John dongkeon Seo

john29.seo@gmail.com
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Certification(s)
Arizona Secondary Teaching Certification (Anticipated MAY 2017)
o SUBJECT AREA: PHYSICS

Relevant Physics Courses taken:

Advanced General Physics 323/324, Modern Physics 313, Modern Optics 305,
Thermal Physics 351, Modern Instrumentation 327, Comp. Based Exp. and Physics
Computing 326, Exp. in Applied Physics 389

Relevant Math Courses taken:

Calculus I for Business, Calculus I for Math and Physical Sciences, Calculus II for
Math and Physical Sciences, Multivariable Calculus, Differential Equations for
Engineers/Physics

Education
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Fall 2011-Jan. 2016
New Brunswick

Major - B.S in Applied Physics

Education
The University of Arizona (Grad College Teach Arizona) May
2016-May 2017 (As expected)

Tucson
Major- Master of Education (M.Ed.)
Language Proficiency

English (Fluent/native), Korean (Fluent/native), Spanish (limited proficiency)

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Experience
5/14/11-05/15/11 Cresskill HS Calculus TA New
Jersey, US (Student teacher)
 Presented as a student teacher for my AP Calculus class for two
classes to thoroughly go over 100% content materials and practice
examination for AP Calculus Exam
Went over final practice exam problems in preparation at the end of
the semester to give confidence to the classmates

06/18/12-07/20/12 YBM SISA English Camp

Seoul, Korea
(Staff/Coordinator/Translator)
Coordinated and organized events and programs for fifth and sixth grade students
for four weeks
Translator between Korean coordinators and foreign English teachers to making sure
that complication dont arise
Talked over with parents to ensure that their children would be able to have the
foundation to improve and like learning English
Dealt with PowerPoint, Adobe, Word and Excel
Taught as a teaching assistant to the students effectively
Lead dynamic English programs for students to have enriched experience with
foreign teachers

8/1/16-5/26/17 Tucson Magnet High School Tucson,

AZ (Intern/Student Teach)
Co-teaches and gradual transition to physics teacher for two
periods: regular and honors physics
Actively assisting students understand fundamental and conceptual
physics
Using guided inquires to have students better understand physics
conceptually

8/2/17- Ironwood Ridge High School

Oro Valley, AZ
(Physics Teacher)
Will be teaching 5 full classes of Physics

Skills
Microsoft Office, Panopto, Adobe, Mathematica, Origin, Maple, LoggerPro,
Blender, Visual Python, Java, MATLAB, Arduino, C Language

Qualifications

Cooperative and strong interpersonal skills

Passionate in teaching physics and math
Helped students get grades of As on their midterm during my undergraduate
tutoring
 Constantly finding ways to improve and build myself to become a better
teacher
Thinking Innovative ideas to make Physics more interesting for students
Like to give back what I have received until now
Strongly want to make a strong, positive impact to many lives
Part of the Tucson Arizona Physics Teacher Organization
Modeling Member