Tria J. Hong
Professional Profile
Eager to create a wonderful environment for students by using a unique combination of experience, education, and natural ability.
English/ Language Arts interdisciplinary Facilitator
• Plan and conduct activities that promote various learning experiences.
• Facilitated a variety of hands on activities based on the ability level of the student.
• Provided emotional well being of the students by exuding a positive attitude with lots of understanding and patience.
• Dedicated to enthusiastic and dynamic teaching as a means of creating and nurturing a lifelong love of knowledge in children.
• Developed innovative ideas to the curriculum to instruct individual students, small groups, and classes of 30 or more students.
• Commitment to high professional standards, including professional growth, and high ethical standards, including adherence to general rules of safety, procedures, and fair labor standards.
• Used centers for math, science, social studies, art, and writing to complement the child-based hands-on curriculum.
• Created lessons that involved cooperative learning, language experience approach, hand-on/ minds-on experiences, and interdisciplinary teaching.
• Implemented a positive discipline plan that promoted student responsibility, problem solving skills, and student accountability.
• Established comfortable, student focused to-way communication.
• Ensured appropriate assessment methods by reviewing numerous techniques, and being aware of each student’s comprehension and understanding of the material.
Education, Honors, and Certifications
PA Professional Teacher Certification – English 7- 12
Full Sail University
Educational Media Design and Technology MS, Winter Park, FL. 2011
University of Maryland- at Baltimore County
English BA, Secondary Education, Baltimore, MD. 2001
Catonsville Community College
Human Services AA, Catonsville, MD. 1997
Key Qualifications
Certified in school age education (7-12) and trained in implementing various technology into the classroom instruction/ lesson.
Plan and instruct subject area using a wide variety of teaching aids, motivational and implementation strategies to engage students in active learning.
Incorporate learning modality principles into classroom and individual instruction. Develop and conduct diversity instruction.
Implement technological approaches to subject material/activities.
Special Accomplishments and Additional Skills
• Dean’s list
• Semester Academic Honors
• Participated in a program to keep disadvantaged youth off the streets
• Graduated from the new Teacher Induction program of Pennsylvania
Employment
Central York Middle School York, PA 2007- Current
Teacher
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Edgar Fars Smith Middle School York, PA 2006- 2007
Long-term Substitute
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Dr. Roland N. Patterson Baltimore, MD 2005- 2006
Teacher
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Best Academy, Celebree Learning Center, Owings Mills High School Randallstown, MD 2004- 2005
Teacher- Tutor, Group Leader, Senior Staff, and Substitute
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First Baptist School of Laurel York, PA 2001- 2004
Teacher
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Oakland Mills Middle & High School Columbia, MD 2000- 2001
Student Teacher
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UMBC Financial Aid Office Baltimore, MD 1998- 2001
Peer Counselor
• Assisted in preparing students financially for college, reviewed students files, counseled students, assisted in files/record keeping, provided excellent customer service, “keeping task”, and transacted loan transmissions.
CCC Childcare Center Catonsville, MD 1995- 1997
Teacher’s Assistant
• Assisted in creating a safe, comfortable, and fun learning environment for children ages 6 weeks to 6 years old.
• Prepared children for breakfast, lunch and snack, assisted with play activities indoor and outdoor, read stories, ensured their rest (naptime), maintained discipline and order/appearance of the classroom.
• Assisted in implementing indoor and outdoor activities and education lessons.
