...My teaching philosophy is to help students develop strong critical thinking skills through applied assignments and to teach them how to apply critical thinking to their everyday lives. Rather than focusing on memorization of names, dates, and definitions, I seek to create a classroom environment... (read more)
I taught first grade for 30!+ years. My passion is reading and writing. Over the years many new fads came and went, but I found there is no substitute for old methodologies which I used successfully over the years. (read more)