The Story of an Educator

Since 7th grade, I started to dream of becoming a teacher. In 1991, I started to teach as a lecturer teaching English as Foreign Language in Petroleum University in China. A year later, I was promoted as the “Grade Chair” for teaching freshmen students in the university. In 2000, I left China and immigrated to Canada. I worked hard to try to become a teacher again in Canada. I did my graduate school in University of Toronto. I did my teacher college at Queen’s University. However, I could not find a teaching job in Canada. Instead, I found a teaching job in Georgia, USA. I ended up teaching kindergarten as a classroom teacher for three years there. Later on , I also taught Mandarin Chinese as foreign language in the middle/high schools there for two years. Then, I stayed at home for my two sons for three years. As a matter of fact, I missed teaching during those years while I stayed at home. When I moved to California, I spent one year teaching kindergarten at Child Development Center by Stonegate Elementary School in Irvine. Since 2019, I have started to study as a doctoral student in Educational Leadership at Concordia University Irvine. My dissertation would be focused on Social Emotional Learning. I am also working as a research assistant for our EDD office at CUI. My career goal after graduating from my doctoral study is to become either a professor or a researcher. In my blog, I will continue to share my teaching and learning journey.