...English/ESL: I taught English as a second language in Japan for four years, to students in public elementary school and junior high school, as well as tutoring adult learners in both one on one and in group and school classroom settings, crafting lessons and conversational English lessons that me... (read more)
...I am also homeschooling my own children and tutoring many others of elementary ages. For many years, I have taught English classes at the high school and college levels that were more than 50% non-native speakers of English. I have taken classes and attended seminars to learn how best to serve these populations. (read more)
...Paul, MN on the Dean's list in 2018 with a BA in English with an emphasis on literature! My particular study was on 18th and 19th-century English women authors like Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf. I have also studied Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. (read more)
My love of teaching must be hereditary - my mother, my grandmother, and half of my aunts and cousins are all teachers! I graduated with my Master's Degree in Elementary Education in December 2013, with Magna Cum Laude honors, and am currently licensed to teach in Colorado and Oregon. I personally know how hard work and dedication to learning can pay off! (read more)