tahn

I have been a classroom teacher for sixteen years. I teach early childhood, elementary, and middle school students.

I like my students to have fun in my classroom but I also expect proper classroom behavior. I encourage my students with positive feed-back when a task is done well and understanding when they aren’t understand the lesson.

I am adaptable with both what and how I teach. I like being challenged, to a point, in order to keep my job interesting. I am dependable. I will ask for advice when needed.

Good communication and writing skills. Team player and work well as an individual. Share ideas to better my job or tasks. Eager to learn.

I am a licensed Canadian teacher with 7 years of ESL experience. I have a Master's in Education and an Honors Bachelor in English. I have just finished teaching in Japan for six years on the JET program. I enjoy speech coaching. One of my students ranked in the top 20 of Japan's National Junior High Speech Contest (2019). Before that, I worked at a reputable private Kindergarten in Korea. I have also worked as a substitute teacher and a tutor in Canada. I have taught children from ages 4 to 15. I prefer working with elementary school aged children, but kindergarten and older are fine, too.

Throughout my years of teaching experience, I have developed many skills in communication and relationship building. I have taught all age groups in a variety of subjects such as swimming, lifesaving, music, English, English language learning, social studies, and math. Altogether, my experience is well over 1000 hours, with 1 year spent within schools working with kids from grade 1-12 during my university practicums and volunteer work. Continuing to grow and learn, I will continue to act as a student, for I will learn just as much from my students while I teach them. Professional development and confidence are my assets, as well as interpersonal skills and class management. Through my education degree, I have taken courses to develop my experience teaching English language learners. Both online and in person, I taught English language learners and my passion for teaching has grown. Thank you for taking the time to consider me.