...I have been teaching reading skills with a focus on phonics for many years. I have a weekly plan that takes a student from start to finish of a full school year of phonics. Each person I have tutored has improved reading skill up to his or her class level. (read more)
...Having taught and interned in the top 5 school districts within Saint Louis County, I possess extensive experience in many of Missouri's most rigorous curriculum, such as Balance Literacy, Lucy Calkins: Readers' and Writers' Workshop Curriculum, and Math in Focus. Additionally, I am highly profi... (read more)
...Outside of school time, we constantly practiced and trained. With a lifelong love of chess, I have participated in numerous chess tournaments in which I placed quite well. While I admit that I probably could not beat Gary Kasparov or Bobby Fischer (or even Deep Blue), I can certainly provide the strategy that I have acquired through years of study and watching films of great chess matches. (read more)
...Nearly every day I read from one or two devotional guides, as well as work on memorization of a particular chapter of the Bible. I have been in services for most Christian denominations. I appreciate Christendom as a whole and admire aspects of each legitimate denomination. (read more)