...I also have experience as an enrichment teacher, working with students above their grade level in certain subjects like math, reading, critical thinking, and science. I have experience with multiple methods of teaching and resources used by a variety of school districts. I am currently certified in Elementary Education (1-6) and Special Education. (read more)
I am a seasoned English teacher with 20+ years of experience in teaching ELA, ESL and college reading/ writing. Currently, I work as an adjunct professor of English and writing tutor at two colleges. I have a bachelor's in biochemistry and 3 master's degrees, English literature, linguistics and TESOL. (read more)
...In the K-12 system, holding a Grades 7 – 12 certification, I found the answer. So many teachers were teaching the bits and pieces of math, but never fitting all those pieces together to get the full picture, the meaning, the usefulness of math. This approach ensures the math is un-interesting and un-memorable. (read more)
...While I was working on my dissertation on Plato's "Meno", I noticed that the area's outstanding academic school was searching for a replacement Latin teacher. I had always enjoyed working with students; I applied, got the job, and never looked back. I enjoyed the next 30 years teaching grades 6-12, from introductory to AP courses, and coaching boys' basketball and girls' softball. (read more)
...These identities give nice formulas. For example, the Parallel Summation Identity may be used to give the rule for adding the squares of the first n positive integers and for adding the cubes of the first n positive integers. I can calculate the number of combinations of two-pair poker hands, ... (read more)