A Little About Myself...
To share a little about myself, I was born in Suwon, South Korea and moved to Nelson, British Columbia at the age of nine. While the drastic contrast between the two places initially caused quite a shock, I’d like to think that I’ve learned to embrace the natural beauty of Canada quite quickly and now consider the mountains to be my home. As a result, I spend a large majority of my time rock climbing. If the weather is nice on a weekend, I can usually be found in one of the many crevices in the Rocky Mountains, searching for a cliff face to be climbed. I also spend my time at U of L’s own Ascent Climbing Centre, where I am an executive of the U of L Climbing Club and where I train myself and the youth competitive climbing team as one of their head coaches.
One of my main source of experience in working with kids comes from my position as the youth competitive climbing team coach, where I prepare athletes between the ages of 7 and 17 for the yearly IFSC (International Federation of Sport Climbing) and Tour de Bloc climbing competitions all around the country. I have been lucky enough to have found a home in this coaching position and have seen this particular group of young athletes grow and fall in love with the sport of bouldering and sport climbing for the past four years. My duties as coach include planning and preparing training sessions, monitoring physical performance and most importantly, helping athletes manage and cope with mental strains that often come with competitive rock climbing. This coaching position has offered me a unique opportunity to combine my two passions of rock climbing and teaching and I feel that it has been a tremendous help to me as I continue to work within classrooms and I believe that it provides me an additional avenue to continue growing my passion for teaching.
My other half of teaching experience comes from the three practicums that I have had through the University of Lethbridge Education Program. I have had the opportunity to work in Nicholas Sheran School, Cardston High School and Coalhurst High School in the three practicums, working with students whose grades range from 1 to 11. During my practicum experiences I was lucky to work with incredible teachers and administrators that allowed me take charge of my own classrooms and develop my own methodologies and philosophies in teaching. Thanks to my practicums, I feel competent in teaching the following subjects: social studies, English language arts, as well as physical education.
During the years that I have worked with students and athletes, I have discovered that the most important thing in teaching is to build strong rapport with students. Strong relationships within the classroom has helped me to create productive and lively learning environments where students feel safe and are intrinsically motivated to engage in the learning process. While there are aspects of my teaching practices and philosophies that are still developing, I strongly feel that building strong relationships and rapport with students are the foundations on which I will continue to build my teaching practices on.
One of my main source of experience in working with kids comes from my position as the youth competitive climbing team coach, where I prepare athletes between the ages of 7 and 17 for the yearly IFSC (International Federation of Sport Climbing) and Tour de Bloc climbing competitions all around the country. I have been lucky enough to have found a home in this coaching position and have seen this particular group of young athletes grow and fall in love with the sport of bouldering and sport climbing for the past four years. My duties as coach include planning and preparing training sessions, monitoring physical performance and most importantly, helping athletes manage and cope with mental strains that often come with competitive rock climbing. This coaching position has offered me a unique opportunity to combine my two passions of rock climbing and teaching and I feel that it has been a tremendous help to me as I continue to work within classrooms and I believe that it provides me an additional avenue to continue growing my passion for teaching.
My other half of teaching experience comes from the three practicums that I have had through the University of Lethbridge Education Program. I have had the opportunity to work in Nicholas Sheran School, Cardston High School and Coalhurst High School in the three practicums, working with students whose grades range from 1 to 11. During my practicum experiences I was lucky to work with incredible teachers and administrators that allowed me take charge of my own classrooms and develop my own methodologies and philosophies in teaching. Thanks to my practicums, I feel competent in teaching the following subjects: social studies, English language arts, as well as physical education.
During the years that I have worked with students and athletes, I have discovered that the most important thing in teaching is to build strong rapport with students. Strong relationships within the classroom has helped me to create productive and lively learning environments where students feel safe and are intrinsically motivated to engage in the learning process. While there are aspects of my teaching practices and philosophies that are still developing, I strongly feel that building strong relationships and rapport with students are the foundations on which I will continue to build my teaching practices on.