I am a 30-year veteran teacher, retired from Prince Georges County School System in the state of Maryland. I retired early in 2004 and moved back to Pennsylvania to be near my family. I taught 7 years of elementary education and the remaining years I spent teaching middle school Science, English, and Math. (read more)
...Last year his challenge was to learn his multiplication in a week and to complete a TASK test workbook. His English is also a problem, but this year he will be going over that. I will be working this summer with my youngest cousin who is 6 years old, I will be teaching her how add and subtract. (read more)
...I am obtaining my Generalist Teaching Certification but my main concentration is in English Language Arts and Reading. This content area is my passion and I believe that reading and writing skills are the building blocks of education. As previously stated, my teaching certification will be in grades 4-8. (read more)
...Now I'm chasing my Doctoral degree in reading and Literacy. Because teaching second-grade students I realize we are their foundation to reading and most students do not receive the fundamentals at home to become great readers. I hope to develop programs that can help students become great readers at home as well as in the classroom. (read more)