Teaching Experience
Instructor January, 2019 to Present
Science and social studies for young children
Teach a course on promoting science and social studies in early childhood. Missouri Western State University, Education.
Instructor January, 2019 to Present
Assessment in early childhood
Teach a course on how to use authentic assessment in early childhood. Missouri Western State University, Education.
Instructor August, 2018-December, 2018
Language and literacy development
Teach a course on early language and literacy development from birth to third grade. Missouri Western State University, Education.
Instructor August, 2018-December, 2018
Integrating arts in early childhood education
The goal of the course is to explore how to effectively integrate the arts in early childhood classrooms. Missouri Western State University, Education.
Instructor August, 2018-December, 2018
Promote early childhood classroom environments
The focus of the course is to examine the various approaches to using the environment to promote learning in young children. Missouri Western State University, Education.
Instructor August, 2018-December, 2018
Managing early childhood programs
Exploring the various approaches to managing early childhood programs. Missouri Western State University, Education.
Instructor August, 2017-December, 2017
Michigan State University, Human Development and Family Studies
Child Growth and Development
Co-instructor August, 2017-December, 2017
Michigan State University, Human Development and Family Studies
Curriculum for Early Childhood Programs
Instructor August, 2012-December, 2012
Human Development: Grades K-8
University of Delaware, School of Education
Teaching Assistant at Temple University Japan August, 2009-August, 2010
Teaching Assistant to Yuko Yamamiya, Ph.D.
Preschool teacher January 2017-Present
Served as a teacher at a lab preschool affiliated with Michigan State University
English teacher August, 2005-August 2010
Science and social studies for young children
Teach a course on promoting science and social studies in early childhood. Missouri Western State University, Education.
Instructor January, 2019 to Present
Assessment in early childhood
Teach a course on how to use authentic assessment in early childhood. Missouri Western State University, Education.
Instructor August, 2018-December, 2018
Language and literacy development
Teach a course on early language and literacy development from birth to third grade. Missouri Western State University, Education.
Instructor August, 2018-December, 2018
Integrating arts in early childhood education
The goal of the course is to explore how to effectively integrate the arts in early childhood classrooms. Missouri Western State University, Education.
Instructor August, 2018-December, 2018
Promote early childhood classroom environments
The focus of the course is to examine the various approaches to using the environment to promote learning in young children. Missouri Western State University, Education.
Instructor August, 2018-December, 2018
Managing early childhood programs
Exploring the various approaches to managing early childhood programs. Missouri Western State University, Education.
Instructor August, 2017-December, 2017
Michigan State University, Human Development and Family Studies
Child Growth and Development
- Teaching 150 students a survey of physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and ecological aspects of human growth and development from conception through early childhood.
Co-instructor August, 2017-December, 2017
Michigan State University, Human Development and Family Studies
Curriculum for Early Childhood Programs
- The focus of this course is to learn child development principles and accreditation standards for designing curricula for early childhood programs with an emphasis on planning and evaluating learning activities and programs. This course is taken concurrently with a lab component. The lab portion of this course is a supervised practice in providing learning activities for individual children and groups. Planning, implementing, and evaluating activities are all involved in this laboratory experience.
Instructor August, 2012-December, 2012
Human Development: Grades K-8
University of Delaware, School of Education
- The aim of this course is to explore the developmental changes that can be expected from early childhood through early adolescence, and the role that contexts, especially schools, play in promoting this development. Topics discussed include the following: (a) the methods that are employed to study children and adolescents in classrooms and other settings; (b) the physical, cognitive, socio-emotional, moral, and linguistic changes from early childhood to early adolescence; and (c) the role of families, peers, and schools in influencing healthy development.
Teaching Assistant at Temple University Japan August, 2009-August, 2010
Teaching Assistant to Yuko Yamamiya, Ph.D.
- Introduction to Developmental Psychology
- Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
- Foundations of Behavior Analysis
Preschool teacher January 2017-Present
Served as a teacher at a lab preschool affiliated with Michigan State University
- Developed and implemented academic activities
- Participated in lesson plan meetings with teachers
- Participated in curriculum development meetings for preservice teachers
- Observed and provided feedback to preservice teachers on teacher practice
English teacher August, 2005-August 2010
- Taught English to native-Japanese speaking children from ages 3 to 12