Teacher Torrey
SummaryI have nearly 30 years of teaching experience spanning design, technology, programming, ESL, STEM, and business skills across universities, schools, startups, and technology companies in the US and China.
I have taught for nearly thirty years, beginning as a teacher's aide in college. I later became a professor at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, where I helped develop early standards for online teaching that are still used today. That position did not pay enough, so I moved into private software training, where I taught official Adobe and Microsoft curricula alongside web technologies, Google tools, and courses I built myself. Since then, I have taught in a range of settings, including startups and tech companies, as well as two years in China, where I taught ESL and STEM curriculum and managed a team of teachers. I recently formed a group in Shenzhen where members teach each other AI coding techniques and stay current with AI coding trends.
Institution I taugh for
- San Francisco Statue University
- Academy of Art University
- Academy X
- South China Normal University
- Beijing Normal High School
- English First (EF)
Subjects and Skills
Web Development & Programming
HTML/XHTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, Angular, PHP, MySQL, XML, FileMaker Pro
Design & Multimedia Software
Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Flex Builder, Premiere), Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Captivate, QuarkXPress, InMobi advertising design, Videogame Design, Design Thinking
Language & Literacy Education
ESL for ages 3 to 12, Montessori Kindergarten ESL, Phonics for ESL, American English pronunciation, English Reading for kids, Academic and Technological Literacy, Spanish
General & Interdisciplinary Studies
History of California, History of Computers, Philosophy, Poetry, STEAM, Social Skills, Food and Culture Around the World, Microsoft Excel, Google Spreadsheets for Excel