...Following that, I worked for 9 years as a church youth group leader for middle school and high school youth. In that position I created, organized, and implemented bible study and Christian education curriculum for the church youth group, as well as supervised and trained adult volunteers to wor... (read more)
...In college, I worked at a recreation center where I tutored children 3rd-6th grade. My primary and secondary education was not common core; however, in tutoring my siblings and 3rd-6th graders, I have learned many common core principles. My greatest tutoring achievement has been working with a ... (read more)
...This in turn led to many of the scholarships that financed over 75 percent of my undergraduate career at Texas A&M. More recently, on the GRE, I scored in the 95th percentile for writing, 93rd percentile for critical reading, and the 88th percentile for math. This led me to acceptance at the University of Puget Sound where I received my Master's in Occupational Therapy. (read more)
...I believe strongly that in order to learn the material, students need to make errors and mistakes and to be gently guided to think for themselves how they would solve the problem. I love helping people learn and am always committing to doing whatever I need to to make sure that the student has a... (read more)
...As a translator and teacher of languages, words and their meanings, and the grammar that holds them all together, are of great interest to me. Often, all it takes is for me to reveal how the student's own language works in order for his or her own writing to improve. Language learning should be fun, and my natural curiosity and love of languages help make it that way for students, too. (read more)