About the Instructor

As an extensively trained and certified professional instructor, I serve as a mentor who guides your children through their work while also providing direction, support and encouragement. I create an at-home study plan in addition to monitoring classroom assignments, and I emphasize the importance of accurately completing each assignment within a designated time frame. The Lesson Planning and Observation and Communication with Students are KPIs of this learning center.

Lesson Planning Skills
1. Select appropriate placement test based on student's grade and adheres to correct Starting Point based on score and time. Utilizing Placement Test results, makes study projection for students to reach KIS within one year of enrollment.

2. Use worksheet structure and content in assigning new concepts in class and gives support to ensure students understand how to proceed.

3. Considers the student's point of view when making a study plan. Knows differences in student's skills through their observations.

4. Applies knowledge of learning plan and makes lesson based on knowledge of student. Knows each student's personality and ability well, and adjusts instructional actions to help achieve long-term goal.

5. Has clear intention for individual study for each student using worksheet structure, understanding of student ability, and individualized application of student study goal.

Observation and Communication with Students
1. Properly explain comfortable starting point and study projection for first year of study.

2. Installs habit of proper way to solve worksheets, including recording time, studying with concentration, reading and following directions, and correction ability.

3. Recognizes student's effort and improvement and gives concrete praise.

4. Able to explain student academic skills based on worksheet structure and share study goal and necessary skills to achieve the study goal.

5. Continuous to develop proper study approach to enable students to study independently.

Hello Parents and Students!

My name is Nan Robinson and I am the Instructor of the Kumon Math and Reading Center of Baltimore-Federal Hill. I am originally from Henan, China, where I grew up in a small village surrounded by lush green fields and a close-knit community. Education was always highly valued in my family, and I was fortunate enough to further my education with a bachelor's degree from an University in China. Before I left China, I taught economics at a local high school. I then went on to earn my MBA from the University of Maryland, College Park. After graduating, I began my career in finance and accounting at Kraft Foods and later moved to Citigroup.

My first exposure to Kumon was in 2008 when I enrolled my daughter in the Kumon Math and Reading programs. She started third grade in a new school system, and we soon realized that she was falling behind on the curriculum. Once we enrolled her in Kumon, she caught up on the curriculum at school and soon joined her school’s accelerated math and English programs. She then went on to attend Harvard University where she earned her bachelor’s in statistics.

Aside from enrolling my daughter in Kumon, a company I worked for offered a volunteer program where I had the opportunity to tutor at a high school in Baltimore city for a few months in 2019. It was an eye-opening experience--it reminded me of my passion for teaching, but also highlighted the huge disparity in education in Baltimore.

My experience tutoring in the city inspired me to open a Kumon learning center. The learning structure of the Kumon program instills the discipline and confidence in children to be successful in school and reach their full learning potentials. I hope that our center reaches as many students as possible to provide them with an equitable opportunity and potential for success in their future.