Curriculum R&D Manager

December 2016 - October 2017

Primary School Curricula Manager

1. Responsibilities:

   • Designer of level architecture for PentaOne (i.e. level system guidelines, placement test design, instructional design, digitization guidelines & methodology, etc.)

   • Management of PentaOne Primary School curricula (4 placement tests, 10 levels, 20 textbooks, 50 semester assessments, 120 teachers, 422 e-books, 850+ readers, 1,140 e-learning lessons, 4,000 students)

   • Proposal and execution of all product servicing and/or marketing from alpha phase to rollout

   • Management of new-to-program and continuous training system

     • Training of new-to-program teachers (200 hours completed)

   • Operation and Human Resource Management advisor for all principals, assistant principals, and faculty managers

   • English Language Learning (ELL) manager and consultant for Holding company

   • Business Development Assistant Manager for new businesses (e.g. DaVinci Coding)

   • Piloting of new programs at flagship branch (Mapo)

   • Curriculum Service related IT infrastructure management (i.e. FTP, WebDrive, Forums, Technical Support Hotline, etc.)

2.  Achievements:

   • Digitization of 96 units and digital linkage of 62 storybook e-books (i.e. guide.pentaoneenglish.com\mapo)

   • Development and Management of e-learning, e-library, program website, individual branch website, and branch marketing blog (e.g. pentaoneenglish.com)

   • Consultant for development of 3 placement tests and 1 pre-test

   • Project management of six e-Learning modules (vocabulary, speaking, shadowing, writing, listening, and reading exercises) and 1,140 e-Learning lessons for PentaOne program

   • Assisted in design of onboarding and continuous training system for 29 branches and ≈500 teachers

   • Key role in creation and execution of all syllabi, teacher guides, lesson guides, and program guides (i.e. 112+ guides)

   • Assisted in the creation and coordination of PentaOne methodology training

   • Managed the customization of a third-party (The Clip Edu) Customer Relationship Management system

   • Assistance in M&A of Hybrid Platform; curriculum/product consultant during due diligence process ($1 million acquisition)

   • Project initiation and development management of cost-cutting CRM/LMS solution (i.e. crm.theedc.co.kr)

   • Proposal of a strategic hybrid training system utilizing blended learning (e.g. https://p1training.wixsite.com/pentaonetraining)

3. Partners: Scholastic, Hybrid Platform (TheClipEdu), RoadWise, EduTech, McGraw-Hill, Oxford University Press, Segero Systems, Hakwon Sarang

Curriculum R&D Assistant Manager

March 2016 - December 2016

Middle & High School Curricula Specialist

1. Responsibilities:

   • Design of PentaOne PLUS structure (i.e. level system guidelines, placement test design, program textbook guidelines, instructional design, etc.)

   • Management and development of PentaOne Middle & High School curricula (3 placement tests, 12 levels, 24 semester assessments, 240+ teachers, 628 mini-e-books, 4,130 e-learning lessons, 5,000 students)

   • Student progress and Human Resource Management advisor for all principals, assistant principals, and faculty managers

   • Curriculum Service related IT infrastructure management (i.e. FTP, Webdrive, Forums, Technical Support Hotline, etc.)

2.  Achievements:

   • Responsible for the design and development of two placement tests and one mini-test for diagnostics; question validation criteria

   • Collaborated with Marketing team to host first PentaOne Speech Contest with 120 participants from 32 afterschool programs

   • Assistant editor of 20 PentaOne ELT program textbooks published by Scholastic;
     <6% errata

   • Responsible for the initiation of groupware (i.e. bizmeka.com): reduced 30% administrative limbo

   • Exit strategy proposal of in-house LMS platform - contract termination and liability adjustment

   • Setup of FTP process for program materials and question bank sharing

3. Partners: Hybrid Platform (TheClipEdu), Digital Chosun, Korea Digital Contents, NYict

Curriculum Marketing Manager

Faculty Human Resource Manager (Songpa)

September 2014 - June 2015

1. Responsibilities:

   • Curricula management of SMART learning curricula, pedagogy, and platform

   • Planned, developed, executed key curricula servicing, training, and marketing strategies and guides

   • Quality control and assurance of all CDI curricula

   • Liaison to assist and execute branch sales strategies directed by branch managers and corporate

   • Planned, developed, and executed various local market-based curricula

   • Responsible for systemization, such as regimen structure design, of branch duties and training strategies

   • Responsible for the development of effective and efficient HR system at branch level

2. Achievements:

   • Debate competition

     •  Led team on organizing event for a nationwide debate competition

     •  Co-writing of debate competition preparation announcements, manuals, and directions

     •  Organized and managed 10 university level debate laureates as judges from Seoul University, Hanyang University, Seogang University, etc.

     •  Managed team competition structure and judging criteria as well as the judging process of participants

     •  Organized marketing materials for the event and coordinated launch schedules

   • Extensive Reading & Writing Workshop (ERW)

     •  Replaced existing program and developed all levels of the most popular Winter and Summer intensive program

     •  Led a small team and procured National Geographic Reading Explorer textbooks, arranged and designed projects and student handouts, created facilitator guides and answer keys, arranged syllabi and program guide

   • Cross Café

     • Exit strategy planning and execution for cost-effectiveness

   • loudestbrain.com

     • Led content and marketing strategy development

     • Assisted in the designing of a social network website for faculty and students

     • Developed content for project-based learning and media-based learning materials

     • UI/UX design via benchmarks; improving ease-of-use for primary school students

     • Created launching strategy based on Chungdahm and school semester schedules

   • Pre-season Career Learning Program (CLP) Season 1

     • Assisted in the creation and development of career learning program for 1,200 students

     • Responsible for on-site guidelines and coordination of program managers

     • Assisted project manager on advising product owner to incorporate Chungdahm's learning methodology on lesson development

   • Program & Teacher Guides

     • Development of program guides and teacher guides for all levels in Chungdahm curriculum (Memory ~ Master)

     • Responsible for devising guide templates for the highest level and test-taking programs

     • Addition of new teacher resources that assisted in a major increase of new-to-program facilitator comprehension

   • Curriculum Development & Content Service

     • Assisted in content revision and development of A2 (iBT) SMART curricula

     • Key role in establishing better contextualization and conceptualization of Master programs

     • Main assistance in reading and listening skill-based methodology revision

     • Developed and/or managed all related guides for teachers and staff

   • Content quality assurance and quality control

     • Revised all errors in media and transcript for online homework and in-class content

     • Key role in establishing a rigid communication system that lowered errors to almost zero before servicing to customers

   • Skill Test

     • Content writing of iBT answer justification and question type organization for mock TOEFL iBT test

     • Acknowledged as the foundation of the system and established legends for efficient QC

     • Responsible for setting all deadlines and manuals for documentation and use in other key areas of business

   • Faculty Human Resources

     • Liaison and advisor for 12 branch Faculty Managers

     • Assisted in faculty culture establishment and placing key training recommendations for in-house facilitator development

3. Partners: Cengage, Darakwon, Chosun-ilbo, FutureBook, Inc., Aclipse