...Working with Write Stuff on campus and UNITY with the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition, I have begun to understand what it means to teach. My work as a volunteer brought me to a whole different age range of students. Write Stuff is a writing initiative with which we bring students from su... (read more)
...I would welcome the opportunity to share practical solutions that you can use now and in the future. I worked for many years as a literacy tutor, and know how to teach the fundamentals beginning and intermediate readers need to know. I believe in the phonics method, rather that "whole language" or similar strategies. (read more)
...My expertise is teaching reading comprehension and analysis. I stress to my students each year that becoming an effective reader is the key to academic success in every subject. An enthusiastic reader myself, I connect my students with intriguing, well-written, age-appropriate books to inspire a passion for reading in them. (read more)
...I have always been incredibly passionate about reading and writing, and excelled in all of my English courses throughout high school. I took pride in being the top of my class in both AP language & literature courses. While I did not go on to major in English in college, I loved applying my reading comprehension and writing skills to my many other courses and papers. (read more)