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The DevinesSujin & Brian

Sujin and Brian wearing traditional Korean outfits (hanbok)
左图为穿着传统韩服的Devines夫妇

The journey to becoming a teacher is unique to each educator. In this article, we share the story of Brian and Sujin, as published via the international educator recruitment company, Search Associates. In this article, Brian and Sujin share their pathway to becoming teachers and why they have cosen to join our founding staff team at ISA Science City International School.
每一位教育从业者的教育旅程都是独一无二的。此文作为爱莎科学城第一期「灯塔特辑」，将与您分享在国际教育者招聘平台Search Associate人物专访页面的故事，带领您认识Devines夫妇——Brian和Sujin。文中，他们与读者分享了其精彩的教师历程，以及加入爱莎科学城创校教师团队的原因。

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Brian Devine grew up in rural America, but his first experience in international schools happened in 1995 at the age of 12, when his father, a history professor and Director of the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming, took his first of two sabbaticals in East Asia. Brian’s years at Seoul Foreign School and, three years later, at Nanjing International School (NIS) sparked his passion for East Asian language, history, and culture.
Brian Devine自小在美国的乡村长大，在12岁那年，他第一次成为国际学校的一员。当时，同时作为历史教授和怀俄明大学中美国遗产中心主任的Brian的父亲，正在东亚一带休假。也正是这个时候，Brian进入了首尔外国语学校学习，并在三年后来到中国，在南京国际学校(NIS)继续修读课程，并逐渐激发和培养了他对东亚语言、历史及文化的热情。

Brian majored in East Asian Studies at university and attended a fantastic summer abroad program in South Korea. New friends there encouraged him to return after graduation to teach English as a Second Language (ESL) in Korea’s huge language learning academy industry. So, in August 2005, Brian moved to Seoul and began teaching Korean middle and high school students at one of the academies. Not only did he love it, but after one year, he was promoted to Head Instructor helping to train other teachers. That same year, Brian met Sujin, who was studying for her Master’s in Korean Language Education.
在大学期间，Brian主修东亚文化研究，并在一个暑假参加了韩国的海外项目。当时韩国的外语学习非常火热，因此在那一次项目中，Brian新结识的朋友便鼓励他毕业后重返韩国，成为一名ESL(英语作为第二语言)的外语老师。于是，在2005年8月，Brian来到首尔，在一家学院中为当地初高中生教授英文。很快，凭着对这份事业的喜爱，他在一年后晋升为首席讲师，并为其他教师开展培训。同年，Brian认识了当时正攻读韩国语言教育硕士的Sujin。

When Sujin completed her master’s program in 2008, Brian and she married and moved to Seattle in 2008. She taught Korean language at Washington Academy of Languages, and he earned his Master’s in Teaching at Seattle University. Then, they registered with Search Associates (SEARCH) upon Gez’s recommendation.
2008年，Sujin顺利取得硕士学位，与Brian结为夫妻，并在同年移居西雅图。那段日子，Sujin在华盛顿语言学院教授韩语，而Brian则在西雅图大学修读教育硕士学位。再之后，他们在Gez的建议下，注册了Search Associates (SEARCH)。

▲ Sujin and Brian being interviewed for an expose published in a Korean business magazine called Issue Maker.
上图摄于Devines夫妇在韩国杂志《Issue Maker》采访期间

Sujin and Brian attended the 2010 Bethesda Job Fair without securing contracts, but they returned home with newfound interviewing skills and confidence, which they used throughout the summer. In August, a Skype interview with Seoul International School (SIS) landed Brian an appointment for a last-minute replacement of a middle school English teacher. Within two weeks, the Devines were on a plane to Korea! SIS didn’t have a position for Sujin, so she began offering Korean classes to the foreign teachers at SIS and ESL classes to employees at corporations in Seoul and Seongnam.
2010年，Sujin和Brian参加了贝塞斯达的大型招聘会，尽管最终没有找到心仪的工作，但通过此次招聘会，他们收获了满满的面试技巧与信心。同年8月，Brian顺利通过了韩国首尔国际学校(SIS)英文教师的线上招聘面试，于是在两周后，夫妻俩便坐上了重返韩国的飞机，开启了新的旅程。在Brian教书的同时，Sujin也为SIS的外籍老师(韩国籍以外)提供韩语课程，并为首尔与城南两地的企业员工提供ESL课程。

▲ One World Staff Christmas Party in 2018
上图为One World全体员工的2018年圣诞节派对

While Brian was thriving among the enthusiastic students and close-knit expat community at Seoul International School (SIS), Sujin’s freelance business flourished. Within four years, she was ready to open up a proper office and establish her own brand of language academy, with the aim to replace the common, lecture-based memorization and rote, grammar-drill style with high content exposure and interaction in classrooms with a small student-to-teacher ratio. Sujin launched One World Language in 2014, an academy for adult learners based in Korea’s Silicon Valley. She persuaded Brian to come aboard when his contract was up with SIS.
任教期间，Brian与SIS的热情的学生们建立了紧密的师生关系。Sujin的自由职业事业也开展得如火如荼，短短四年间，她便创立了自己的品牌并建立了语言学院，提倡用沉浸式全英教学环境、课堂互动以及小班教学取代当地传统的以讲授为主、死记硬背为辅的英语学习方式。2014年，由Sujin创办的位于韩国硅谷的成人英语学院 - One World Language横空出世。当Brian在SIS的任职合同即将到期的时候，Sujin邀请他一同加入了这家学院。

▲ Family photo with Sujin, Brian and their son, Hayden
上图为Sujin、Brian以及他们的孩子Hayden的全家福

In six years, the Devines built the academy to 25 teachers teaching six languages to an average of 300 students. The rights to their curriculum were bought by a publishing company, and the books are currently being translated into Spanish and Korean. Sujin and Brian had an “amazing, amazing experience” as entrepreneurs, but Brian, now the father of three-year-old Hayden, speaks of something missing: My heart never really stopped longing for the international school lifestyle that I fell in love with when I was a kid.
六年时间，Devines夫妇共同打理的这家学院便由最初的小小规模，壮大为拥有25名教师，平均300名学员，6门语种学习的机构。Sujin和Brian的创业经历打动了无数人，也获得了许多人的赞扬。如今，Brian已是三岁Hayden的父亲，他在采访过程中提到：“我的内心始终未曾停止对于国际学校生活方式的喜爱与渴望，这样的想法从我还是孩童的时候，就深深地在我心中扎了根”。

▲ Family photo taken when Hayden was 1-year-old
Hayden一岁时的全家福

▲ Farewell letters from Brian's
students when he left SIS in 2014
2014年，Brian离开SIS时学生留给他的祝福信与卡片

“Having brilliant colleagues from around the world whom I can develop with and learn from professionally, working in top notch facilities, using cutting-edge technology, and living in a close-knit expat community that constantly strives to immerse themselves in the local culture while maintaining their own unique micro cultures: these are all perks of living in an international community that cannot be replicated in any other environment, and our language academy is no exception.”
“在国际学校，生活在一个紧密的外籍人士社区中，我能够接触到来自世界各地的优秀同事，和他们共同学习、共同发展，在共享一流校园设施的同时，让各自国家及地区的文化相互融合、碰撞。这就是国际学校社区的魅力所在，是任何其它环境都无法复制的，即便是我们创立的语言学院也不例外。”

- from Brian

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