Melanie Ward

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Certification

TEFL: Foundation TEFL TKT: Young Learner’s 2018

Experience

Head Homeroom Teacher of All English Classroom Xiamen, China August 2019 - Present Cambridge Red Oak Bilingual Kindergarten

● Led a new class of 25 students ages 3-4 while collaborating closely with Chinese co-teacher and part-time assistant English teacher

● Taught English from book curriculum and age-appropriate socioemotional skills in indoor/outdoor settings through games, song/dance, musical instruments, art activities, TPR, and roleplay

● Prepared, guided, and ensured students’ safety for all their daily routines

● Maintained a high-level of communication with students’ parents for individualized approach to their child’s needs adapting to classroom, and provided individualized English materials

● Created and led holiday language/cultural learning activities/games for entire kindergarten English Teacher Wuhan, China February - August 2019 EF English First

● Designed and implemented student-centered, curriculum-based English lesson plans

● Taught 16 classes a week from ages 3-12 using TPR, roleplay, song/dance, and contextualization

● Assessed and communicated student progress with parents regularly

● Led intensive summer courses for four classes of 6 year olds teaching English rhymes through creative song and dance; with final performance for parents

● Trained and mentored incoming teacher through model teaching, co-teaching, observation and feedback

Research Intern Utrecht, NL January - July 2018

Utrecht University

● Conducted a systematic review of imagery and conditioning research using databases and Covidence

● Designed a new experiment in collaboration with a diverse multicultural research team that examined the rate of association learning between a neutral stimulus with unpleasant events

● Recruited and scheduled participants; ensured confidentiality and organization of sensitive data

● Independently ran experiment using Biosemi electrodes for measurement purposes; monitored and reported frequently to principal investigator

● Prepared, maintained, and organized laboratory equipment Education

Utrecht University September 2017 - August 2018

Master's in Clinical Psychology

● Honors: Member of the Graduate Honours Interdisciplinary Seminar program

● Thesis: Within the Context of Grief: Cross-Cultural Comparison of Empathy

● Relevant Coursework: Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Therapy; Academic Professional Clinical Psychology; Loss & Psychotrauma; Culture, Psychology, and Psychiatry Ashland University August 2013 - May 2017

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and French

● Honors: Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology, Phi Sigma Iota International Foreign Language Honor Society

● Thesis: Predicting behavior in the volunteer’s dilemma based on the TIPI and social value orientation - Presented research and results at the Ashland University Undergraduate Research and Creativity Activity Symposium, and at the Midwestern Psychological Association Symposium

● Relevant Coursework: Child Development; Marriage and Family Sociology; Neuropsychology; Psychological Tests and Measurements; Abnormal Psychology

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