...This course covered different methods of teaching phonics and integrating phonics into the literacy curriculum. I also completed a portion of my student teaching in a first grade classroom, where I taught phonics daily during guided reading and individual instruction. I also have experience des... (read more)
...I have tutored on the side ever since I began teaching. While I have tutored all ages from elementary to high school, my sweet spot is middle school, as those are the students I work with each day. However, feel free to reach out no matter your age. (read more)
...I would use pictures, gestures, and other ways to teach a non-English speaker to begin using the language. I have resources to help students increase their speaking and reading capabilities. From that, they would be taught to write English and as each area of using English increased, their learning would grow. (read more)
...With a Japanese father who adopted myself and my brother when I was a child, I have unknowingly been an ESL teacher for my father for many years. When studying in Japan, I worked part-time as an English instructor, and that's when I got the "teaching bug". After years of teaching, I earned my Master's degree in Educational Administration. (read more)
...After spending a year living in Atlanta and working as a tennis pro and English tutor, I earned admission to graduate school and where I was awarded a MA in English from UGA and a PhD in English from USC. Most of my scholarship relates to literature and economics of the American South, Ireland, ... (read more)