Diana C. Santarella

Mandarin Teacher at Germantown Friends School
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Greater Philadelphia, GH
Languages
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Chinese Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Shanghaiese Native or bilingual proficiency

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Experience

    • United States
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Mandarin Teacher
      • Sep 2015 - Present

      • Hold weekly Mandarin Club meetings.• Introduce Chinese language to beginning level students. • Develop lesson plans to gradually increase students’ Mandarin speaking, reading, and writing skills.• Growing students’ interests of learning Chinese via hands on activities and multimedia teaching.• Set up interesting family involved activities to make learning Mandarin easier and fun.• Create and maintain Google Mandarin Club group for students and parents to access class material and communicate with teacher at any time.

    • United States
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Program Coordinator
      • Jun 2011 - Oct 2014

      • Worked with school principal and coordinator create yearly school activity and event plans.• Reviewed and improved school wide teaching plans and strategic goals.• Designed and implemented program for tracking student attendance and location for safety purposes.• Organized, supervised and educated school shuttle drivers to provide a safer student transportation service.• Coordinated external student events with Palo Alto elementary schools and city government to share Chinese culture with the community.• Increased enrollment by 35% from 2011 to 2014 through marketing to parents. • Hosted new school year orientation and parent-school conferences from 2011-2014.• Organized and managed annual school events including: Halloween Parade, Christmas Party, Chinese New Year Week, Chinese Academic Competition, Annual Performance, and End of School Year Party.• Managed and taught summer school program from 2011-2014. • Provided first aid to students and responded to various school emergency situations. • Maintained accounting records and managed student billings and cash collections.

    • Head Teacher (4th-6th)
      • Aug 2008 - May 2011

      Head Teacher (4th-6th), August 2008 – May 2011• Created yearly teaching plans and class goals.• Held weekly teacher conference with class teachers to discuss and improve their lesson plans and work performance.• Prepared and reviewed student annual evaluation distributed during parent-teacher conference.• Played an active role during parent-teacher conferences, and updated parents regularly on their child’s progress in the classroom. Also received excellent personal feedback from parents. • Assisted with school annual performance by making props, designing and printing the performance banner, and creating class segment during performance.• Taught multiple summer camp classes including: Chinese Culture Study, Art & Craft, Science, Cooking and Performance Art.

    • Teacher
      • Sep 2005 - Jul 2008

      • Tutored English and Math in a bilingual classroom setting.• Taught daily Chinese language lessons.• Developed weekly Chinese class lesson plan gradually increasing students’ Mandarin speaking, reading and writing skills.• Organized students in school annual performance.

Education

  • San Jose State University
    Bachelor's degree, Early Childhood Education and Teaching
    2008 - 2011
  • Foothill College
    Pre-Nursing Studies
    2005 - 2008
  • Shanghai Worker's Medical College
    Nursing
    2003 - 2005
  • Fen Yang Middle School
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  • Fen Yang Middle School
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