I am a certified K-8 teacher with my Master of Education degree from the College of William & Mary in Virginia and 16 years of experience teaching in public schools. While I currently teach STEM and computer science for K-3 students, I also taught all core subjects in fifth grade for over a decade,... (read more)
...Feedback from my students has been positive. Besides yearly student evaluations that have always been very good, in the last few years I have received two teaching awards — The University of Maine Outstanding Teaching Award and Saint Michael’s College Unsung Hero Award — based on former students... (read more)
...I also taught ENG 101 (college composition) to primarily first year students. I am familiar with writing requirements to increase SAT/ACT scores, college applications, English classes. I also teach research skills, Creative Writing, poetry to high school students. (read more)
...I have additional training as a plant breeder and greenhouse manager, further supporting my knowledge of plant biology. I am a PhD student in a lab which studies genetics, and my primary research subject is plant genetics and the genetics of disease resistance. I have taken both undergraduate and graduate level genetics courses. (read more)