...I believe that to help build students background knowledge and skills as a reader, they need to learn how decode words and their meaning. Therefore, I use Orton Gillingham to teach decode (reading), encoding (spelling) and syllabication rules to read and understand 3, 4, and 5 syllable words, as... (read more)
...I am still active as a substitute teacher. I also was an adult educator in GED and English Second Language for two and a half years while holding a primary job as a residential manager for a school for the mentally and physically challenged for seven and a half years prior to my elementary school work. I love tutoring all ages and abilities. (read more)
4 Subjects: includingBiology,Physical Science,ESL/ESOL,ACT English
...As students learn differently, it is important to find what modality will best help them understand the concept. Additionally, as math skills build upon each other, determining if the student has the basics of number sense, and is fluent in basic facts and concepts is always the first order of b... (read more)
4 Subjects: includingElementary Science,Algebra 1,Elementary (K-6th),Elementary Math
...I have an undergraduate degree in Biology from VCU. I completed graduate courses in Stream Ecology and Virology. I have also taken immunology. (read more)