Dr. William Clifton Green II is an American educator, researcher and startup founder who has been active in Shanghai, China for the past ten years. He has been pivotal in the creation of the Meiying Foreign Language Training Institute, which currently has 550 students. Under William’s guidance, the business has expanded with two directly owned centers in Shanghai as well as a Franchise center in Pudong New District, which is also located in the city. William currently serves as CEO of the educational organization.Over the past 10 years, William has been involved in Curriculum Development, Academic Quality management, teacher appraisal at Shanghai United International School, English First and Wellington College Bilingual. He has actively contributed to the Week Ahead educational newsletter organized by Wellington College Shanghai. The articles that he contributed were related to educational values, school-wide inclusion and differentiated support for students. In addition, William has helped create IELTS test-prep content for City & Guild’s online IELTS preparatory course.William completed doctorate at Drexel University in Education Leadership and Management, his Master’s degree in TESOL/Applied Linguistics at Columbia University and his Bachelors in Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. William is a certified IELTS examiner and has invigilated the exam at universities in China. William is also a certified K-12 teacher in the District of Columbia and has taught English in China, Japan and the United States. Overall, William favors a more eclectic approach to language teaching, learning, and syllabus design. He believes that designing a syllabus should be, first and foremost, learner centered. As such, he believes that learners must be provided with the opportunity to develop their autonomy and must interact interdependently with teachers and fellow students in order to enjoy the benefits of a learner centered syllabus.William is a language learning enthusiast. He has passed the level 5 HSK (Advanced Chinese proficiency exam). He has also passed the level 2 Japanese Language Proficiency Test. He speaks some Korean as well. He utilizes his experiences learning languages to support student language learning and development.Most recently, William completed his Ed.D in Educational Leadership and Management at Drexel University specializing in Administration. His doctoral research focused on the use of technology in the classroom to promote Chinese junior high school students’ language and 21st century skill development. As a result of this research, William’s organization is actively seeking to promote student language learning through utilizing technology that has been aligned to curricula objectives.Read more about this authorRead less about this author