About Everyday Mandarin
Everyday Mandarin began in 2012 with one after-school class of three students at Tobias Elementary in Daly City. Today we run Mandarin programs at six school sites and across the Bay Area, serving more than 350 students each year.
Our story
Our founder’s own experience with Chinese school as a child was not a happy one. He set out to build the opposite: Mandarin programs that kids look forward to, where encouragement replaces pressure and the language feels relevant to their lives.
That idea still guides everything we do, from how we train teachers to how we design each lesson.
How we teach
Teachers encourage and reward progress. Students who feel successful want to keep learning.
Our native-speaking teachers are trained in Western classroom management and in child safety and mandated reporting.
Students learn with peers at their Mandarin level, so every child is challenged without being lost.
Curriculum: YCT (Youth Chinese Test) materials are our main curriculum, taught in Simplified Chinese. Our Daly City program also uses the Zhongwen series.
Our mission
We make learning Mandarin engaging, relevant and fun, and we build a community of students, families and teachers who share a love for Chinese language and culture.
Everyday Mandarin is a program of Higher Level Learning, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (Tax ID 84-1793017). Our scholarship fund helps students whose families couldn’t otherwise afford tuition.
We’re always looking for caring, energetic Mandarin teachers and after-school staff.
