Home Country Address and Phone Number: Koganehara 7-4-16, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan. 047-343-8698 kei0602suke@yahoo.co.jp
Objective To help students of all ages become responsible, effective decision-makers, and life-long learners through active learning and participation.
Certification Early Childhood Certification (Pre-K Grade 3) Early Childhood Generalist Endorsement (Grade 4-5)
Education University of Mount Union, Alliance, Ohio Bachelor of Arts Major: Early Childhood Education, expected in June 2016 Minor: Middle Childhood Education Anticipated Graduating GPA: 3.57/4.0; Deans list in Fall 2012, 2013
Teaching Experience Tutoring: Alliance Parkway Elementary School; Grades 2-3 Tutored two 1st and 2nd grade students in reading, using paper and electric textbooks to achieve enlarging their English vocabularies and reading levels. Having 3rd grade student to express characters feeling and to make proper pauses when he read textbooks. Facilitated 2nd and 3rd grades students learning using student-centered reading and fun vocabulary games. Student Teacher; Alliance Parkway Elementary School; Grades 3-5 Created the lesson that taught 3-5 grade students how to calculate averages with hands-on activity using soccer balls, and conducted the effective lesson. Improving their calculating levels and helped them mature to calculate averages with guided and independent practices.
Interactive Field Experience Designing and conducting Family Night Activity: Alliance Early Leaning School Planning and conducting the fun activity for preschool and kindergarten students that could improve their calculation abilities of addition with their hands which were motor skills. Working as a part-timer at Day-care Center in public elementary school in Japan: Samukazedai Elementary School, Japan: Grade 1-5 Helping students comprehend some questions in Japanese class they could not understand by giving them hint. Getting students to have fun with playing ball games, card and any other kind games. Supporting students mental when they got depressed, doing man-to-man counseling with each person who had problems to get them to enjoy in his or her daily life. Handling troubles students had between them, asking what happened and every kid who involved in troubles and leading to reconcile. Managing the note that showed students daily behaviors observing what each student was doing in a day.
Skills and Interests Proficient with Microsoft Word Office (Word, PowerPoint), Prezi. Fluent in Japanese. Eager to support a welter of diversities in schools and other areas. Interested in volunteering in other countries to contribute solving local problems such as poverty issue.
Activities Making the survey about gender discrimination and spread it out through campus to get students and faculty to have deep awareness of it as serving learning project. A member of Association of International Student and play a role of Program Director in 2014-2015. On Mont Union mens soccer team in 2013-2014 season.