Teaching Portfolio

    • What it is: Korean adoptee centered Korean culture camp

    • Where it is: Osceola, WI

    • When I taught here: ongoing, since 2022

    • Who I taught: K-12 students in groups of 10-30 at a time

    • Class format: 30- to 40-minute classes with each age group every day for 5 days, plus a short end-of-week performance

    • What I taught: samulnori, pungmul

    • What it is: Korean adoptee centered Korean culture camp

    • Where it is: Rochester, MN

    • When I taught here: ongoing, since 2022

    • Who I taught: K-9th grade students in groups of 6-10 at a time

    • Class format: 40-minute classes with each age group every day for 5 days, plus a short end-of-week performance

    • What I taught: samulnori, pungmul

    • What it is: Korean language school

    • Where it is: Wheeling, IL

    • When I taught here: ongoing, since 2020

    • Who I taught: 3rd-8th grade students in groups of 8-16

    • Class format: 50-minute classes every Saturday in 6-week rotations for each group

    • What I taught: samulnori, pungmul

    • What it is: Korean traditional performing arts school for Korean Americans and their families

    • Where it is: Shoreview, MN

    • When I taught here: ongoing, since 2020

    • Who I taught: youth and adults in groups of 2-8

    • Class format: weekly zoom classes, from 30-minutes to an hour

    • What I taught: samulnori, pungmul

    • What it is: Korean adoptee centered Korean culture camp

    • Where it is: Crosslake, MN

    • When I taught here: ongoing, since 2024

    • Who I taught: 7th-12th grade students in groups of 10-16 at a time

    • Class format: 30-minute classes with each group every day for 5 days, plus a short end-of-week performance

    • What I taught: samulnori, pungmul

    • What it is: a professional development conference for educators

    • Where it is: Geneva, IL

    • When we taught here: March 3, 2023

    • Who we taught: adult educators

    • Clinic format: 30-minute presentation followed by a 30-minute workshop and brief Q&A session (co-presented with Suwan Choi and Byoung Sug Kim)

    • What we taught: using Korean drumming as a way to expose students to diversity in the classroom

    • What it is: Korean adoptee centered Korean culture camp

    • Where it is: Pella, IA

    • When I taught here: ongoing, since 2021

    • Who I taught: K-12 students in groups of 6-12 at a time

    • Class format: 45-minute classes with each group every day for 3 days, plus a short end-of-weekend performance

    • What I taught: samulnori, pungmul

    • What it is: Korean culture camp for Korean American youth

    • Where it is: Minneapolis, MN

    • When I taught here: ongoing, since 2022

    • Who I taught: 6th-7th grade students in groups of 12-30 at a time

    • Class format: 30-minute classes with each group every day for 5 days, plus a short end-of-week performance

    • What I taught: samulnori, pungmul

    • What it is: Chicago Public School

    • Where it is: Chicago, IL

    • When I taught here: 2022-2024

    • Who I taught: 18 Latinx 3rd-6th grade students

    • Class format: 2-hour classes once a week throughout the school year with multiple performances in December and May

    • What I taught: samulnori

    • https://youtu.be/ULq8hXjq5Qs?si=J6rOv_GpxxAL3XNE

    • What it is: student leadership of youth Korean music program

    • Where it is: Wheeling, IL

    • When I taught here: August 2020 - August 2024

    • Who I taught: 9th-12th grade students

    • Class format: 30-minute to 1-hour meeting once a week before their music class

    • What I taught: youth leadership, event coordination, identity and expression, communication skills

    • https://soundcloud.com/soripod

    • What it is: higher learning instution where I received my Master's degree in Ethnomusicology

    • Where it is: Vancouver, BC, Canada

    • When I taught here: September 2018 - April 2019

    • Who I taught: 22 music major and non-major university students

    • Class format: course for credit; 1.5-hour classes twice a week, alternating between sectional and ensemble classes, with a final hour-long performance at the end of the year

    • What I taught: samulnori, pungmul

    • What it is: after school ensemble program

    • Where it is: Aurora, IL

    • When I taught here: 2022-2023 September-May

    • Who I taught: 12 high school students

    • Class format: 1.5- to 2-hour classes once a week on Tuesdays, with a performance at the end of the school year, taught alongside band director Jordan Yi

    • What I taught: yeongnam samulnori

    • https://youtu.be/du90Pq1PL3o?si=-QQb3DT3wh8aIbo4