Experience Summary
As a Teaching Associate at California State University, Northridge, I was responsible for implementing classroom safety, directing and conducting laboratory class sessions in Biology (Principles of Biology and General Biology), and I created and graded exams. In addition, I assisted and advised students with assignments, tests, grades, and course content.
As part of my teaching duties I assessed student progress and evaluated student performance.
I complied with university policies and procedures regarding student testing, record keeping, grading and maintaining office
hours for student assistance and advising.
The opportunity to become a Teaching Associate came from earning a BS in Cell and Molecular Biology and a MS in Biology. I gained a wealth of knowledge and understanding in the following areas: General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, General Physics, Physiology, and Mathematics. In general, I leaned grammatical skills due to writing research papers, laboratory reports, and reading research articles and summarizing them in PowerPoint slides for an audience that included both faculty and students. I have tutored mostly in the sciences as part of my teaching duty as a Teaching Associate.
Teaching Style
I enjoy teaching and working with individuals of all ages. I believe that someone who is passionate about their field of work transmits that passion to others. I seek the opportunity to help a child grasp their learning potential and to help them display academic sucess. I am patient, a good listener, and I have the ability to explain the same concept in many different ways. I have also had the opportunity to grasp the attention of a student whom everyone considered troublesome, that student needed time and patience, and I gladly gave it to him. I believe that when we teach, we also grow in our own knowledge.