SIRAN SUN

Address: 162 S. Rancho Santa Fe Road, 500 Encinitas, CA 92024 | Tel: 8582528523 | Email: ssun@dandiego.edu
EDUCATION
University of San Diego (USD), San Diego, CA, US 08/2017-Present
• Department： Learning and Teaching Master of Education in TESOL, Literacy, and Culture
• Degree: Mater of Education
• Core Courses: Language, Literacy and Culture; Introduction to the Nature of Language and Linguistic; Second Language Acquisition
and Development; Practicum in TESOL
• Research topic: “How do ESL Teachers Facilitate Intercultural Communicative Competence in ESL classrooms?”

University of Hertfordshire (UH), Hertfordshire, UK 09/2012-11/2013

• College： Business Master of Science in Marketing
• Degree: Master of Science

EXPERIENCE
All About Mandarin, San Diego, CA, US 01/2018-Present
• Teaches entry-level Mandarin class to American elementary school and middle school students
• Creates courses for different level learners
• Communicates with parents on individual pupil progress and promoted parents’ involvement and participation in the education of their
children
• Evaluates pupil growth in language development and content area knowledge as measured by a variety of assessments

Mandarin Tutor, San Diego, CA, US 05/2018-Present

• Tutors at American student once a week in Mandarin
• Advises student on his Mandarin learning progress
• Facilitates student’s communication skills

English Tutor for Primary School Students, Beijing, China 07/2016-05/2017

• Improved oral English and vocabulary for primary school students, and fostered their love of learning.
• Paid attention to students' learning progress and actively communicated with students about their learning difficulties.
• Providing advice for students for learning
• Creating quiz and home for students

Gongkong (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China 03/2014-06/2017

• Participated in formulating development planning, marketing and market development of the company.
• Involved in market statistical analysis and forecasting, and prepared weekly/monthly reports.
• Took charge of recruitment, deployment, coordination, training, guidance of department staff.
• Planned and organized sales campaign guided and supervised staff to implement strictly.
• Engaged in content marketing, such as H5 and news, new media marketing, such as Weibo and WeChat, etc.
• Organized the formulation, implemented the brand promotion plan according to the actual situation.
• Dealt with inter-department cooperation, internal and external relationship, and facilitated external cooperation.
• Cooperated with association members and governmental authorities and held industrial meetings.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, US 10/2017
Practical Teaching in Tijuana, Mexico
• Tried various English language teaching methods to raise English proficiency Mexican students
• Successfully used body language, drawings, and videos as teaching methods and materials to let the students know the different
English vocabulary meanings and then speak out.

CATESOL MEMBER,San Diego, CA, US 11/2017 - Present

SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CATESOL CONFERENCE

• Attended the San Diego Regional CATESOL Conference whose theme was “ Critical Thinking”
• Participated in multiple workshops which focused on critical thinking in the adult Education classroom, 21st century
vocabulary teaching and learning and motivation on non-credit ESL.

English Language Academy (USD), San Diego, CA, US 2/2019 -5/2019

Practicum (4.5 hrs./week)
• Working as a practicum teacher (4.5h/week)
• Working with the mentor teacher to designed lesson plan and delivery
• Cooperating with the mentor teacher to facilitate student’s communication and writing skills
• Proving advice for students for learning English

University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, US 2 /2019 -5/2019

Simulated Teaching Practice
• Degised lesson plan for my simulated lesson
• Delivered 1.5hrs lesson and reviewed by my peers afterwords
• My colleagues served as my students during my simulation lesson and provided constructive feedback and suggestions on my
teaching using “Glow and Grows”, focusing on my strengths and areas that can be improved
University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, US 2 /20 19 -5/2019
Professional Learning Community Meetings
• Brought some problems and issues from my practicum site into class
• Analysed of the problems, possible solutions and asked for feedback from the group
• Submitted one case study that included implement the solution in my classroom and reflect on the implementation of my
action.
University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, US 5/2019
Research Symposium Presentations
• Giving a clear presentation about my final capstone project
• Answering the judges' questions of my final capstone project

SKILLS
• Language: Fluent in both spoken and written English, Native speaker of Chinese.
• Computer: Proficient in MS Office, such as Word, Excel, PPT, etc.
• Familiar with the work content and processes of teaching, regulations, administrative management, activity organization, students’
psychology and living environment, etc.
• Know about students’ learning condition, implement different teaching methods aimed at students’ levels, keep improving teaching
methods to improve students’ abilities.
• Course creation and administration on Blackboard

EVALUATION
• Excellent communication and presentation skills by working closely with the team to develop strong people skills.
• Proven ability to manage time effectively by setting priorities and planning work to meet strict deadlines.
• Highly competent and paying full attention towards details, rectifying errors and reviewing important documents.