...The best writers are readers. As a writer, I specialize in helping students get under the words in any story to realize author's purpose, understand inferencing, make connections within and beyond a text. Relating stories to the real world is a huge part of getting students of any age to want to read--and want to understand how stories are crafted. (read more)
...Over the course of my career, I have actively pursued professional development opportunities such as workshops on differentiated instruction and blended learning, which have enriched my teaching methodologies and fostered a dynamic classroom environment. With four years of classroom teaching exp... (read more)
...I student taught in Pawling High School in a PACE resource room where I worked specifically with several students on the spectrum, I worked a leave replacement in Haviland Middle School in a reading AIS classroom with students who were on the spectrum, and I currently teach in an alternative scho... (read more)
...The students make connections between the text and their lives, global or historical events, and other texts. We practice making inferences, predictions, visualizations, and observations. I lead students through the process of essay writing, from brainstorming and note-taking to research and structure, and sentence-by-sentence syntax and eloquence. (read more)
...For the past ten years I have tutored young people as well as adults in writing and reading. I work with private school students, as well as those in less privileged school districts, finding it particularly rewarding to tap into the hidden potential of those for whom learning is challenging. My areas of expertise are reading and writing. (read more)