Over my life, as a curious and hard working "multipotentialite", I've definitely not been afraid to push myself constantly, at every age, to learn new and exciting things.
I have become highly profic...View MoreOver my life, as a curious and hard working "multipotentialite", I've definitely not been afraid to push myself constantly, at every age, to learn new and exciting things.
I have become highly proficient in a plethora of hobbies and activities for my own pleasure and passion, some of which are sewing, riding a unicycle, cake decorating, crocheting, knitting, roller skating, piano playing, recorder playing, water skiing, chess, sudoku, pinochle, jogging, mural painting, regular and digital scrap booking, digital photography, cheer leading, makeup application, wardrobe coordinator, professional cleaning, Photoshop photo editing and photo restoration, Photoshop graphic design, and cooking and baking.
In my early 40's I challenged myself even more and tried something totally different, I earned a first degree black belt in Tae-kwon-do, along with my two children. This year at age 53 I've started again to train for my 2nd degree.
At age 16, I was hired for my first official job, at my local music store to teach private piano lesson. I taught many students in my two years there and then I went on to earn my B.S. in Music Education. Since then, I've taught private piano lessons over the years to folks from ages 4-84.
My current work adventure started in May of 2018 in which I've now taught 4,646 (and counting!) one on one, twenty five minute, online, immersion English lessons to 1406 different Chinese children. That's 116,150+ minutes of online teaching just with that company. I continue to be in high demand as a pronunciation and accent coach for bilingual students because I know how to correct the seven most common accent errors that are taught to every Chinese student when they are learning English at school and from their parents. On that platform I'm certified for all of their Major Course Levels 1-8 and also over 20 different supplementary course. I teach ages 3-16 every day.
Currently, I'm also one of around 300 elite teachers, hand picked out of over 160,000 VIPKid teachers to be allowed to teach classrooms full of rural Chinese students in a live online session.
Because of my passion for learning and teaching, I committed and took the ultimate plunge and educated my own two children (son and daughter) at home from the time they were born (they were never in day care) until they both started in an early middle college. Early middle college is where students take a high school along with a combined schedule with real college classes all on a technical college campus. Both started taking real college classes at age 14, both finished a bachelor degree by age 21 and graduated with honors.
As a seasoned educator my super power is creating a fun, patient, loving and safe atmosphere for students of all ages and for the classic four learning types. My own learning experiences have equipped me to understand all of these types of learners and how important it is for the teacher to recognize these learning types in each student.
Visual (spatial):You prefer using pictures, images, and spatial understanding.
Aural (auditory-musical): You prefer using sound and music.
Verbal (linguistic): You prefer using words, both in speech and writing.
Physical (kinesthetic).
Sometimes, a student needs to be gently nudged to doing things they don't think they can do. That's how learning is but we face that fear together (usually with some humor involved), head on and get the job done! Nothing more rewarding than to see their faces light up with joy after accomplishing something they thought was a bit daunting for them.
So please, always be checking back with me to see what crazy variety or combo of classes I've put together next. You really never know with me being a "Creative" and with so many life experiences what I might teach.
Please, do enroll well ahead though to insure the class you're interested in taking doesn't get cancelled because of to few learners.
Let's explore new fun things together!
Lisa O
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