...I currently work as a high school English teacher! During my Bachelor's, I was trained as a college-level, one-to-one writing tutor. It was this experience that sparked my passion for education. (read more)
...I am also certified in New York State in Special Education, and spent three years teaching Learning Disabled students. The vast majority of my students had major problems in spelling. I had to come up with strategies to improve their spelling. (read more)
...I earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell and a master's from the University of Michigan. When I'm not not teaching and editing student writing, I write arts journalism and poetry. My journalism has most recently appeared in The Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Jewish Daily Forward, Albany Times Union, and more. (read more)
...I enjoy sharing the powerful life tool of reading with all my students. I worked in Statistician and Senior Statistician competitive titles under New York State Civil Service rules and later had my own statistical consulting business. I also taught 300-level college statistics online. (read more)
...I help students to critique the three perspectives and to develop their own opinions on the assigned topic. We also focus on essay structure, the use of evidence and data, and the mechanics of essay-writing. Many of my tutoring students are in elementary school--the youngest are in first and second grade, and I have worked with some for over a year. (read more)