...I found my purpose in life and that is "paying it forward" to our community through education by instilling grit with a growth mindset. I emphasize the importance of learning the fundamentals and concepts where it gets carried through in advanced topics. The highlight of my teaching style is be... (read more)
...Aside from my formal jobs, I worked as a substitute teacher on my free hours while in Chile, did tutoring mostly to elementary-aged children, but also taught English to high schoolers. While in Japan, I worked as a substitute teacher at a Catholic school and helped an eighth grader get confident... (read more)
...I have also taught reading from preschool to adults. I have been qualified as a K-12 special education teacher. In the past 15 years as a special education teacher, I have taught students with autism, other health impairments, specific learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities in math, science, reading, writing, social studies, ELA, French, etc. (read more)
17 Subjects: includingAlgebra 1,Elementary (K-6th),Grammar,Elementary Math
...My favorite part of my job is empowering students to believe in themselves and learn to love school. I have specialized training in teaching reading using the Phonographix method. If you are a struggling reader, you will struggle with state math assessments as well, because they are full of long word problems. (read more)