...As soon as I feel students are hesitating or confused, I stop and try to clarify information by finding out at what step I lost them. When they don’t understand, I want them to ask questions. That way, understanding is ensured, and students can move forward with confidence. (read more)
...This particular skill improves through experience. So writing and giving speeches is the tried and true method. I feel that getting students comfortable with talking in informal situations is crucial for growth in this skill. (read more)
...A little like literary cognitive behavioral therapy that helps you arrive at your own unique understanding, with an ability to get it across. I am writing a college textbook to be published next year. It will be for the first-year composition course, and critical thinking (argument writing).
I was also a competitive fencer who competed at the National and World Cup level. (read more)
...I seek out the gift in every student and value the privilege to work with them. I hold a Masters Degree in Liberal Studies - with a History and English emphasis, a Bachelors Degree in English, and an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts - with a Social Science and Biology emphasis. My teaching exp... (read more)
...Most recently I taught middle and high school at a dual language international academy in Costa Rica before returning to my home state of Florida. If I were to distill my teaching style down to one word it would be: Connections. The joy of making connections with students and helping them make connections to new material is what drew me to education in the first place. (read more)