...I am especially passionate about tutoring 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students to help them build this solid foundation. I specialize in identifying areas where students have difficulties with math problems, explaining where they made a mistake, and helping them make the needed corrections to both s... (read more)
...Just as education is not limited to a brick-and-mortar room, teaching can be done anywhere there's an opportunity and a willing soul. Learning happens in many places! I started my teaching career as a substitute, but chose not to be the typical sub. (read more)
...I care about my students learning but I tend to use traditional and non-traditional teaching methods to accomplish. We spend time on learning concrete information and ideas and following up with the abstract material, more from the book and what's tested. The application of what they're learning is so important. (read more)
...This is my favorite way to work with students in the classroom yet often becomes lost in the testing culture. Sometimes in a class of more than twenty students, individualized attention becomes almost impossible, and most students will not ask for help on their own. This is how students fall through the cracks. (read more)
...Most importantly I want students to love coming to school because they know they are not wasting their time and what they will learn will be directly applicable to their lives. I am a strong believer in using Best Practices in the classroom. This means that the teacher is not the only one doing work, the students learn through investigation and prediction of answers. (read more)