Hello! I bring 15 years of global classroom experience as an elementary and middle-school teacher across four countries. As a published children’s author and illustrator, I specialize in nurturing young learners in all facets of language arts, as well as in illustration and story writing. (read more)
...My goal is to provide clear instruction and meet you at whatever level you are currently at while working toward whatever goal it is we agree is attainable. I am very calm, patient, and confident. I like to teach/tutor by assessing current abilities as related to the goal and then pre-teaching content or standards in reasonable but appropriately rigorous steps. (read more)
...A finished product can be and is assessed, based on the process taking to get there. Communications and critiques are as important as technique. The bases of all good work start with an idea, and then progress to skills and ways to communicate this idea. (read more)