Sidney

English Teacher
Male38 y/oEnglish Teacher/Language Teacher/Early Childhood Education/TeacherLive in ChinaNationality United States
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Work experience

  • Homeroom Teacher

    Lotus International Kindergarten
    2024.11-Current(2 years)
    • Creating a safe and productive learning environment for my nineteen K2 students. • Crafting engaging weekly lesson plans around a central semester theme that students could enjoy. • Performing monthly parent-facing evaluations for each student and a plan to improve upon each of their weaknesses for optimal and realistic learning goals.
  • English Teacher

    Meijia Bilingual Kindergarten
    2021.05-2024.11(4 years)
    • Sole English teacher, teaching up to six classes – PreK through K3 – daily. • Increased attendance from forty-bive students in 2021 to over one hundred by the end of my tenure. • Specialized in teaching phonics, reading, and simple mathematics.
  • English Teacher

    English First (Center 4)
    2019.01-2021.05(2 years)
    • Ensuring students of various levels attain a probicient grasp on the English language using various teaching methods, boosting skills in grammar, writing, and reading comprehension. • Creating detailed lesson plans tailored to each class, taking each student into consideration and what interaction patterns will maximize students’ lexical retention. • Leading a literacy program titled ‘Young Writers’ showcasing their work across the center as well as offering after-class notes on how to improve their writing skills with anecdotal, real-world experience.
  • English Writing Instructor

    El Centro Community College
    2017.09-2018.12(a year)
    • Assisting students in copy editing and learning writing composition for college level essay writing. • Hosting writing workshops for large groups of students, assisting in learning the elements of essay writing.
  • WRITER/PHOTOGRAPHER/VIDEOGRAPHER

    Central Track
    2016.06-2018.09(2 years)
    • Provided weekly content: feature/hard news/photography for digital-birst publication. • 2016 coverage of Dallas’ police shooting went viral – garnering over 2.5 million total views via the BBC, Reuters, VICE, the Intercept and a short probile story in USA Today. • Extensive copy-editing experience for multiple story formats and brand tones.
  • JUNIOR SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER/SEM COPYWRITER

    White Pants Agency
    2016.08-2017.08(a year)
    • Wrote SEO-driven copy for digital content distributed through various social media platforms. • Wrote social media and mobile call-to-action driven ads while adhering to ad-copy policies. • Developed creative ideas and concepts, often in partnership with the art director. • Thorough online reputation management (ORM) for multiple clients daily. • Analyzed target audience and demographics in order to create social tone and branding messaging. • Light-copywriting experience.
  • ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHER

    Arkansas Parks and Tourism
    2017.05-2017.06(2 months)
    September 2017 • Assisted Casey Crocker in photographing the 60th anniversary of famed civil rights activists: the ‘Little Rock Nine’ and their contributions to the nation as the toured events throughout the state.
  • PHOTOGRAPHY INTERN

    Arkansas Parks and Tourism
    2015.05-2015.06(2 months)
    • Shadowed photojournalist Casey Crocker and then chief photographer Chuck Haralson; honing skills in still, event, and landscape photography as well as how to conduct a proper interview while on location. • Developed a solid use of any DSLR camera by industry professionals. • Extensive photo and video editing experience via Adobe Photoshop and Premier Pro. SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY • Adobe: Photoshop, Premier Pro, and InDesign. • Social Media: Facebook Business Manager, Instagram, Hootsuite, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, and WordPress. • Microsoft Ofbice: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Educational experience

  • University of North Texas

    PRINT & DIGITAL JOURNALISM
    2012.05-2015.05(3 years)
    Graduated
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