...It all depends upon what each student's needs are and what works best in each situation. To support each student, I use a combination of creativity, proven programs, training, patience, and above all, acceptance of what each person's strengths and weaknesses are. That is what guides me toward a great working relationship and educational success. (read more)
...I have taught Ancient Greek and Latin from first-year undergraduate classes to advanced graduate seminars at UC Berkeley and Stanford. I've directed Berkeley's intensive summer workshops in both languages, and have won prizes for Greek and Latin prose composition. I'm a linguist and classicist,... (read more)
...This is why I am in school to become a high school English teacher. Eventually, I would I love to be an English professor. That is how passionate I am about education. (read more)
...Students should take the notebook home each night and refer to it at a set time in order to keep up with assigned work. This set time should be as early as possible following school, and assignments should be checked off or otherwise marked once completed. (I have found that the act of physicall... (read more)
...I've given master classes at California Institute of the Arts, U.S.C. and Augsburg College on film writing. I've also been a mentor at the Sundance Feature Film Lab for over twelve years. There I've had the pleasure of mentoring some of the most exciting new voices in cinema, including recent Academy Award nominees. (read more)