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Chris Baldwin, BA, MSc, DELTA

I am a freelance elearning/education consultant with extensive experience in corporate training development as well as teacher training and language learning materials development. Below is an outline of my experience and a link to download my CV (résumé).

Linkedin profile: https://hk.linkedin.com/in/chris-baldwin-4367703b
Professional Experience

2016 – present – Freelance education consultant
Working in project management, materials development and elearning.
  • Curriculum design
  • Project management
  • English Language Teaching (ELT) materials development
  • Elearning authoring and content development
  • Teacher training materials development - elearning and face-to-face
  • Learning Management System administration and development
  • Product support
  • Marketing planning and delivery
I have successfully delivered projects for large scale educational organisations globally to deliver curriculum development, teacher development programmes and online materials development. Projects delivered in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Serbia over the course of this year.

2015 English Schools Foundation, Hong Kong
Director of Language & Learning
General management of after-school department for a group of 22 international schools.
  • Educational product development
  • Curriculum design and development
  • Teacher training
  • Staff management (8 direct reports, 200 indirect)
  • Strategic planning
  • Marketing strategy development and delivery, including digital and social media marketing
  • Financial management
Successfully managed the implementation of a large-scale curriculum overhaul of after-school English language courses including materials selection and adaption, teacher training, online resources for students and teachers, resourcing, customer and other stakeholder communications, marketing and sales. Introduced new programmes teaching computer coding and study skills, based on market needs.

2010 – 2015       British Council Global Products department, Hong Kong
E-learning consultant/project manager, global teacher development team
Project management for large-scale global e-learning teacher-training projects. Global online course sales and marketing manager.
  • Project management
  • Curriculum design
  • Teacher training materials development using a variety of elearning authoring tools
  • Learning Management System administration and development
  • Contract negotiation
  • Financial planning
  • Strategic planning
  • Staff management
  • Product support
  • Sales and marketing
Selection of major projects managed:
  • Global online sales of teacher training courses
  • Learning Technologies for the Classroom course development (online, face-to-face and blended learning modular course)
  • Primary Plus online (blended English course for Primary-aged students)
  • myClass online (blended adult English course)
  • Large-scale content migration to upgraded platform (Moodle 2)
  • Certificate in Secondary English Language Teaching (CiSELT) online course
  • Primary English Elearning Resources: http://peer.edb.hkedcity.net/

2008 – 2010      British Council, Hong Kong
E-learning editor and English teacher
Editing work:
  • Content editor for teachingenglish.org.uk
  • E-learning editor for British Council online courses,
  • Course editor for Hong Kong secondary English courses (HKDSE)
Duties included: writing and editing content for teachers and students both online and in print, and project management for e-learning projects.
Courses taught:
  • Secondary school courses
  • Adult students
    • general English
    • Business English

2004 – 2008      Big Ben School, Verona, Italy
English teacher, course coordinator and teacher trainer
I worked both in a private language school and in state schools. Courses taught:
  • Teacher trainer for state primary school teachers wishing to teach English.
  • English language to adults, secondary and middle school students
Other duties:
  • Coordinator of high school exam courses, organising courses and teacher training.
  • Design and maintenance of an educational website for use in exam courses.
  • Curriculum and material design for CLIL courses
  • Staff management
2003-2004        Inlingua, Verona, Italy – English teacher
General and business English to all levels, using a variety of course books, and methods.
Publications

I have written many professional and academic articles and act as a peer reviewer for the Japan Association of Language Teaching. See my Linkedin Profile for a full publication list: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-baldwin-4367703b

Professional Education and Qualifications
  • 2015                Executive Coaching certificate, Institute of Leadership and Management, UK
  • 2014                Diploma in Digital Marketing, Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK)
  • 2013                PRINCE2 Practitioner (project management)
  • 2012                BA – Open degree, Open University, UK
  • 2011                Certified Scrum Master (project management)
  • 2010                British Council E-moderators Essentials
  • 2009                DELTA – Post-graduate diploma in teaching, Cambridge University, UK
  • 2008                MSc (Master of Science degree) in teaching – Aston University, UK
    • Modules studied:
      • Methodology
      • Young learners
      • Course material development
      • Educational management
      • Dissertation: Error correction – Grade A
  • 2004                CELTA – certificate in teaching – Grade B
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  • About me
  • Master's assignments
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