Meet ACES Summer Academic Enrichment Classes Outstanding Instructor Team

Ensuring the education quality of our courses is the first priority of ACES Academic Enrichment Center. However, the quality of teaching depends on a highly qualified team of instructors. After three months of hard work, through our various channels, our Enrichment Program Coordinator, Khristian Roberts and recruiting team reviewed more than 300 resumes. After several rounds of phone screening and face-to-face interviews at the school, the hard work pays off. We have now selected 17 very qualified, experienced summer instructors to form a strong summer academic enrichment instructor team to complete the summer English, STEM, SAT and public speaking/debate courses. Below are members of our summer instructor team.

English Reading, Writing, Vocab and Public Speaking/Debate

• English Reading/Writing – Amy Vidor， Ph.D in Comparative Literature, UT Austin
• English Reading/Writing – John McDonald， Ph.D in Political Science, University of Houston
• English Reading/Writing – Charlotte Fiehn，Ph.D student in English, UT Austin. Bachelor in English, University of Cambridge, UK.
• English Reading/Writing – Khristian Roberts，M.A and B.A in English, Journal English editor
• English Reading/Writing - Deb Streusand, Ph.D in English, UT Austin
• Public Speaking/Debate - Jakob Lucas, Senior student in Government, UT Austin. UT student government assembly speaker
• Public Speaking/Debate - Rebecca Harrison, Student in Linguistics and French, President of high school debate team

STEM Courses

• Physics - Jeremy Johnson， Ph.D in Physics, UT Austin
• Chemistry -  Katie Springthorpe， Ph.D student in Chemistry, UT Austin
• Biology – Taylor Scholerle:，Ph.D in Biology from UT Health Science Center, Houston
• Progamming– Jordan Luna, UT Computer Science Graduate, Educator
• Programming – Grant Skaggs, UT Computer Science student, Turing scholar
• Scratch Programming – Rory McDougal, Technology Education Specialist, Programming instructor, Scratch and LEGO Specialist
• Elementary/Middle School Competition Math Thomas Matzner, UT Math student, MathCounts and AMC, AMIE competitor. AMIE qualifier
• Elementary/Middle School Competition Math  Grant Skaggs, UT Computer Science student, Turing scholar, AMIE qualifier

SAT Intensive Workshops and SAT Foundations

• SAT Foundations (English Reading/writing)-  Deb Streusand, Ph.D in English, UT Austin
• SAT Foundations (Math) – Anand Chaudhuri – MBA and BS in Chemical Engineering. Adjunct Professor, math teacher and department head
• SAT Intensive Workshops - Thomas Matzner, UT Math student, National Merit Scholarship Finalist, AMIE qualifier, 36/ACT， SAT almost perfect scores.
• SAT Intensive Workshops – Mathew Deniz, Student in math, UT Austin, National AP Scholar, National Merit Scholarship Finalist, SAT almost perfect scores.
• SAT Intensive Workshops – Claire Jahnke, Student in Chemistry, Rice University, National Merit Scholarship Finalist, Westwood High School top 10 graduate.  SAT almost perfect scores.

For details on each instructor’s profile, please click the following URL: http://www.aces4kids.com/aceslearningcenter/programs/teachers-profile/

During instructor recruiting time, we followed the following criteria to select highly qualified instructors: 1.) Strong academic background; A good instructor must have much deeper and wider academic knowledge than the level of the class she/he will teach. The teachers our students will see in the summer classes will be well-trained with great academic achievement 2.) Passionate in education and have teaching experience. 3.) Understand core areas and struggling points on a course they are teaching; and create a relaxed and interactive learning atmosphere and improve students' interest in learning; 4.) Perform classroom quizzes and observe student classroom feedbacks to check the students' understanding and improve education quality.

If your students are interested in the summer ACES program, please register online or download the registration form.

We appreciate your long-term support and trust. We believe that students will spend a happy and rewarding summer time with ACES!