Mandarin Immersion Teacher

Kexin Zhou

******@**.********.***; **-** Northern Blvd, Long Island City, NY, 11101

EDUCATION

Master of Arts in Bilingual/Bicultural Education May 2020 Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY Inquiry Project-Bilingual Students’ Language Choice Influenced their Identities Bachelor of Arts, Elementary Education Focus in Math May 2018 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Certification

Pending New York Teaching Initial Certification in Childhood Education (Grades 1-6) with Bilingual Extension in Mandarin, expected September 2020 LANGUAGES

Proficient in Mandarin and English

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

First-Grade Student Teacher 01/ 2020 - 05/2020

PS.361Q The Woodside Community School, Queens, NY

● Designed and implemented daily lessons by using an inquiry-based curriculum that inspired 20 students’ intellectual curiosity and reinforced their joy of learning

● Conducted classroom approaches that were reflective of best practices around student social-emotional development

● Delivered virtual instruction, integrating multiple modes of technology, like Flipgrid and Epic to promote students’ learning

Fourth-Grade Bilingual Classroom Student Teacher 09/ 2019 - 12/ 2019 PS.20 Anna Silver School, New York, NY

● Monitored 24 students’ progress and adjusted instruction as needed, such as by initiating small group teaching and one-on-one conference

● Applied Culturally Responsive Teaching that included students' cultural backgrounds

● Implemented station rotation and blended learning to meet the needs of all students Kindergarten Bilingual Teacher Assistant 05/ 2019 - 07/ 2019 Yungu school, Hangzhou, China

● Implemented Project Based Learning to engage 15 students in collaborative experiences

● Utilized Total Physical Response to teach languages through physical activity, promoting students’ engagement and developing listening fluency

● Attended multiple professional development workshops focused on learning goals emerging teaching modalities and classroom management Kindergarten Student Teacher 09/ 2017 - 05/ 2018

Glencairn Elementary School, East Lansing, MI

● Instructed two classes of 5- and 6-year-olds (n=30) on the alphabet, basic reading comprehension, and rudimentary mathematics

● Designed interactive lesson plans that accommodated students with different levels of preparation

● Incorporated hands-on activities to fostered students’ curiosity and interests in learning such as Simon says, matching cards and drawing maps of the neighborhood ESL Instructor 05/ 2017 - 07/ 2017

Zhaiping Primary School in Guizhou Province, China

● Combined various English teaching methods to instruct 30 4th-grade rural students learning English

● Delivered targeted daily lessons to improve 5 4th graders scores on their English proficiency assessments from 65% to 85% in the course of 1 month Teacher Assistant 05/ 2016- 08/ 2016

Education First Company, Hangzhou, China

● Taught English immersion to 10 Chinese kindergartners 5 days a week

● Delivered targeted daily lessons to improve 5 4th graders scores on their English proficiency assessments from Increased student participation by 80%, fostering engagement in all 10 classmates versus the initial only 2 students

● Collaboratively created fun and educational activities with a team of other teachers TUTORING EXPERIENCES

Mandarin Tutor 09/ 2015 - 09/ 2017

East Lansing, MI

● Tutored 3 children between the ages of 8-11 twice a week on Chinese language pronunciation, grammar, and daily conversation

● Provided weekly communication with parents to keep informed of children's performance and educational progress

AWARDS

Received the Steven Szabo Memorial fellowship in Teachers College, Columbia University, April 2019

SKILLS

● Smart Board & Document Camera

● iMovie

● Google Classroom & Google Hangouts

● Learning resources: Flipgrid & Epic & Padlet & Kahoot ACTIVITIES

● Taught teachers to use social media and explained different teaching methodologies, as a member of Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education

● Gained a new insight to broaden world view and meet the needs of an increasingly global student population, as a member of the Global Educators Cohort Program (GECP)

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