...I encourage an informal, friendly environment, where students are comfortable to be themselves, ask questions, and make mistakes. I encourage wrong answers in lessons, not only because wrong answers help us learn, but also because many of today's most essential scientific advances began as mista... (read more)
...While there, I earned my Master's degree in Biomedical Sciences with a concentration in Neuroscience. I also committed three years to Cognitive Psychophysiological Research. My undergraduate education was completed at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where I earned a Bachelor's in Neurobiology and a minor in Spanish while simultaneously pursuing the pre-medical track. (read more)
...The instruction of social as well as academic vocabulary is extremely important for my students. I approach vocabulary instruction from a variety of ways so that students are able to make real-life connections to the terms and see visuals to better understand key vocabulary terms. I am a full-time English as a Second Language teacher. (read more)
...These courses were part of the MDiv program at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis. I also worked for 9 years for an academic organization (BibleWorks dot com) that created software used by universities and seminaries to aid in the exegesis of Greek and Hebrew biblical texts. (read more)
...I have been passionate about English for as long as I can remember. I wanted to go the teaching route, but my heart was stuck towards healthcare and nursing so that I will major in nursing with a minor in English. I was a teaching assistant in high school for English, so I am comfortable with various ages; I also currently peer-review papers at my college. (read more)