About Your Instructor
SHIZUKA SAITO
Jessica has been extensively trained and is a certified professional Kumon Instructor who works closely with each student and parents to create an individual study plan best suited for each student, whether it be for remedial or enrichment purposes.
Jessica is from Tokyo, Japan and when she was a child, all three of her younger brothers were Kumon students. While she herself wasn’t able to enter the program, she was able to see their success and was so impressed!
After she left her job as a software engineer in Tokyo, she came to the United States in 1994 to study Psychology at the University of Texas. She had hoped to be able to help children in an educational field someday. A few years later, she obtained a position as an assistant at the Kumon in Westlake. There, she came to understand the true beauty of the Kumon Program.
Through assessment of both accuracy and speed of the student’s classwork and homework as well as through observation of student work skills demonstrated in class, Jessica ensures that each student is at the appropriate level and pace of study to maintain challenge and motivation. She has realized her dream to spread Kumon to more young students in order to create more individuals who are capable of helping others in order to make the world a better place. Her goals as an instructor are to help each student achieve his/her full potential in Math and Reading, build self-confidence, and develop a love of learning.