...My duties included medication management, first-aid, assistance with daily living skills, and crisis intervention. Beginning in 2011 until 2014, I worked as a mental health worker on a psychiatric ward for a major hospital. I worked with youth as young as 12 years old, adults, and senior citizens who presented with various mental conditions. (read more)
...A certified teacher for French (K-12), ELA (English Language Arts - up to 8th grade) and ESL (English as a second Language), I taught 8 years in IB (international Baccalaureate) schools. My personal experience as a dyslexic and the mother of three dyslexic daughters has allowed me to help studen... (read more)
...You can spend hours struggling on your own and succeed, this is true. Instead, with a good teacher, you can learn in a way that you can be confident things are going to STICK! To accomplish this, I try to teach things in the easiest “Explain it like I’m five” way. (read more)
...I won school-wide spelling bees in elementary and middle school, and even officiated one later on. I scored 34 on the ACT in high school. I scored 34 on the ACT in high school. (read more)
...In addition to my literacy specialty at Bank Street, I have taken separate classes on Orton-Gillingham methods and RAVE-O. I am NYS certified in elementary education and literacy with a Master's degree from Bank Street College of Education. I also have more than eight years teaching experience at both public and private schools, primarily in Brooklyn. (read more)