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Elite Educational Institute is looking for a full-time curriculum developer with experience in standardized testing to help revise and expand its existing verbal arts curriculum. Working under the supervision of the Director of Research and Development, the curriculum developer will write new lesson material, develop reading passages and test items, review and edit existing material as well as new material from independent item writers, and perform needs analysis of lesson content and item bank.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in English or a related field required; masters degree preferred.
• 2 or more years experience teaching English or writing at a high school or college level.
• Ability to communicate concepts to audiences of a wide range of abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• Thorough understanding of principles of reading instruction and formal grammar.
• Knowledge of instructional design principles.
• Strong editorial ability.
• Strong word-processing skills.
• Able to use statistical information to guide the revision process.
• Able to work as part of a collaborative team.
• Some experience developing curriculum for the use of other instructors or writing standardized test items strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of online education or skills with relational databases a plus.

The developer may work from either the Los Angeles or the Northwood office, but we believe face-to-face contact with other members of the development team is crucial, and so we can only accept local applicants.

Note that Elite cannot sponsor H1B visas for this position.

If you would like to be considered for this position, please submit a cover letter and resume to hr@eliteprep.com.

Elite Educational Institute is looking for a full-time content developer with experience in standardized testing to help revise and expand its existing mathematics curriculum. Working under the supervision of the Director of Research and Development, the content developer will write new mathematics items, review and edit existing material as well as new material from independent item writers, and perform needs analysis of lesson content and item bank. The developer may also teach some classes to stay current with Elite's curriculum.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mathematics, education with an emphasis in mathematics, or a related field required.
• 2 or more years experience teaching or tutoring high-school mathematics.
• Ability to communicate mathematical concepts to audiences of a wide range of abilities.
• Advanced word-processing skills, including a knowledge of mathematics typesetting (e.g., use of MathType or LaTeX).
• Strong writing and editorial ability.
• Ability to work as part of a collaborative team.
• Some experience developing standardized test items strongly preferred.
• Relational database skills, experience in online education, or knowledge of psychometrics a plus.

The developer may work from either the Los Angeles or the Northwood office, but we believe face-to-face contact with other members of the development team is crucial, and so we can only accept local applicants.

Note that Elite cannot sponsor H1B visas for this position.

If you would like to be considered for this position, please submit a cover letter and resume to hr@eliteprep.com.

The Northern California branches of Elite Education will once again be major sponsors at the annual World Journal College Preparation Expo. The World Journal, known as Chinese Daily News in Southern California, is the largest Chinese language newspaper in North America. This year’s Expo will be held at the World Journal headquarters in Millbrae, CA (201 Adrian Road, 94030) from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28, 2008.

Rancho Bernardo Branch

11305 Rancho Bernardo Road, Suite 120
858-217-2988 (click here for the map)

Students who attend Rancho Bernardo, Mount Carmel, Westview, and other Poway Unified schools in San Diego no longer need to drive to Del Mar to attend Elite—they have an Elite office right in their own neighborhood. "For years we have had families from Rancho Bernardo driving all the way to Del Mar to attend Elite," says San Diego Director Chris Hamilton. "Today, many of our students can walk to their new Elite office." In fact, it is the teachers and even the Director who will do the driving. "Many of our Senior Teachers—including all of our 2100 teachers—will be teaching at both offices this summer," says Hamilton. "Several of our Senior Teachers will spend all of their summers at Rancho Bernardo—and I am splitting my time equally between the two offices." Located near the 4S Ranch neighborhood, the new office is comfortable, and beautifully appointed. "We want all of our offices to feel like a quiet refuge for our students," says Hamilton. "But the new Rancho Bernardo office is particularly nice. Who knows? Perhaps we'll see a few Torrey Pines students making the drive to Rancho Bernardo this summer."

Every month high school students vie for $500 cash and other prizes on Radio Korea's Quiz Bowl program, which is sponsored by Elite and features Teacher Karen from LA.

If you know the answers to questions like these:

How many U.S. presidents have been assassinated?

What rapper holds a major stake in Vitamin Water?

How many miles is it to the center of the Earth?

Then you should be a contestant on the show. Try-outs are every second Saturday of the month (including this Saturday, May 10th) at 5 p.m. at the Radio Korea offices which are located at 3700 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 600, Los Angeles, CA 90010.

(BTW, the answers to the above questions are 4, 50 Cent, and 3,963 miles, respectively.)

Come out this weekend to the San Francisco Bay Area Educational Fair hosted by World Journal at the Quinlan Community Center in Cupertino to hear Joon Moy, Elite of Cupertino Branch Director, present "Preparing for the College Interview" on Saturday from 10-10:50 a.m. and to hear Randolf Arguelles, Elite of San Francisco Branch Director, present "Getting into the Top UCs" on Sunday from 10-10:50 a.m. Further, Elite Branch Directors will be available to answer your questions from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both Saturday, May 10, and Sunday, May 11.

Each year, thousands of Canadian students enroll in American colleges and universities, and Elite of Canada is happy to announce that many of its students are included in these numbers. So, if you are headed to a college campus this fall, look out for the following names, for they are part of your Elite family from up north!

Congratulations to everyone above for successfully navigating international student waters.

For a complete matriculation list of students from Elite of Canada, click here.

In case you haven't heard already, Elite team members will hit the road this Saturday, April 19th, traveling to various parts of California to speak to parents about the college admissions and application process. JP Park, CEO of Elite and bestselling author, will speak to parents over breakfast in Northern California at the Hilton Pleasanton at the Club while Wonna Kim, Branch Director of Elite LA, and Jennifer Kim, Branch Director of Elite Northridge and Elite Valencia, will speak to parents at the Korean-American Scientists and Engineering Association's Annual Math Contests at CalTech and UCSD, respectively.  

If you can't make it this weekend, come out next weekend, April 26th and 27th, to the Elite Gallery at the Chinese Daily News Education Fair at University of the West in San Gabriel, California. This is the perfect opportunity to get educated about education. Both Wonna Kim and Julian Chou, Branch Director of Elite Rowland Heights will be on hand to answer your questions both days. Additionally, on Saturday, Stephen Lee, Branch Director of Elite Fullerton, will present "Preparing for the College Interview" from 11:50 to 12:40 p.m. in the Conference Room, and on Sunday, resident UC admissions expert, Randolf Arguelles, Branch Director of Elite San Francisco, will present "Comprehensive Review: Getting Into the Top Tier UCs" in the Main Hall from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Want more information? Call your local branch for details.

See you there!