...I have homeschooled my own children in their 8th grade year. I have also helped my children with their homeschooling efforts. I am an elementary education teacher, K-8, from the state of Arizona. (read more)
...The Adobe Creative Suite isn't as scary as it looks, I promise! I have been informally tutoring fellow creatives for over six years, demystifying digital art and helping each artist develop their own workflow. I would be overjoyed for the opportunity to lift up student artists by sharing what I've learned over years of visual artmaking. (read more)
...This is not done with a 'test' but in a general conversation where students are made to feel at ease. It has been my experience that the biggest obstacle students face is fear of making mistakes. Because of this, I work hard to give students more than vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation assistance. (read more)
...Likewise, we believe that what we think is who we are. It is no wonder, then, that writing can be a difficult and painful skill to learn. When we are criticized for our writing, it is perceived as an attack on who we are, unlike math, history or science, where if you make a mistake you are just getting your facts wrong. (read more)
...The system worked beautifully. Reading rates doubled, tripled, and even quadrupled or more while comprehension, in every case, improved dramatically. The best thing was that some fell in love with reading. (read more)