About Nerissa W.
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Middle School English and Social Studies Teacher
Aug, 1996 - Jun, 1998Whisman School District, Crittenden Middle School
Group Exercise Instructor (Zumba, Hawaiian Dance)
Aug, 2008 - Jun, 2012YMCA of the Silicon Valley
Taught beginning hula dance (Hawaiian dance) and Zumba (latin dance exercise class) at the Palo Alto Family YMCA.
Mandarin Music Teacher
Jan, 2004 - Jun, 2007Music Around The World
Taught songs and rhymes in Mandarin Chinese to preschoolers
Education
BA
Sep, 1991 - Jun, 1995Stanford University
Masters in Education, California Teaching Credential
Jun, 1995 - Jun, 1996Stanford University STEP Program
Certifications
California Teaching Credential
Jun, 1996Calfiornia Commission on Teacher Credentialing
English and Social Studies, secondary level
Spanish Level B2 (Advanced)
Jun, 2015Escuela Oficial de Idiomas, Barcelona, España
I studied Spanish at the Official Language School in Barcelona, Spain, during the three years I lived there.
Affiliations
Phi Beta Kappa
Jun, 1995The Phi Beta Kappa Society celebrates and advocates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. Its campus chapters invite for induction the most outstanding arts and sciences students at America’s leading colleges and universities. The Society sponsors activities to advance these studies — the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences — in higher education and in society at large.
Languages
Spanish
Professional Proficiency
Mandarin Chinese
Professional Proficiency
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