...Students get me. Despite running a tight ship, and demanding discipline in their craft, I'm fun. I'm confident in what I'm teaching them - having worked for the IATSE local 16 in San Francisco, I know what professional practices and protocols are, and as such, I can help students navigate what can be a maze - namely finding passionate work in the world. (read more)
...My fifth job is to show students how to use what they know and what they like to open doors that seem locked. I have tutored students who said not only "I cannot write," but also "I hate trying to write." However, if I turned the content of the paragraph to their interests (bugs, skateboard phys... (read more)
...I spent the first 30 years of my adult life in the plastics manufacturing industry with 25 years working and operating my family's injection molding business. At the age of 50 I went back to school to fulfill my lifelong dream of becoming a history teacher. I graduated from Johnson State College with honors. (read more)
...Everyone learns and uses language a little bit differently -- I work hard to understand how my students learn best and am interested in helping them meet their goals. Different settings lend themselves to different kinds of language-learning activities, but I like to use conversation, music, vis... (read more)