Marischka O Hopcroft Hopcroft, PhD

Passionate Teacher with experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums covering wide range of subjects. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction and observation. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills. Compassionate, creative and effective Teacher with valuable experience in classroom administration, professional development and project planning. Equipped with extensive background in versatile education environments. Student-centric instructor, academic facilitator and motivational coach. Competent at performing independently or as member of teaching team. Well-versed in classroom and online technologies. Energetic educator with proven skills in teaching diverse subjects. Keep classrooms organized and students on-task to facilitate effective learning. Diligent and adaptable in meeting individual student needs with warm, safe educational environments.

Two international performance awards from the Trinity College of London, and the Royal Schools, London.

Second prize in Spivey International harpsichord competition, Grand Rapids, MI, 2002

Numerous international travel grants as part of my PhD program to give talks about the piano performances, technique, and reception of nineteenth century pianist Franz Liszt.

Numerous prizes for performance from UCLA

• Targeted Development - Met with parents and guardians to discuss children's progress and to determine priorities and resource needs.
• Research: - studied/researched piano technique of Franz Liszt and his contemporaries, up the modern musicians of today.
• Lesson Implementation - Met all assigned learning goals through the implementation of piano learning techniques.

While gaining a FTCL (Fellow of Trinity College London), and LRSM (Licentiate of the Royal Schools, London,  in my teenage years, I was awarded two Internatio0nal Performance "Exhibition" awards.