About

Mei Dai (Teacher)

 

Contact Information

email:
phone: 575-524-0526

 

Biographical Information

 

Teaching Experience

  • Principal & Chinese teacher: Las Cruces Sunshine Chinese School, 2004 - 2009
  • Chinese instructor: DACC, 2005 - 2008
  • Chinese teacher: Hermosa Heights, Desert Hills, and Hillrise elementary schools enrichment program, 2004 - present
  • Dean and 5th grade teacher: Huaxia Chinese School, Hillsoborough, NJ, 1996 - 2003
  • Teaching assistant: J&J Child Development Center, Skillman, NJ, 2001 - 3
  • Teaching assistant: Good Shepherd Daycare Center, Somerville, NJ, 1999 - 2000
  • Teaching assistant: Apple B Daycare Center, Warren, NJ, 1997 - 8
  • 4th grade teacher: Cincinnati Contemporary Chinese School 1995 - 6
  • High school history teacher: Nanjing, China, 1985 - 93

 

Education

  • Masters program at NMSU: more than 20 credits towards masters degree
  • Masters in teaching Chinese to foreigners: Nanjing Normal University, China, 2008
  • Bachelors in history: Nanjing University, China, 1985

 

Awards

  • 2008 Outstanding Overseas Chinese Teacher, an award given by the Chinese government
  • 2002 Recognition of five years of teaching excellence, by the Huaxia Chinese School in Hillsborough, New Jersey

 

Membership

  • Member of Chinese Language Teacher's Association in the New York Area (CLTA-GNY), 2002 - present

 

Conferences attended

  • The 9th World Chinese Conference, 2008, Xi'an, China
  • The 6th International Conference on Chinese Language Pedagogy, 2007, Nanjing, China
  • The First International Conference on Teaching Chinese to American Students, 2007, Nanjing, China
  • First World Chinese Language Conference, 2005, Beijing, China
  • First Conference of Chinese Language Teachers of Greater New York, 2003, New York

 

Academy comments

Mei Dai was recommended to us by the Director of the Confucius Institute of NMSU as being an excellent teacher.  She has proven to be a very devoted teacher who cares passionately about the students and insists on providing an excellent education to them.  She has been a key member of the Academy since its inception.