Profile

YiFan Wang

Teaching focus

Digital technologies, electronics, and scaffolded project-based learning.

Technical background

Python, MySQL, MongoDB, data processing, and practical software workflows.

Professional style

Careful planning, clear communication, and calm support for learners.

Emerging Secondary Technology educator with Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Engineering from Shanghai University, currently building a teaching career in New Zealand. I bring together classroom placement experience, engineering training, and professional work in software and data to design learning that is well-structured, hands-on, and accessible to a wide range of students.

My teaching interest is in helping students make sense of technical ideas through practical projects, clear explanations, and visible progress. I am particularly drawn to digital technologies and electronics, where planning, creativity, and problem-solving can be developed together.

Technology Teacher, Burnside High School, Canterbury, New Zealand

January 2026 – Present

  • Teaching Year 9 Digital Technologies (DGT) and Year 11 Design & Digital Technologies (DTP).
  • Developing curriculum resources including a Digital Technologies knowledge graph, a Year 9 Adventure Map, a Year 10 Adventure Map, and a Year 11 Adventure Map to support student learning. Later, to make the adventure maps more accessible to other teachers, I built a management page that allows teachers to edit courses and progress on the web, and export them as standalone web pages for classroom use.
  • Designing hands-on projects that balance technical challenge with clear, achievable steps for learners.

Student Teacher, Burnside High School, Canterbury, New Zealand

March 2025 – May 2025

Grocery Assistant, New World Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand

May 2024 – March 2025

  • Worked full-time in a fast-paced customer service environment with strong expectations around reliability and teamwork.
  • Supported online order fulfilment and delivery, requiring accuracy, time management, and clear communication.

Waiter, The Phenix Chinese Restaurant, Canterbury, New Zealand

March 2024 – March 2025

  • Provided welcoming, efficient customer service in a busy hospitality setting.
  • Managed service tasks with attention to detail, professionalism, and responsiveness to customer needs.

Software Development Engineer, FESCO Adecco Co., Ltd, Nanjing, China

November 2022 – March 2023

  • Developed Python utilities independently to support team projects and internal workflows.
  • Contributed to collaborative development work that improved system functionality and usability.

Big Data Engineer, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai, China

July 2020 – July 2022

  • Processed and analysed medical text data using machine learning techniques.
  • Designed efficient storage solutions in MongoDB and MySQL to support fast retrieval and reliable workflows.
  • Extracted useful insights from large datasets to support research outcomes and communication.

Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary), University of Canterbury, New Zealand

January 2025 – November 2025

Master of Engineering, Communication and Information System, Shanghai University, China

2017 – 2020

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronic Information Engineering, Shanghai University, China

2013 – 2017

  • Programming: Python for automation, data processing, and practical software tasks; JavaScript for web development.
  • Databases: MySQL and MongoDB for structured storage, retrieval, and application support.
  • Teaching and productivity tools: Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Git, and Jupyter Notebook.
  • Data analysis: Machine learning approaches for text extraction, processing, and knowledge discovery.
  • Received the President's Scholarship of Shanghai University in 2015, the university's highest academic honor.
  • Won First Prize in the 2015 Beikejian Cup National Mobile Internet Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition with the Smart Clotheshorse project.
  • Earned academic scholarships every year during undergraduate study, alongside other merit-based awards.
  • Received Second Prize in the 2017 Huawei Cup China National Postgraduate Mathematical Modeling Competition.
  • Published an SCI Region I paper as co-first author in Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics in 2021.
  • Recognized as Staff Member of the Month at Lincoln New World in 2024.
  • Patient and approachable communicator who works to make technical content easier to understand.
  • Confident supporting learners and colleagues by explaining problems clearly and responding constructively.
  • Able to produce clear documentation, instructions, and step-by-step guides.
  • Strong logical thinking and problem-solving, with sound judgment about when to seek support or escalate.
  • Shanghai Metro Guide Volunteer, helping commuters with navigation and information.
  • Visitor for the Elderly, providing companionship at nursing homes.
  • Green Saturday Recycling Day Volunteer, supporting sustainable community practice.
  • Open Christchurch 2024 Volunteer, assisting with event logistics and visitor engagement.
  • Swimming, home workouts, data analysis, independent research, and cooking.