About Mr. Brunken

My name is Jason Brunken. I am from the relatively small city of Lincoln, Nebraska in the United States. There, I attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and received my Bachelors of Science degree in Secondary Education and Nebraska State Teaching Certificate. I’ve had a love for teaching since I was young, and when I got to college, there was no thinking twice about what my major would be. While receiving my degree at UNL, I had the wonderful opportunity to work in two public high schools in Lincoln, Nebraska and also had the chance to travel to Tainan, Taiwan to teach English for the first time with World Passport. From there, I knew I wanted to give English teaching in Taiwan a serious try. After my graduation in May 2004, I traveled to Kaohsiung, Taiwan where I taught in a language school, two public schools, and seminars and workshops for Kaohsiung Department of Education administrators and teachers. In June 2005, my wife and I moved back to the US where I worked as an academic counselor at the University of Nebraska Athletic Department, and we had our first child, Sabrina. 

In May 2006, my wife accepted a position as a professor at National Taipei University of Technology, and we decided to move back to Taiwan to start our lives and careers. I have been a Happy Kids teacher now for over eighteen years where I have taught Grade 6, Grade 2, and our Program for Upper Level Students. Currently, I also serve as the Principal for the ASLA Program, a position I've held for the past seven years. I enjoy helping the ASLA Program grow and move into the 21st century to continue to serve the children of Taipei. I have been married for almost twenty years now to my wife Hsin-yi. We have two daughters. Sabrina, our oldest, who is college at National Taiwan University this year, and our youngest daughter, Athena, who is in 8th grade this year. 

I have always believed technology has a key role to play in education as our economy and daily lives rapidly become more dependent on information technology. I hold a Masters of Educational Technology from Boise State University in the United States. With that training I have been able to help Happy Kids adopt and integrate more technology into its classes of all levels. I continue to study and learn about new online tools and strategies for maximizing our students' learning experience at Happy Kids. 

Though I am very busy, I try to make time for leisure when possible. I enjoy reading, dabbling with computers, watching movies, fishing, playing video games, and watching football. Oh, and tea. I love tea. Taiwanese oolong tea is my passion. I am happy drinking tea all day long.

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