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TEACHERS

Head Teacher: Ms. Jennifer Xu
(许珍妮)

headteacher@csrochester.org

Ms. Jennifer Xu brings a rich and varied background to her role. She graduated in Graphic Design from Los Angeles and worked as a movie poster designer for Hollywood film companies. Subsequently, upon moving to Rochester, Ms. Xu established her own graphic design studio. Her engagement in the art world has been extensive, involving travel and promotion of artists across China, North America, and Europe.

 

Since 2011, Ms. Xu has dedicated her weekends to teaching at our Chinese school, fulfilling roles both as a core and substitute teacher. Over the past 14 years, her commitment to the school has been unwavering. Alongside her family, she has been actively contributing to the local Chinese community, demonstrating her dedication and passion for cultural education

Ting Xu

K-1: Ting Xu (徐婷)

Ms Ting Xu is from China and has lived in Rochester for seven years with her husband and her two children who both attend the Chinese School of Rochester. Since graduating she has regularly taught Chinese, including substitute teaching at the Chinese School.

Nan Li

G1-2: Ms. Nan Li (李楠)

Ms. Li comes from China. She has more than fourteen years' teaching experience including six years of being in charge of a school in China teaching English. Prior to that Ms Li worked for Kid Castle. She moved to the United States last year and is eager to apply her teaching skills and experience in this exciting new opportunity.

Yuyi Zhang

G2-2: Ms. Yuyi Zhang (张雨怡)

Ms. Zhang has been in the education field for over five years, as an undergraduate majoring in elementary education and currently as a Masters student in the TESOL program at the University of Rochester. I enjoy helping students to become more proficient in the Chinese language. I aim at a respectful educational environment for my students and pay attention to their needs, hoping that this semester they can gain a deeper sense of Chinese culture.

Shiying Fan

G3-2: Ms. Shiying Fan (范诗迎)

Dr. Fan received her PhD degree in Environmental Engineering from Dalian University of Technology. Additionally, She has earned a Level 1B Mandarin proficiency certificate and a teachering qualification in middle Shcool Biology.

Shuling Wang

G6: Ms. Shuling Wang (王淑玲)

Shuling Wang considers herself as a world traveler from Tibet mountain. She pursued her bachelor degree in teaching and serviced her career in Beijing. She earned her MBA focusing on Marketing and Finance in Florida. Finally she found her second home town at Rochester in 2012. After working as a banker at Global 500 and as a CPS worker at county human services, she knew what her people really needed. She established her own practice under Swan Management Group in 2021. Her passion is to help Chinese groups and promote their culture. Her service targets local School and Community. After years of hard work, her company is recognized as “MWBE” by Newyork State. She spent plenty of time supporting students to learn Chinese language and their self-development through her current role as a teacher and a business owner.

Hui Sun

G8: Ms. Hui Sun (孙惠)

Ms. Sun teaches the Eight grade class.

Zoey Yuan

CSL2: Ms. Yuming Yuan (苑羽茗)

Ms. Yuan is from Dalian, China, and currently studying at the University of Rochester. She taught math to students of all grade levels for a year at Mathnasium, where she discovered her passion for working with kids. She is excited to bring this experience to the Chinese School of Rochester.

Andrew Capuano

AP Chinese: Andrew Capuano (柯德安)

Mr. Andrew Capuano teaches AP Chinese. He currently teaches English as a second language in the Rochester City School District. He has also taught conversational English and American culture courses at Wuhan University in China.

Jiaming Mao

HS/Adult 2: Mr. Jiaming Mao (茅嘉鸣)

I am from Shanghai, China, and study at the University of Rochester, where my major is in neuroscience and biomedical engineering. In my spare time I like cooking, sado, classic cars, percussion, and photography. Feel free to contact me any time.

Anna Kolstad

Math 2: Ms. Anna Kolstad (孔安娜)

Ms. Kolstad is currently an MD-PhD student studying neuroengineering at the University of Rochester. She received her undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University, with a minor in East Asian Studies. She has studied Chinese language and culture for over a decade and has spent time living in both mainland China and Taiwan. She has previously taught a variety of subjects, including math, Chinese, and English language, in both large and small group settings.

Ning Su

Art: Ms. Ning Su (苏宁)

Ms. Su teaches the Calligraphy/Chinese Painting (书法和中国画) class.

Kaihong Liu

Dance: Ms. Liu (刘凯红)

Ms. Liu teaches Chinese Dance.

Jina Cui

G1-1: Ms. Jina Cui (崔吉娜)

Ms. Cui teaches First grade class one. She had been an elementary school teacher for five years, and been a mandarin teacher for two year in New York.

Zhijuan Zhu

G2-1: Ms. Zhijuan Zhu (朱智娟)

Ms. Zhu teaches the Second grade class 1.

Qiyue Zhang

G3-1: Ms. Qiyue Zhang (张启越)

Ms. Qiyue Zhang received a bachelor's degree in Preschool Education from Capital Normal University and is currently pursuing a master's degree in Elementary Education, Special Education, and TESOL at the University of Rochester. Zhang has previously worked at Peixin Primary School (Beijing) Huangchenggen Affiliated Experimental Kindergarten (Beijing), Penfield Central School District, RCSD, and Greece CSD, among other schools and districts. With extensive experience in teaching both Chinese and English, Zhang also holds a Level 1B certification in Mandarin proficiency.

Chang Liu

G5: Ms. Chang Liu (刘畅)

Ms. Liu has a degree in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages and has had several Chinese teaching experiences in China, Thailand and the United States. She is currently pursuing her PhD in education at the University of Rochester.

Liping Jia

G7: Ms. Liping Jia (贾丽萍)

Ms. Jia teaches the Seventh grade class.

Liz Yao

CSL1: Liz Yao (姚明明)

Ms. Liz Yao teaches the CSL1 class.

Mingzi Knebel

CSL3: Ms. Mingzi Knebel (崔明子)

Ms. Knebel teaches the CSL3 class.

Scarlett Dong

HS/Adult 1: Ms. Lingling Dong (董玲玲)

Scarlett Dong graduated from UofR- simon business school and recently passed the CPA exams, she would like to use her weekend free time to teach students Chinese and promote Chinese culture. Moreover, she holds the "Chinese Proficiency Test Level 1-B Certificate," which qualifies her to work as a radio host or Chinese teacher. She is happy to help who are interested in and eager to learn Chinese and Chinese culture.

Howard Tang

Math 1: Howard Tang (汤子辕)

Howard Tang is a senior at Pittsford Mendon High School. He has taken all math classes offered there, including Calculus BC and Multivariable Calculus. Howard regularly competes in math competitions, from local ones (Math League) to national (AMCs/AIMEs) and international (Harvard-MIT Math Tournament, Princeton University Math Competition, etc) ones. Howard has many years of teaching experience, including programming (ROC Code), English and math (private tutoring).

Qin Xu

Math 3: Mr. Qin Xu (许琴)

Mr. Xu received his BS degree in Acoustics from Nanjing University and PhD degree in Physics from University of Virginia. He taught several undergraduate engineering, physics, and math classes when pursuing these degrees. Additionally, he taught several years of Math 3 (Mathcounts) classes for CSR prior to 2022.

Chris Xu

Orchestra: Mr. Chris Xu (徐昊)

Mr. Chris Xu teaches the Chinese Youth Orchestra.

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