Experience Summary
Sylvan Learning Center, San Antonio, TX
- Facilitated training for 10 students in order to improve their test scores in reading and comprehension within 12 weeks
- Created an interactive environment to enhance the learning experience
- Developed new methods of teaching in order to suit each student’s individual needs
- Assisted in evaluation of students
- Provided academic counselling
- Copied and distributed classroom materials
- Provided feedback to students using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage, motivate, and build confidence
- Taught students study skills, note-taking skills, and test-taking strategies
- Reviewed class material with students by discussing text, working solutions to problems, reviewing worksheets and other assignments
- Provided private instruction to individual and small groups of students to improve academic performance, improve occupational skills, and prepare for academic and occupational tests
- Assessed students' progress throughout tutoring sessions
English Teacher
Golden World Educational Training Center, Hangzhou, China (March-June 2013)
- Created and presented complex language training
- Highlighted the difference between the tonal and non-tonal languages
- Developed techniques of maximizing the intake of information
- Implemented new strategies of analysing the texts
- Encouraged independent research as a way of continuous education
- Used poetry memorization and analysis to expand vocabulary
- Practiced partner and team work to increase confidence
- Used songs to awake interest in the modern cultures of the studied languages
- Trained through memory games and suggested the usage of mnemonic devices
- Directed to online resources to achieve the greatest progress in the shortest amount of time
- Tested students by the end of class as a good review of new information
English and Romanian Teacher
Self-employed
- Individualized the learning experience depending on the students’ needs, skills and abilities
- Demonstrated correct pronunciation and practiced repetition
- Explained grammar rules in an easy, accessible way
- Elucidated the cultural differences and similarities
- Integrated films in the process of learning in order to familiarize the students with the native speakers’ speed of talking
- Gave advice of how to improve the memorization of new vocabulary
- Communicated with parents who had questions about their students’ progress
Teaching Style
My philosophy on education is that every person has a unique talent, unique view of the world and a unique way of learning. My responsibility as teacher is to spot those unique skills and use them for my students' success.
Other Comments
Regarding the learning of foreign languages - it is much easier than it would appear at a first look. I am sure everybody is able to learn more than one foreign languages. The only required thing is motivation.