Tianni Guo

Affiliation

Hayward Unified School District

Biography

Tianni Guo is a Mandarin Immersion teacher at Stonebrae Elementary School, Hayward Unified School District. She received her B.A. in English Literature from Tsinghua University and her M.A. in Elementary Inclusive Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has been teaching third and fourth grade Chinese immersion classes since 2016. Prior to that, she did her student teaching in public schools in New York. Ms. Guo has a strong background in linguistics and educational theory. She carefully adapts curriculum and creatively designs instructional activities for her class. She has rich first-hand experience in engaging young learners. Her teaching has been immensely enjoyed by her students and well-received by parents and administration. Ms. Guo’s expertise also includes teaching adults Chinese as a foreign language. She has been trained in the TCSOL (Teachers of Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages) program at Columbia University and student taught a Chinese language course in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. Ms. Guo is named Teacher of the Year Award by Association of Two-Way Dual Language Education in 2023.