...My undergraduate degree at Columbia was in English. I have been a book and magazine editor. My freelance writing has run the gamut from general interest to literary profile to sports journalism. (read more)
...I taught reading skills to college students for over 20 years during my teaching career in California. I have a master's degree in linguistics with a special focus on teaching writing skills and taught freshman-level composition courses, including timed essay writing, in colleges and universitie... (read more)
...I achieved a Level II certification in the Wilson Reading System, an intensive, phonics-based program of reading/spelling instruction. I own a complete set of the materials, which has been very useful for tutoring. The confidence a child gains by being able to "crack the code" of the English la... (read more)
5 Subjects: includingReading,Writing,Literature,Elementary Math
...During my academic career, I excelled in all these subjects. I took AP exams and scored between a 3 and 5/5 for all. For the corresponding New York regent’s exams, I scored between 90 and 99/100 and on the SAT and ACT reading sections, I scored around the 96th percentile. (read more)