Chris Montgomery

E-mail: chrismontgomery1@live.co.ukSkype: chrismontgomery1986Phone: (+86) 18205098814Nationality: British

English & Mathematics teacher

Education

2005 – 2010: Coventry UniversityBachelor’s Degree (BSc) - Computer Sciences & IT in Network Computing

2002 – 2004: Heathfield Community College 6th FormAVCE - IT (Double Award)

1997 – 2002: Heathfield Community CollegeGCSE - Maths, Double Science, English (Literature & Language), IT, Business Studies, Geography, P.E, Systems Technology

Teaching experience

Disney English (Foreign trainer) – July 2014 to Present Date: China

Job description: My role as a foreign trainer with Disney English is to teach English (predominately American English) speaking, listening, reading and writing to Chinese students aged 4-12 using the Disney curriculum. Classes are no more than 15 students. Disney English combines the Disney “show” with professionalism of which makes it quite a unique language school.

Skills and responsibilities:

Create and teach lesson plans for up to 10 classes following the Disney curriculum based around their age and assigned level.

Teach every class and build a great working relationship with my LP (learning partner or Chinese co-teacher).

Teach Demo classes to potential customers/students. Conduct and grade assessments at the middle and end of each 12 week term. Create a presentation for students to perform in front of their parents at the end of each term. Take audio recordings and pictures of students in class to upload onto the parent portal. Build and maintain a good relationship with students’ parents. Work in a professional environment following Disney’s “4 keys”: Safety, Courtesy, Show, and

Efficiency. Set KPI targets and goals such as keeping contract renewals at a healthy percentage. Maintain teaching standards from observations by line manager. Encouraged to self-evaluate and reflect on class performance and lesson plans. Created an Electronic Report Card Builder of which helps improve efficiency and work load for

teachers within the company (See projects).

Projects:

Summary:Disney English conducts 2 assessment stages for all its learners in every 12 week term. At each assessment stage the trainer must complete a report card, containing various information fields such as leaner name, date, trainer name, trainer assistant name, check boxes for in class behaviour/performance and a comments box in both English and Chinese for parents to read how their child is performing in class.

Problem:Before I joined Disney English the trainers would have to print the report card template and fill in the fields by hand for every leaner twice a 12 week term. Each trainer can have up to 150 learners, so that equates up to 300 report cards per term. This was very time consuming and inefficient process.

Solution:After doing the original process twice I decided there had to be a better way of doing this task. Using my IT/Microsoft Excel skills and initiative, I designed and built an electronic report card builder of which enabled the trainer to complete all the information required for each student in each class in a single table. This information would then be automatically put in the correct field on the corresponding report card template. The user then only needs to press a VBA scripted button to print all their report cards.

Once I had completed the project I took it to a Disney English idea share in Shanghai and it got a lot of positive feedback from everyone. Since then it is now being used by all Disney English across China.

Disney English are in the process of changing their course names and content scopes so new E-Report card builders will need to be built. I have been assigned this project and will also be implementing some new ideas, requirements and improvements from feedback into the new final version.

English development school (Maths/English tutor) - November 2013 to March 2014: Thailand

Job description: I tutored maths at the Singapore PSLE level to a 10 year old Thai boy. His family will be migrating to Singapore summer 2014 and he is required to pass the maths curriculum to get into their chosen school.

Skills and responsibilities:

Understand and teach the PSLE maths curriculum. Create unit lesson plans and tests based around the curriculum. Ensure that the student understands the English meaning for mathematical phases and questions.

British Language School - August 2013 to March 2014: Thailand

British language school were my agent company within Thailand. During my employment with them I had been contracted at 2 schools:

October 2013 – March 2014: Anubantrang school (Primary school English conversation teacher) - Thailand

Job description: I taught English conversation to 5xPrathom 3 classes and 5xPrathom 4 classes (approx. 8-10 years old). Each class has 40-45 students and I follow an assigned curriculum set by the school. The curriculum has 8 units.

Skills and responsibilities:

Create lesson plans based on the assigned curriculum. Individually test and grade each student’s ability in conversation for each of the 8 units. Classroom management. Create and mark written exams. Attend and assist field trips, camps and special events. Attend morning assembly and greet parents and students.

August 2013 – October 2013: Darunothai school (Secondary school English conversation teacher) – Thailand

Job description: I taught English conversation to 4xMatthayom 1 classes, 4xMatthayom 2 classes and 4xMatthayom 3 classes (approx. 11-15). Each class had 40 students and I followed an assigned curriculum set by the school. The curriculum had 17 units.

Skills and responsibilities:

Create lesson plans based on the assigned curriculum. Individually test and grade each student’s ability in conversation for each of the 17 units. Classroom management. Create and mark written exams. Attend and assist field trips, camps and special events. Attend morning assembly and greet parents and students.

Xplore Asia – July 2013 to August 2013: Thailand

During my TEFL/TESOL course, I was required to monitor and teach students within actual schools and camps based around Hau Hin.

July 2013 – August 2013: Hau Hin English camps (Various age groups) – Thailand

Job description: During my TEFL/TESOL course, we were required to get hands on training and assist teaching at various schools around Hau Hin.

Skills and responsibilities:

Create lesson plans for various age groups and class sizes. Assist teachers with English conversation. Help come up with imaginative games and songs for the students to enjoy.

Teaching qualifications

July 2014 – Online TEFL-C (Advanced)Teachers College, Columbia University - Disney English, China

August 2013 - 120 hours in house TEFL/TESOL courseXplore Asia – Hau Hin, Thailand

July 2013 - 40 hours online TEFL/TESOL methods courseXplore Asia – Hau Hin, Thailand

July 2013 - Thai cultural immersion courseXplore Asia – Hau Hin, Thailand

References

Disney EnglishI currently work for Disney English. References available on request.

British language schoolContact: Tom - E-mail: bls_phuket@yahoo.co.uk Number: +66848894422Job Role: Director

English development schoolContact: Jaruwan Hepple – Number: +66866948650Job Role: Director/Owner

Anubantrang schoolContact: Teacher Putt – E-mail: wednesdaythai@yahoo.com Number: +66833915103Job Role: Head of English conversation and M.E.P program.