...For the past seven years I have taught ESL in the American school system to high school students with varying levels of English language proficiency. My areas of expertise in ESL are: speaking , pronunciation, academic language, writing, listening and reading in English. I am also a reading tutor to elementary students and have completed extensive course work in the Science of Reading. (read more)
...I started teaching soon after graduating. My first teaching job was at a local community college teaching ESL, but I also taught GED prep, Freshman Seminar, Anger Management, and several levels of freshman English while I was an instructor there. Coinciding with my work at the community college, I became a high school English teacher, teaching grades 9-12. (read more)
...I also have a BA in Journalism so I can help students with writing, grammar, punctuation, spelling and proofreading. As stated above, I have a current NC lateral entry teaching license for K-6th grade and tutored small groups of 2nd grade students. I also worked with 2 students one on one. (read more)
...This of course means that I have done a bit of math. I have passed the praxis exams I and II for teaching English at the middle school and high school level. I have done volunteer work as a teacher in fourth and fifth grade classes for two years, as well as set up and run an after school program in an elementary school. (read more)