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My Reasons for Becoming an MYC Teacher:
In 2004 I got the chance to watch a friend teach her Music for Young Children classes for an afternoon. I was so excited by the response of the children that I decided to train to teach the course myself! The materials and activities are age-appropriate and stimulating to young children, and parents are impressed by the amount of musical information that their children absorb in a 60 minute session.
My Music Background:
I have Grade 8 Royal Conservatory in piano and Grade 2 Theory plus several years of flute as an elementary and high school band student. I have taken group guitar lessons as an adult and love to sing. I have participated in church and community choirs as well as an elaborate operette, and have even worked as a karaoke animator in Japan.
My Teaching Experience:
I have a Bachelor of Education from Simon Fraser University and have over 15 years of teaching experience. I have taught grade one French Immersion in Maple Ridge, B.C. and English to preschool and elementary school children in Osaka, Japan. I currently teach adult English as a Second Language classes and work with a variety of students in French Immersion, Spansish and English around the greater Vancouver area. I love children and take great pleasure in seeing the tremendous progress they make in music from a very young age. |