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Profile Information

A little about me
I like playing music, listening to music, running, taking photos and trying to speak to people in Chinese.
What city will you be/are you in?
Shanghai
Which EF division are you with?
EF Corporate
What nationality are you?
Other
What excites you most about China?
Because it's awesome!
What kind of teaching qualification do you have?
TEFL
Who's your recruiter?
N/A (office staff / local teacher)

Useful Stuff

For any teachers coming to Shanghai, here are directions to Zhongshan Park, where your initial training will take place.

 

COD Observations is something which might help CODs observing lessons.

 

How to be a good/bad trainee?

 

Training & Development Newsletter October 2012

 

Typical teacher training feedback.

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At 11:44am on January 9, 2013, Linda Yu said…

Thank you very much.

At 10:13am on December 8, 2012, Crystal Geng said…

哈哈还不错,忙圣诞趴。。。

At 2:54pm on December 5, 2012, Samuel Lawrence Wade said…
I've had a couple yes. These days I have a few early HFs starters, 1a, 1b. If you get the right students it can be fun. Was running around giving jumping high fives to my students with the hand flash card yesterday. One high fived it so hard that it broke the plastic wallet it was in. Haha
At 2:33pm on November 12, 2012, Miranda Lemburg said…

Hi Ross!!!! It was good to see you again on Wednesday. Thank you for coming to mine and Jacky's workshop- I hope you enjoyed it.

At 12:51am on November 10, 2012, Lionel Rowe said…

It was great to meet you, really enjoyed the workshop too. See you next time!

At 11:29pm on November 9, 2012, Nathan Eberly said…

Ross it was a pleasure to meet you and have the opportunity to talk. I hope to see you again sometime. Take care.

At 6:23pm on July 19, 2012, winnie zhang said…

Hey Ross, its a great website~~ nice photo by the way~

At 6:28pm on July 18, 2012, Jolie Tian said…

Hey Ross, nice to meet you! Thanks,

At 3:32pm on July 17, 2012, Tina.liu said…

Hi Ross, thank you. Nice to meet you.

At 6:32pm on July 12, 2012, Jim Kiser said…

Ross! It was great to finally meet you! I hope you had a great time here in Guangzhou! If you're ever around again and want to hang out, please let me know! I would be more than happy to hang out with you!

 
 
 

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