1. Kenneth Archer B Ed Cert TESOL FRASC
Phone: +86 186 892 00659
Email: kenneth@kennetharcher.com
❶ Personal Profile
• An experienced teacher with over 25 years of classroom teaching.
• A confident well trained ESL teacher of adults and children.
• An experienced musician with specific skills in singing and choral work.
• Someone who enjoys working closely with students and bringing out their talents.
• An individual who enjoys working with people, proven leadership qualities, a key team
player and the ability to work on own initiative.
• A person who is loyal and trustworthy and hard working. Someone who is committed to
adding value to whichever position held.
• An individual who thrives on new challenges and ideas and following through to their
completion.
❷ Career History
English Teacher. Xia Sha Primary School. Shenzhen. China Sept. 2014 - ongoing
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
• Responsible for teaching English to 10 - 12 year old children.
• Teach Govt English curriculum
• Design classes related to Govt. curriculum to promote active participation concentrating
on listening and speaking skills
English Teacher. E. F. Smart School. Shenzhen. China Sept. 2009 - July 2014
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
• Centre Education Manager, responsible for Academic Team and Department.
• Senior Teacher, responsible for 14 Local and Foreign Teachers.
• English Teacher to Adults.
• Writing lessons. Developing grammar and pronunciation classes.
• Designing and further developing Life Club activities involving travel, current affairs,
pronunciation, grammar and music.
• Music activities and other study workshops open to the general Public.
Director of Music Hill House International School. London. U.K. Jan 1996 – July
2009
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
• Promoted to Director of Music. Responsibility and organisation of a large Music
Department with 4 full time and 28 peripatetic staff.
• Promoted to Assistant Director of Music. Music Teacher for 11,12 and 13 year old children.
2. • Choir Director for nine choirs. Organisation and Conductor of numerous choir tours to many
parts of Europe.
• Class teacher for children ages 9 to 13. Regular singing sessions with 4 to 10 year
old children.
Westbourne Grammar School. Melbourne Australia. April 1987 – Dec
1995
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
• Class music teacher ages 5 to 14
• Individual lessons with ages 15 to 18
• Conductor of choirs and ensembles. Ages 8 - 18
• Founded Grade Three and Four Choir (Westbourne Campus)
• Founded Old Grammarian’s Choir.
• Musical Director of numerous school musicals.
• Form Teacher 18, 17, 16 and 14 Year Olds.
• Assisted in organising and participated in orchestral and choral tour of England and
Germany.
• Participated in Peer Support Camps and Outward Bound Activities.
• President of Staff Association 1994.
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Professional Singer 1982 - 1983
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
• 1st
Counter-Tenor in close harmony group “Polyphony”.
Stage, television and radio performances. School performances and workshops.
❸ Education
2009
Trinity College, London
1991 – 1992
University of Melbourne
1984 – 1986
Melbourne College of
Advanced Education
Sandringham Secondary
College.
Cert. TESOL
Bachelor of Education, Credit pass.
Diploma of Teaching. (Major Study in Music)
HSC with 5 subjects (A level equivalnt)
❺ Interests
I enjoy socialising, meeting up with friends and going to concerts and choral performances. Dinner
out or cooking at home. I love reading as a pastime. I enjoy singing in choirs and solo work and I
have a counter-tenor voice but enjoy singing bass as well. I am keen on travel. I have developed
excellent skills on computers, especially Apple Macs.
3. ❻ Personal Details
Address:
Building 4
Room 5
Kang Jia Yuan
OCT
Futian District
518001 Shenzhen
Guandong
China
Phone +86 186 892 00659
Email: kenneth@kennetharcher.com
Date of Birth 5th
December 1959.
References:
Mr Jonathan Walsh
H R Manager CIPTC
Room 505 International Elite Building
17 Fuzhong Road
Futian District
Shenzhen
Ph +86 137 6014 8927
Email: ciptc@outlook.com
Ms Yumei Yang
Regional Education Manager
English First
3rd
Floor DiWang Building.
Shennan East Road
Luohu District
518001 Shenzhen
Ph. 159 8932 6675
Email: yumei.yang@ef.com
Mr Richard Townend
Headmaster
Hill House International School
17 Hans Place, London. SW1X 0EP
Ph. +44 (0)20 7589 0743
Email: headmaster@hillhouseschool.co.uk