...I am willing to travel within an approximate 25 mile radius of Northampton, MA.20+ years tutoring for the SAT with multiple well known test prep companies and on my own I worked at Sylvan Learning Center for 15 years early in my career and learned a great deal during this time about assessing an... (read more)
...I also have training in Read 180 which I learned when I was an English teacher at New Leadership Charter School in Springfield, MA. While this is a comprehensive reading program and not focused on phonics, I often use the model of having different forms of media and instruction to vary my teachi... (read more)
...I could have searched for a job in any other field, but I love teaching. I think it's the most important skill a teacher must have. Vocation. (read more)
...I am an excellent speller and am an expert level Scrabble player who has won national events. I have taught 5th and 6th grade mathematics to a wide range of students. I have professional state (MA) certification in Elementary Education (grades 1-6). I have taught fifth grade and in a mixed 4th-6th grade classroom. (read more)
10 Subjects: includingPrealgebra,Algebra 1,Elementary (K-6th),Elementary Math
...I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering before I got my Master's in Education. During my time in engineering school, I realized that what I loved most about engineering was modeling. There was something magical about being able to take something real and boil it down to s... (read more)