About
Hi, I'm David Aranda! I am a piano player and an ESL teacher. I have been teaching Piano since 2017, and English since January of 2020. These are my two passions in life, and my two hobbies as well. F... rom playing some Debussy, Chopin, Bach, and Haydn, to playing pop and rock and roll music from Taylor Swift, the Beatles, John Legend, Adele, and more songs like Dance Monkey, River flows in you, Imagine Dragons, and many more. I also enjoy and love teaching English to college students, and elementary students. I recently have two adults as students and I have also enjoyed teaching them too! I love going running, playing soccer, and basketball, going to the beach, drinking coffee and hanging out with friends!
I believe that being an educator or a teacher is a serious deal. It is not for everyone, it is a call. Learning for the sake of learning should always be encouraged, but learning for the sake of achieving a goal adds a greater value, and a warming motivation to reach out to your dreams. Several of my students think of me as a patient, attentive, good listener, reliable, punctual, organized, and empathetic. One of the greatest values in my opinion is human dignity and I think that is really important for life as I implement that in my teaching too. Every student, every person has value and extreme worth; not because of what the person does but because of who that person is.
Life is always changing, I think we all have been through the good and bad and I love to think that music, learning a new language, meeting new people always provides a new perspective on things. What makes me...me? Well, I love teaching with a specific purpose in mind, adding up to all that I said, I enjoy to be surrounded with people that have the opportunity to be themselves, and learning something new, or share something new or old and have the opportunity to have fun, a good laugh, and a good time!read more
Experience
Piano Teacher
Sound Formation
Sep 2022 - present
I am teaching piano to students in elementary, junior-high, and middle school. So far I am teaching ... at eight schools based in the Denver area. It is snowy but it brings up all the fun alongside the music that the holidays hold! My students range from 1st grade to 9th grade.read more
ESL Teacher
Intervene K-12
Feb 2020 - Aug 2023
Teaching English, Writing, Reading, and Math to elementary, middle school, and high-school students ... based in Texas.read more
Piano Teacher
Front Range Academy
Aug 2021 - Aug 2022
Taught private piano lessons to kids from 1st grade all the way up to 12th grade. I also played pian... o for major school events such as Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Spring, and Christmas Concerts, and Graduations. I was able to play piano for four choirs as a piano accompanist.read more
ESL Teacher
VIPKID
Jan 2020 - Jul 2022
Started teaching English to students based in China. It was an amazing experience that allowed me to... meet kids and teens from Beijing, Hong Kong, and many other cities.read more
Office related
Bob Jones University
Aug 2020 - Dec 2020
I mainly worked at an office from a university in South Carolina.