My teaching experience began back in college at Cal State East Bay where I was fortunate enough to be a part of the Stem Lab as a Learning Assistant. As a Learning Assistant I assisted students transitioning from high school to their first year in college in our shared math classroom. It is here where I helped students alongside the professor to help guide students in their academics and hosted one on one or group study sessions.
My approach to teaching is very simple. What do we know?...
My teaching experience began back in college at Cal State East Bay where I was fortunate enough to be a part of the Stem Lab as a Learning Assistant. As a Learning Assistant I assisted students transitioning from high school to their first year in college in our shared math classroom. It is here where I helped students alongside the professor to help guide students in their academics and hosted one on one or group study sessions.
My approach to teaching is very simple. What do we know? What don’t we know? By understanding what knowledge we have acquired we can then use examples to understand the gap in our knowledge and build a bridge to understanding and solving problems. For example, if we are learning College Algebra I will utilize a white board example we used in class and create new ones on the spot to test my students and make sure they are confident. One of the best pieces of advice I got from my professors was to lay out everything in front of us: what we know and what’s missing.
I’m an interactive teacher and I like to visually showcase problems and also provide solutions using props, white boards, or anything else that will help the student understand the problem and solution. Most of the students I worked with were from the ages of 18-24 years old. As they transitioned out of my classroom into their new one classroom I helped them build a strong relationship with the resources that are always available to them on campus.
