...Their needs must be assessed and the best texts for the job chosen. I use the Oxford Picture Dictionary because it's organized thematically, and is a good conversation starter. I also have many "icebreaker" questions: about education, food, or travel in the home country, or their reasons for learning English. (read more)
...My priority is giving the best scaffold possible for individuals to work towards personal academic success. I prefer to utilize structured lesson plans with pre-prepared slides and practice problems, but also enjoy allowing students to integrate their own resources and study schedules. Ultimate... (read more)
...I graduated from Penn State University in 2022 with a Bachelor of Science in Computational Data Sciences. I served as the President of Nittany Data Labs, the largest Data Science organization at PSU. With over 800 University Students, Alumni, and Faculty, NDL functions to bring together all typ... (read more)
...I received a long-term substitute position for the next two years, and then received a 3rd grade contracted position in the fall of 2016. I stayed in that position until the fall of 2021 when I became an ESL teacher within the same district. While working, I received a masters from Gwynedd Mercy University in Special Education. (read more)
...I took courses in both statistics and test and measurement theory as an undergrad at Brandeis University and continued with more statistics coursework as a grad student at the University of Pennsylvania. For my dissertation I researched statistical and probabilistic models of medical diagnosis. More recently I've been using biostatistics to help build mobile preventive health apps. (read more)