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With thirty years as an educator, my knowledge, enthusiasm and passion for the profession have led me to a wide range of experiences. My background in creative arts/theater performance is instrumental in my work with students which is based on experiential learning and facilitating and modeling appropriate behaviors for the classroom, the home and across all learning environments.I have completed Read more...
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As a teacher, I love sharing the pleasures of learning with others. Of course, as a ‘special credit’ graduate for my first degree, and ‘summa cum laude for my second,’ I understood that passage through graduate and PhD programs would require even more hard work. The effort always proved worthwhile though, and for 14 years I also enjoyed tutoring at Read more...
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I love connecting with my students. I love finding out what they know and building on that to help them become lifelong readers and writers. And I love when one of my students doesn’t need me any longer! I have taught kindergarten literacy, Reading Recovery, and special reading (k-6) for 35 years in a local public school. Since retiring and Read more...
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I would like to apply my twenty plus years as an editor and writer to help elementary students improve their skills and comprehension in reading, writing, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, English, and history. These form the background of future success in school, and the workplace. I like to say that even with math and science, you have to read the subjects Read more...
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I’m a North-Carolina born, Brooklyn-based poet (which, these days, feels a bit like describing myself as a betamax video recorder or a SONY walkman) with a passion for language, literature & writing. I was educated at Rice University & Columbia University School of the Arts. My first book was published in 2003; I am furiously at work on my second Read more...
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Hello,For the past 5 years I have been an instructor at a local community college teaching technology classes, more specifically business computing programs such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint). I also can help you learn how to use the computer more efficiently and confidently.I graduated from Oakland University in 2004 with a major in English and a minor in Read more...
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Are you going on a trip to Mexico? Do you need to brush up on your conversational skills? Perhaps you have a Spanish or English final or a test coming up soon and need some extra help? Do you need help writing a paper(in English or Spanish)? I am a Spanish teacher of 13 years with a great interest in Read more...
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Dear Prospective Student:I have been involved in education for thirty seven years, either as a teacher or as a school headmaster. I have taught middle school social studies and literature. I also taught American and world histories, civics, cultural anthropology, social entrepreneurship, American and world literatures, emergent cosmology, as well as writing at the secondary level. I can help you Read more...
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I enjoy helping others realize their potential and to assist those who are having a hard time learning new concepts. I will work with each student to find the best method of teaching new or difficult concepts and can readily adapt to most any learning style. I am very patient and will work with the student to help them solve Read more...
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Being a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and life-long performer, at the heart of my teaching philosophy is a focus on opening musical possibilities for students through creating a fun, participatory and transformative artistic experience. My goal is to increase the sense of value and meaning that music has in students’ lives by expanding their instinctive musicality and empowering their abilities to listen, Read more...
