...Coached HS students who finished 1st or 2nd (sometimes both) at every tournament entered, including 2nd place in consecutive years at State. Also coached MS students who won every tournament entered, including 1st place at State, 9th nationally. Former Policy debater (best record in State consecutive years; also Extemp) & regular L-D/PF judge. (read more)
...Finding the right approach is the key to mastery and student success, and I have proven just this! As a classroom teacher, I have worked with students to increase their reading and math levels and provided them with strategies that allowed them to understand challenging content. As as result, f... (read more)
...After I graduate my degree will include a reading endorsement. I am experienced in DRA leveled reading and Fountas and Pinnell. I have hands on experience teaching phonics to students K-5. (read more)
...I possess the keen ability to hone-in on reading and writing deficiencies and provide simplistic yet constructive strategies that result in improved scores and enhanced reading and writing ability. I am passionate about teaching the “art of writing". As such, I am an advocate of “meeting students where they are,” and this philosophy guides how I introduce instructional concepts. (read more)
...Having the perfect student/teacher relationship is necessary, because the student must feel comfortable around the teacher. The teacher must pace also him/herself to the student's learning level. I mainly tutor in English. (read more)