and positive psychology specialization project. It provides me with the key theories and research in the field of positive psychology as well as opportunities for application.

University of London, UCL Institute of Education & Dyslexia International
Aug 2019 - Sep 2019
Online, Coursera

Online Course- Supporting Children with Difficulties in Reading and Writing
This course is for teachers to learn why some children have so much difficulty with reading and writing, often called 'dyslexia', and to learn more about best practice in teaching literacy to all in light of recent scientific discoveries.

University of California, Santa Cruz
Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
Online, Coursera

Online Course- Children Acquiring Literacy Naturally
There is a possibility that children might acquire written language in a way that is similar to how they acquire spoken language—without instruction. In this course, I learned various aspects of behavioral science and technology that are relevant to this proposition. I have advanced my understanding of children and how they learn language.

The State University of New York & University at Buffalo
Oct 2019 - Nov 2019
Online, Coursera

Online Course- ADHD: Everyday Strategies for Elementary Students
This course provided an overview of ADHD diagnosis and treatment. I learned how to identify the behaviors characteristic of ADHD, the components of a diagnosis, and effective parenting and teaching strategies for supporting youth with ADHD in the home, classroom, and neighborhood.

Utrecht University
Sep 2018 - Oct 2018
Online, Coursera

Online Course- Understanding Child Development: from Synapse to Society
In this course, I learned more about the developmental systems approach and theories related to that. This course introduced many research studies from various disciplines and backgrounds study child development at Utrecht University. I had a chance to look at the brain and motor development, cognitive, language and social-emotional development and all the factors that have an influence on development.

National Research University Higher School of Economics
Aug 2018 - Oct 2018
Online, Coursera

Online Course- Introduction to Multilingual and Multicultural Education
By the end of this course, as an international student myself, I was able to critically evaluate various teaching practices in multilingual and multicultural settings. I obtained valuable insights to better understand the learning needs of students in a multilingual/ multicultural classroom. I also learned essential skills to deal with immigrant/ minority language students.

University of Pennsylvania
Oct 2017 - Nov 2017
Online, Coursera

Online Course- Gamification
Gamification is the application of game elements and digital game design techniques to non-game problems, such as business and social impact challenges. This course thought me about the mechanisms of gamification, why it has such tremendous potential, and how to use it effectively.

Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE)

I will present my research study as the major author along with my supervisor at the CSSE conference.

05/2020

Office and PowerPoint Tips and Tricks, TRU Graduate Success Centre

In this workshop, I brought in useful tips on formatting paper in MS office that conforms to APA style, such as inserting a running head with a different first page, controlling paragraph formatting with proper indents, managing citations and references, generating a table of contents, etc.

02/2020

APA Format and Citation, TRU Graduate Success Centre

In this workshop, I covered how to properly design an APA-styled essay and how to paraphrase. I also introduced useful tools for citation and paraphrasing in this workshop.

09/2019

Critical Reading and Thinking, TRU Graduate Success Centre

Critically examining research literature is an essential part of graduate studies. In this workshop, I covered how to critically approach research topic, relate to assignments and formulate ideas in greater depth.

06/2019

Governor General's Gold Medal

TRUSU Grant

2017 EF Summer Course Star Team

National Scholarship (Winning Percentage 0.5%)

National Encouragement Scholarship

Outstanding Undergraduate Student of Shanghai

Outstanding Undergraduate of USST

Scholarship for Academic Excellence (First Level)-4 times

Scholarship for Academic Excellence (Second Level)-3 times

Scholarship for Student Leadership (First Level)-4 times

Second Prize of Outstanding Social Practice Project

06/2020

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08/2017

11/2010

03/2009

05/2011

06/2011

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12/2009

Thompson Rivers University
May 2019 - May 2020
Kamloops, Canada

Graduate Research Assistant
▲Supporting ECE facilitators and educators to ensure peer mentoring process smooth;
▲Performing literature and similar projects searching;
▲Collectting and transcribing conversations and video recordings; analyzing qualitative data; maintaining quality control and performing statistical and narrative analyses;
▲Other duties related to this research project.

Thompson Rivers University
May 2019 - April 2020
Kamloops, Canada

Graduate Teaching Assistant
▲Supporting students with assignments (essays, presentation, etc.);
▲Conducting workshops on topics of relevance for students in the program and working with the team to plan and organize events;
▲Promoting the Centre to students in ways such as classroom visits, signage, etc.;
▲Other duties related to the Centre as directed by the facilitator.

English Teacher (Online)
Dec 2018 - Current
Online, Free

Part-time- English Teacher (Online, Free Program)
▲Initiating a WeChat learning group which involves parents and young children (aged 3-8 years old) together to motivate learning and enhance parent-child bond;
▲Designing suitable lesson plans and learning materials for different age groups, and evaluating students' progress
▲Providing weekly storytelling activity to encourage young children to learn English in a situated atmosphere.

Education First (EF)
Jun 2015 - Jul 2018
Shanghai, China
http://www.ef.com.cn/englishfirst/default.aspx

Social Media Associate Supervisor
▲Copywriter, writing fun English for children aged 0-12, recommending English books, movies, cartoons, and introducing foreign advanced education concepts etc;
▲Project manager, developing learning applications for kids, such as EF Reading Mini Programs, English name generator mini-website;
▲EF English marketing activities planning, publicity, and enforcement;
▲EF English Summer Camp Teacher, taking care of groups of students touring overseas in EF summer camp programs.

China Europe International Business School
Jul 2014 - Jun 2016
Shanghai, China
http://www.ceibs.edu/

Marketing Manager
▲Copywriter, writing business articles related to Startups fields, writing recruiting articles serving for enrolling students
▲Forum and activities planner, writing advertorial to promote forum and recruit audiences, contacting and taking care of guest speakers, other general tasks

Datasea Marketing Research & Consulting
Nov 2011 - Jul 2014
Shanghai, China
http://www.datasea.com.cn/english.html

Researcher
▲Proposal writing and presenting;
▲Research design, including questionnaire design, research method, target participants selecting, timeline, etc;
▲Data analysis and report writing;
▲Main research method practices: survey, online survey, focus group, and telephone interview, intercept interview;
▲Main research topic: Consumers Use and Attitude, Concept Test, Package Test, Taste Test, Promotion Effect Evaluation towards specific products, etc

 

Early Childhood Educator Assistant
Certificate for Teachers of Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages 

Volunteer, Sixth Avenue Montessori, Sep 2019-Dec2019
Serving as Teacher Assistant facilitating preschool children to learn, and observing teachers’ teaching methodologies and children’s learning process
2019 Learning at Intercultural Intersections Research Conference, Mar 2019
Setting up conference materials, guiding audience directions, and serving as a host in different presentation sections
2019 Vacation Bible School, Aug 2019
Serving as Teacher Assistant helping children aged 3-6 years old to learn
Aberdeen Elementary School, Oct 2018-Dec 2018
Serving as Teacher Assistant sharing Chinese culture and teaching simple daily Mandarin
Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Sep 2017- Jun 2018
Serving as Teacher Assistant teaching English to kids who are diagnosed with hearing problems or hearing loss
2017 EF Silk-road Summer Camp, Aug 2017 (2 Weeks)
2016 EF Singapore Summer Camp, Jul 2016 (2 Weeks)
·Taking care of a group of 6-12 years old students during the summer camp programs
·Supervision of both life skills practices and academic learning; positive role model of appropriate behaviour and assisting with student discipline
·Assisting the instructor to facilitate the students through personal development
Shanghai World Expo, Oct 2010
Shanghai Bookfair, Aug 2009

Skills

Microsoft Office      ★★★★★
Photoshop                ★★★★
Illustrator                 ★★★★