Terry Bearden
jtbearden@houtex.net
Linye Daxue Bei Lu
Beijing
+86 1312136****

Birth place :USA Native English Speaker

Education & Training:
R.E.Lee Sr.High Houston, TX Graduated 1975
S.F.Austin State University Nacogdoches,TX Computer Science
University of Houston Houston,TX Computer Science/Programming
Houston Community College Houston, TX Computer Science/Programming

ITTT Business English Certificate December 2009 Grade A
ITTT TEFL Certificate October 2009 Grade A
ITTT TEYL Certificate November 2009 Grade A

Currently completing ITTT Diploma -

Internationally recognized TEFL, TEYL and Business English certificate course, with a practical emphasis on teaching skills, language awareness, phonology and classroom management. Teaching style molded not only to reading and writing English, but emphasis on spoken English.

Teaching Experience: Current: January 2012 –

Magic English Beijing
Teaching local curriculum in two schools
Pearson material (Longman, ODI) Age group from 4 – 13
Emphasis on Vocabulary, clarity, enunciation, grammar, reading and writing
Use developed methods for accent reduction
Maintain ‘American Day” classes in two schools focused on Western teaching and culture

Previous:
Qin Huang Dao Number 1 High School October 2010-December 2011
Director of Studies (DOS)
- Overall academic management of GAC academic staff
- Selection of teaching staff
- Induction of teachers
- Training, mentoring and evaluation of teaching staff/ class observation
- Student Placement
- Leading staff meetings
- Liaison with Regional Account Director
- Teaching duties as outlined below

GAC – Global Academic Certificate (Preparation of students English that are travelling to the United States and Australia for College)
Teacher
- Level I and III Reading and Writing Skills
- Level I – Reflective Learning – Independent Learning Skills
- Level I and III Computer Science
- Level III International Business
- Level I – Academic English

Previous:

Optimum English Jinan , Shandong August 9 2010 –

Teacher Coordinator – responsible for new teacher recruitment and placement
Teacher : Teaching kindergarten thru College – levels beginner to advanced
Taught in multiple schools in Jinan
Lixia Experimental
Shanshi Experimental
Sunshine Kindergarten
Foreign Language Middle School
Yanshan Experimental School
Sunny Garden
Dianlu

CCTV Outlook English competition Head trainer (multi-school) and lead for school and city finals （Star of Outlook）

Judge for upcoming contest in Beijing – June 2011

Teaching
Spoken English ( reduction of accent to 95% mid-Atlantic fluency)
Grammar
Writing and Reading skills
Ages 5 - 18 plus VIP of any age

2009 Spent several months in Chongqing China - Beibei district – tutoring local college students attending South West University while earning TEFL/TEYL certificate

- Tutored college level beginner students in Chongqing China . Instructed in written grammar ,reading and taught beginner students spoken English.
- Aided in employment interview skills for several students with graduation in 2010
-Working with students CET6 English test preparation
- Currently tutoring online students in China using voice (Skype/MSN) and email.
- Online Tutoring Via Skype Msn Email 01/07 -Current
- Students from China, Thailand, Russia and Indonesia

Escalation Support Engineer hp 01/01 - 09/06

• Provide high level technical phone support, email support & consultation to all customers for all products to resolve firmware/software, hardware and configuration issues
• Responsible for effectively communicating and obtaining the appropriate data needed to resolve a reported issue
• Interface with Engineering to resolve customer issues
• Provide technical leadership role in working with other departments, customers and partners
• Use complex tools and excellent troubleshooting skills to identify, analyze and resolve technical issues for known and undetermined technical issues
• Responsible for tracking and delivery of firmware/software to partners outside of manufacturing process
• Responsible for maintaining customer issue data in call tracking database
• Understand and explain related technical issues through knowledge of products and reported issues
• Responsible for compiling, publishing and distributing concise and accurate technical information and documentation, including maintaining knowledge database
• Participate in conference calls, as necessary, to resolve customer issues
• Responsible for answering and working urgent after hour customer calls
• Ability to recall and relate known or prior issues/status/fixes to newly reported issues
• Ability to maintain knowledgeable status for all issues currently being worked

Language Skills:
Currently learning Mandarin
Basic Spanish
Basic Bahasa Indonesian