by Susan Palmes-Dennis
Meet our first teacher awardee Reymond Anthony Quan of Batangas province, Philippines.
At first glance he may appear soft spoken but make no mistake, he eats numbers for breakfast as shown in his academic records and resume.
The 36-year-old Quan is a physics teacher who's now working on his dissertation on math education at the University of the Philippines (UP) while teaching Math at Garinger High School which is under the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools.
Specifically Quan was recruited from the Philippines to teach advanced placement calculus mathematics to Grade 12 students. “It’s been good two years here in North Carolina,” he said.
Quan also wrote a book that is now being used under the K12 educational system in the Philippines.
“The books that I love most were those math books for high school that I authored and edited back in the Philippines. They were made for K to 12 Filipino students of grades 7, 8, 9 and 10,” he said.
Quan said he can measure student performance through cooperative learning, individualized self-paced learning, and inclusive learning. He handles exceptional children and those with language accommodations.
Quan teaches his students using available educational technology. He said the biggest challenge to students is how to succeed by overcoming whatever cultural, language, behavioral and learning differences they had.
Whatever teaching strategies he may employ for students to learn math he shares it with colleagues along with his teaching experiences that include a tenure as professor of the University of Santo tomas faculty of engineering and college of architecture , and the Philippine Normal University department of Mathmatics.
He loves numbers as shown as on his record masters in math education and a bachelors degree in Physics education.
Quan graduated from the University of the Philippines and started teaching at University of Sto. Tomas (UST) faculty of engineering.
“I'm a former professor at the UST faculty of engineering and college of architecture, De la Salle College of St Benilde School of Design and Architecture, and Philippine Normal University Department of Mathematics,” Quan said.
This Batangueño (native of Batangas province) is one of several teachers that will be honored by the Filipino American Community of the Carolinas (FACC) at the Asian Library on May 20, at 1 pm to 4:30 pm.
The FACC's 2017 board of directors BOD recognizes the contribution of these educators to the American educational system and bringing that Filipino pride in them.
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