T81197

Tutor’s Teaching Background

EXPERIENCE 

May 2022-          Singapore American School

Dec 2022          Substitute Instructional Assistant for various primary and middles school grades

                          High School attendance administration for 1200 High School Students.

Jan 2017–

Present               After school Enrichment specialist                                      Hong Kong and Singapore

• Provide Core curriculum bench marked grade appropriate enrichment in math and English for Gr. 1-9.
• Substitute voluntary math enrichment specialist at Hong Kong International School for 4^th grade students in small groups of 8 students.
• Prepared 12 students successfully in 2019 for John Hopkins CTY entrance test.
• Local coach for John Hopkins CTY programs; familiarity with many CTY courses.
• Curated custom lesson plans and taught in Covid times, using websites like Khan Academy classrooms, Ixl, No Red Ink, K-12, English for everyone, setting up Google classrooms for students.
• Provided homework help, concept study, and additional study resources for online schooled students, via zoom, screen shares, etc.
• Able to teach online class of 5 students, fluently.

May 2013–          MathWizard/ A grade Ahead of Hoboken,                                    Hoboken, New Jersey

Sept 2016           Owner Founder, Franchisee Brainy Kids LLC, Hudson County NJ                                                                                                                                                                                           

Teaching:

• Provided enrichment for students in groups of 8 students in Core Curriculum bench marked Math an English (reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar).
• (Grades PK – 8/Algebra I). Responsible for primary/elementary Math and MS English.
• Taught a preparation Bootcamp for Math Kangaroo for a 1^st grade and 2^nd grade group (a competitive exam).
• Teacher for a 4^th grade Math group, for a 6^th grade Math group and a 7^th Grade English group.
• Substitute teacher for High School PSAT prep.
• Formulated weekly lesson plans, for private sessions and weekly classes.
• Regularly graded and provided feedback on homework to students and to teachers of various study groups
• Designed and taught bootcamps for Standardized admission testing, like SCAT, ERB.
• Provided Hindi class for 6-10 year old students on the weekend.

Administrative:

• Applied for, completed training and obtained franchise for Core Curriculum benchmarked, Math and English after school enrichment center, a new concept in Hudson County.
• Designed and provided oversight for center construction, complying with franchise, state and city regulations.
• Started center in October 2013 with 8 students. Sold business in Sept 2016 with about 200 enrolled students per week.
• Advertised and recruited hourly part time teachers and administrator for Math and English at the center. Formulated job descriptions, posted to local online sites.
• Managed staff of about 12 part-time teachers and 3 part time-administrators.
• Setup various payroll, banking, labor and tax reporting systems; client lead tracking and follow up systems; new student and parent registration; weekly lesson planning, study material generation; inventory systems; rewards for students, grading, score recording and feedback systems.
• Designed and presented custom program offerings for after school enrichment in local schools
• Obtained approvals to be an authorized competitive exam center to conduct and administer the Math Kangaroo for center and local students.
• Applied for after school enrichment classes at local schools, was awarded contracts from local Board of Education, and from local Parent organizations.
• Expanded business in August 2015 with a newer, bigger location, due to need for double capacity. Found better, more visible location at more cost-effective, rental terms, supervised build out, approvals and furnishing.
• Sold, transitioned and wound down business, negotiated and executed sale terms.

Marketing and Admissions:

• Designed and ran extensive marketing and ad campaigns via various direct and indirect media: print advertising, online, school and PTA contacts; participated in fundraisers for local schools.
• Designed Middle School orientation nights, open houses for PSAT prep programs.
• Designed and launched Mailchimp marketing campaigns on a quarterly basis for summer programs, special boot camps, multiplication-division workshops, writing contests, promotions or events, back to school fairs. Used facebook, google and yelp for targeted client marketing, analyzing student and client metrics and customizing marketing programs.
• Designed Math Bees for local Library; games contests, movie nights.
• Conducted placement assessments, designed informational brochures, registration forms and procedures.