Brenda Yu
Madison,WI
Summary
Enthusiastic, Patient, friendly would be my three description, who is always looking for creative ideas and strategies to make knowledge more accessible to more students. I'm a English learner as well, so I know what difficulties non-native speakers might encounter and what methods we can use.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
ESL Student Teacher
Hamilton Middle School
01.2025 - 05.2025
- Working with my CT and classroom teachers to learn about current State standards and try to apply them into practices, through scaffolding knowledge and modeling and assessment.
- Facilitating small group activities and one-on-one instruction to meet individual student needs. Using multi-model ways for students to perceive and express their understanding.
- Cultivating positive relationships with administration, teaching staff, and students.
- Promoting a positive and safe learning environment by establishing clear expectations, enforcing classroom rules, and fostering open communication, which make students feel comfortable in this space and more willing to talk.
English Student Teacher & Mandarin Student Teacehr
Verona Area Internation School
09.2024 - 12.2024
- Worked with my CTs, aiming on promoting productive environment to engage students and implement different learning opportunities and creative assignments.
- Focused on communication skills during mandarin class, providing a positive and inclusive space for students to talk while focusing more on comprehension and writing skills in English class, cultivating students' ability in close reading and structured writing.
IELTS Teacher Assistant
Chengdu Cindy Education
07.2023 - 09.2023
- Supported individual learners in achieving their desired IELTS scores by developing customized study plans based on strengths and weaknesses analysis.
- Supervised students' daily routines and lead mini-class for grammar tutoring.
English Student Teacher
Chengdu Wuhou Senior High School
02.2023 - 06.2023
- Guided learning process toward achievement of curriculum goals and, in harmony with goals, established clear objectives for all lesson units, and projects to communicate these objectives to the students
- Assisted the administration in implementing all policies and rules governing student life and conduct, and for the classroom, developed reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure.
- Practiced cooperative learning, encouraged students to collect information around one topic as a team, and performed role-play and presentation in class, so as to cultivate students' learning autonomy and collaborative learning abilities.
- Taught two classes with 80 students in total, of which 70 percent of the students improved by more than 10 points, and the class ranking of the two classes rose by 2 and 3 respectively.
English Teacher
The Booka Club
07.2021 - 08.2021
- Employed Immersive Holographic interactive projection technology to enhance the learning experience for children.
- Conducted interpretive sessions of picture books, helping children grasp the deeper meanings and themes.
- Assisted children to be masters of the media, trained children to obtain and sort out important information from light and shadow videos, and thus the speed of information extraction by children in a month is 60% faster than before.
Education
Master of Arts - Curriculum And Instruction
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, WI07-2025
Bachelor of Arts - English Education
China West Normal University
Sichuan, China06-2024
Skills
- Differentiated instruction
- Lesson planning
- Foreign language teaching
- Student engagement
- Classroom management
- Modern teaching methods
Certification
- ESL Certificate
- ELA Certificate (Grade4-12)
- Chinese High School English Certificate
Languages
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Japanese
Limited Working
Timeline
ESL Student Teacher
Hamilton Middle School
01.2025 - 05.2025
English Student Teacher & Mandarin Student Teacehr
Verona Area Internation School
09.2024 - 12.2024
IELTS Teacher Assistant
Chengdu Cindy Education
07.2023 - 09.2023
English Student Teacher
Chengdu Wuhou Senior High School
02.2023 - 06.2023
English Teacher
The Booka Club
07.2021 - 08.2021
Master of Arts - Curriculum And Instruction
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Bachelor of Arts - English Education
China West Normal University
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