History & Geography Educator with PGCE, CELTA, 14 years China

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Details

MARK McALLISTER FRANCIS

Email: ***********@*******.*** Skype: mark.francis9415 Mob: 0086 1-596-***-****

Academic

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**** **LTA (Certificate of English language teaching to adults) International House, Belfast

1998 M.A Degree in Archaeological Survey Durham University

1991 M.A Degree in 17th Century Studies Durham University

1989B.A Degree 2:1 History/Classical Studies St.Mary’s University, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham

Teaching Employment

ESL teacher for the STEP Program (August 2025 – January 2026) at the Canadian International school of Guangzhou. I teach ESL English to prepare students to achieve the correct level of English to be able to join the main school program.

Founding Geography, History & Global Perspectives teacher (August 2021-July 2025) at Wycombe Abbey School Hangzhou. I taught IGCSE/A level while also a class tutor, the coordinator for the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and was lead teacher for the STEM part of the 2025 summer camp and designed the program based on the topic of water and climate change.

MYP Science & English teacher (August 2019- July 2021) at Ningbo Huamao International School. I taught grades 7 to 9 IB Middle Years Programme and homeroom teacher. I run an afterschool club for students on how to be a detective.

History & geography Teacher (AP World History, AP European History, AP Art History, AP Human Geography) (August 2014-June 2019) AP centre at Ningbo foreign language school, Ningbo.China Grades year 10 to year 12. As an AP teacher I designed my own course syllabus and internal exams aligned to the AP exam. I served for one year on the Dipont curriculum development panel for humanities.

Human Geography & History Teacher +AP, Americans Studies teacher September 2012-August 2014 Employed by Ameson to teach Human Geography (+AP) and World History +AP) as part of the American High School program in China at Nantong Middle School. Students aged 14-18 years old. Also taught during my first year American Studies and writing workshop as non-AP subjects.

English Teacher Oct 2011-August 2012 English First School, Daqing, China. Employed to teach English to students from four to eighteen years old in a private language school. Classes were ten to sixteen in seize. I also taught twice a week at a secondary school four classes of English.

Part-time History Teacher 12/2002-7/2003 Anglo-American School Belgrade. I taught two classes of 14-16 years olds for the IGCSE History exam. Email: ******@*******************.***

Part-time English Language Tutor 2002-3: Conversation classes to higher level students and business groups at two English language schools in Belgrade.

Part-time Tutor: Archaeology 1998-1999

Occasional field school lectures on geophysics and surveys of Roman rural sites with reports. Dir: Dr.Peter Halkon. University of Hull. Email: *.*.******@****.**.**

Since 1998 I have conducted occasional History/Archaeological lectures to students, public and local community groups in the UK and abroad. Course proposal accepted on lecture series on monuments in Northern Ireland as part-time Tutor (Archaeology): Life Long learning Queens University, Belfast.

Archaeological Employment

From 1998 to 2011 worked as Freelance archaeological surveyor & excavator. I was employed on projects in the U.K, Ireland, Eastern Europe and the Near East. This involved writing proposals, project administration & logistics, processing of data; production of final reports, watching briefs and post-excavation. Below is a selection of some of the projects:

11/2007 –3/2011 Masonry Monuments Archaeologist Historic Monuments Unit, Northern Ireland Environment Agency. Contracted to create a conservation priority list for all scheduled masonry monuments, conduct condition surveys of monuments and mortar sample tests, and write reports on the historic development and conservation of major sites, such as Enniskillen Castle and statements of cultural significance. Advised NIEA staff on issues of repair and cleaning of masonry monuments. Completed a GIS project on NIEA landholdings with field survey amongst other GIS work for the department. Involved in training of field monuments wardens and designed training material. Completed investigation reports on collections of worked masonry fragments in NIEA depots.

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5/05 –10/2007 Project Surveyor for the Northern Ireland Stone Database. Consarc Design Group. Conducted stone identification and condition reports on over 2000 listed buildings and monuments in Northern Ireland as part of E.U funded project: http://www.stonedatabase.com/

Publications:

John Chapman et al The exploitation of salt in the prehistory of Moldavia,Romania University of Durham and University of Newcastle Upon Tyne Archaeological reports 1999

John Chapman et al Neolithic human impact on the landscapes of North-East Hungary inferred from pollen and settlement records Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 21(4-5): 279-***-****

Teaching Refs:

Dean Croy

Head of School

Canadian International School of Guangzhou

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Tig Mooney

Executive Headmaster

Wycombe Abbey School Hangzhou

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Cheryl Keegan

Principal

Ningbo Huamao International School

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