Yuan(Blair) Li

Contact:
(+1) 814-996-9985 | lj17chris@gmail.com

Education
The Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania, U.S.
MA TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language)
Expected date of graduation: May 2023

Tianjin Foreign Study University

Tianjin, China
Bachelor of Arts, (English Major)
9/2008-12/2013

Working Experience
Teaching and Tutoring Experience

Student Teaching Practicum

State College, U.S.
Practicum Teacher
1/2023-4/2023
Assist the mentor teacher, design and organize activities, lead the whole class

Mid-State Literacy Council

State College, U.S.
Teacher and Tutor
6/2022-4/2023
Teach basic English for a class of L2 adults learners, tutor basic English for L2 adults learners

Tutoring Internship
State College, U.S.
Tutor
1/2022-5/2022
Tutor undergraduate students (freshmen and sophomores) with their academic writing

Intensive English Communicative Program

State College, U.S.
Tutor
9/2021-4/2022
Tutor students TOEFL preparation, all four sections

Lightup
Shanghai, China
Teacher and Tutor
12/2020-7/2021
Teach TOEFL writing to small classes of 6-8 students, tutor TOEFL reading and basic grammar to
students

New Channel
Shanghai, China
Class Adviser
10/2020-11/2020
Consult students about their courses, arrange their study plan, follow their learning process

New Oriental
Tianjin, China
Teacher and Tutor
1/2019-1/2020
Teach TOEFL writing to classes (up to 12 students) and tutor students with their TOEFL writing.

Xintong Education
Tianjin, China
Teacher and Tutor
6/2018-12/2018
Teach and tutor many different English classes towards Chinese EFL learners, such as grammar class,
foundation class, integrated English class, including reading and writing class, and listening and speaking
class.

Private Tutor Business

Tianjin, China
Tutor
Roughly 2014-2020
Tutor Chinese to Korean elementary school students and occasionally to their moms and tutor English to
Korean elementary school students who studied in the international schools in Tianjin.

Experience

Graduate and Undergraduate Workshop

State College, U.S.
Leader and Organizer
2/2023-4/2023
Organize and give presentation to workshops for undergraduate academic writing and graduate E-
portfolio seminar

Penn State
State College, U.S.
Graduate Assistant for MA TESL
8/2022-5/2023
Help with recruiting potential students, department administrative tasks, project searching.

TATA Consultancy Service Ltd.

Tianjin, China
Data Analysis Specialist
4/2016-12/2017
Operate CRM system to analyze data for SAP company.

RCC
Tianjin, China
Translator
12/2013-6/2014
Translated texts from Chinese to English, mainly in renovation field.

Certificate
Chinese Teacher Certificate Tianjin,
China 8/2020
Cambridge TKT Certificate (Module 1-3) Tianjin,
China 5/2019

Language & Proficiency Level

Chinese-Superior Level
English-Proficient Level
Japanese-Elementary Level
Korean-Elementary Level