...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've been teaching reading and writing in classrooms and one-on-one tutoring sessions for more than 30 years, at all levels, from Kindergarten to graduate school. Right now, I'm teaching at an independent school in New York. I'm also teaching English as a Second Language to adult refugees. (read more)
...Students should feel like they're part of the learning process: rather than me droning on and on about a topic, I work with students to help them understand topics in new ways, through games, audiovisual materials, or just by talking about how these topics might relate to our daily lives. I'm pa... (read more)
...Part of my curriculum was teaching students when to use commas, semi-colons, conjunctions, and periods. Grammar is an essential part of the writing process and I feel that integrating grammar into other lessons is effective in strengthening my students' understanding. I am a certified English teacher. (read more)
...I’m personally diagnosed with ADHD, and I’ve worked the last 7 years in Orange-Ulster BOCES working specifically with students with ADHD, ODD, and other learning disabilities. Being a recent graduate from SUNY New Paltz with a Masters in Education, Common Core was the staple of our lessons. We used Common Core to create our lesson plans for our classes as well as our student teaching. (read more)