...When I homeschooled my own children, we worked on study skills, actually from a fairly young age on. But study skills become increasingly important as students move into middle and high school. A student's ability to do well in an academic setting is often more a function of his/her study skills than it is of some natural aptitude in a given subject. (read more)
I maintain a highly professional, yet engaged disposition as I seek to make students as comfortable as possible with me. By using a combination of observation, research, and student-centered teaching/assisting I aim to help students succeed. I focus primarily on discovering how they learn best and fostering that method so that they continue to learn better. (read more)