...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. I am a retired high school teacher. (read more)
...I have experience using Pages for Mac as well but prefer Word. I am experienced with using Excel/Numbers to create accurate spreadsheets accounting for money and other quantitative data. I can use these programs to accomplish other tasks such as creating checklists or forms. (read more)
...I want to continue doing what I love, but in a different venue. 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. (read more)
...I started my teaching career as a substitute, but chose not to be the typical sub. In whatever class/subject I was assigned, I took it upon myself to actively instruct the students rather than babysit them, and help them with whatever they were having difficulty with. I began tutoring students after school while earning my licensure and continued well into my teaching career. (read more)