...I graduated from St. Joseph's with my English teaching degree and Stony Brook with my Masters. Tutoring has been a great passion-working one on one with young adults exhilarates me and when I know I have made a great difference in a students’ academics, test score, and confidence, I feel a great sense of satisfaction. (read more)
...I currently run my own tutoring company and teach in public schools. I recognize that all students don't aspire to be literature gurus. It's the importance of writing and reading as professional skills that I try to advance. (read more)
...Where do we start? Learn to think like Leonardo da Vinci! My inspiration for learning comes from this great Renaissance thinker, artist and inventor, who truly knew how to think on both sides of the brain, and fostered that perfect balance between art, science, logic and imagination--a phenomenon known as 'whole brain thinking'. (read more)
...It can be a challenge to keep children with ADHD on tasks, especially in the subjects they dislike. I developed strategies to get her through her work. I spent five years homeschooling my daughter who has special needs, including severe ADHD, when our local school district was not suitable for her needs. (read more)
...I have worked extensively with elementary children helping them learn to read by practicing fluency and reinforcing phonics skills. I also like to focus on exceptions to the rules, like irregular vowel teams, to teach kids tools to use when they encounter challenging vocabulary and spelling on t... (read more)