...I have been an English / Language Arts teacher, a reading teacher, and an intervention reading teacher. I have a B.A. in English and Sociology, plus my M.Ed. in English Education. I help break skills down for students so that they can learn to be successful and independent. (read more)
I love helping students discover and build their skills. I've worked with young adults for 20 years at the college level, and I worked with teenage boys for around ten years when I was director of the nonprofit Boys to Men Mentoring Network of Minnesota. Recently, I've substituted in almost all K-12 grades to get a better understanding of what our children are experiencing in the classroom. (read more)
...PhD in English. Six years experience teaching English and writing at the college level. Ten years experience tutoring English grammar, punctuation, and writing to middle school, junior high, and high school students. (read more)
...As a college instructor of Literature and Education, I am highly proficient with various style guides, including APA, Chicago, MLA, etc, myself. Teaching these guides not only requires mastery of their nuances, but also the ability to hold others accountable to those exacting standards. This depth of understanding enables me to approach editing with flexibility and precision. (read more)
...I also teach an undergraduate course at the University of Minnesota called Global Stories of Education: Young Adult Fiction. I have been tutoring since 2015, working with students at variety of levels ranging from middle school to college. I love that, as a tutor, I get to use all of the skills I developed as a high school English teacher to fully focus on one student at a time. (read more)