Experience Summary
I've been a Mentor with Lincoln Public Schools for over a year. Mentors function as one-on-one teachers for gifted students in an area of their strength. I've taught math to elementary school students (many of whom were in middle-school level math) and am also qualified as a Chinese mentor for all levels and a Social Studies mentor. I also work at the Kumon Math and Reading Center and primarily assist young students who are learning to read. In the past I have assisted Chinese students preparing for the SAT and TOEFL, and also tutored numerous subjects for high school students.
Teaching Style
I try to find out what a student is interested in and incorporate that. In my work with Lincoln Public Schools I often have extra time with students since we complete the required material more quickly than the general class, and I often use that for special projects that apply the concepts we're learning to fields like computer science, architecture, and art.
My Hobbies
Music--piano, guitar, and vocal, songwriting. Reading. Knitting. Studying Korean.
| Algebra |
Proficiency: Expert
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| I did very well in Algebra 1 and 2 as a middle school and high school student, and have also taken college algebra. I've mentored students in elementary-middle school math for a year in the public schools in Lincoln. Some of them were in pre-algebra or had algebra as part of their course. |
| Algebra I |
Proficiency: Expert
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| I did very well in Algebra 1 and 2 as a middle school and high school student, and have also taken college algebra. I've mentored students in elementary-middle school math for a year in the public schools in Lincoln. Some of them were in pre-algebra or had algebra as part of their course. |
| Chinese |
Proficiency: Expert
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| I'm a native English speaker, but I studied Chinese throughout college and have lived in China for two years, partly as a student and partly working as a translator in a food company. My Chinese (Mandarin) is very fluent, and I can read and write proficiently. (I'm more used to using simplified characters, but can recognize Traditional characters as well.)I'm qualified as a Chinese mentor with Lincoln Public Schools, though it hasn't worked out for me to work with students in Chinese yet. |
| Elementary Math |
Proficiency: Expert
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| I've mentored six gifted students in math in the Lincoln Public Schools. The students were in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade and most of them were a year or two ahead in math. |
| SAT - Verbal |
Proficiency: Expert
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| I received a score of 730 on the verbal part of the SAT when I applied to college. In the past year I helped prepare a Chinese student applying to college in the US for the SAT. (He was admitted to five of the seven universities he applied to and is planning to attend the University of Massachusetts.) |
| TOEFL |
Proficiency: Experienced
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| I've helped Chinese high school students prepare for the new TOEFL (iBT). One of my students who applied to college in the U.S. last year was admitted to five excellent universities including the University of Michigan, SUNY, and the University of Massachusetts. |