"With more than 20 years experience in the educational realms, I am able to help students and parents address educational assistance needs. I do not tutor nor teach to a set pattern. If the student struggles or the parent desires a different approach, I readily adjust my style and options within the tutoring environment.

In previous tutoring and teaching environments I have utilized sidewalk chalk to fabric scraps to "Hot Wheel" cars to work on the alphabet and phonics. I have utilized real-world examples, current events samples, and relational connections to aid high school students in their understanding of subject material. I think about math and its computation differently, as a former struggling learner in the field; therefore, I am able to assist students in their mathematical understanding in a more layman's manner than "math-brain" persons.

I seek to aid students in not only the short-term learning but in acquiring long-term learning skills, a love and verve for learning, and confidence in themselves. It is a joy for me to see a student discover "I can," to see them realize they are capable of conquering the difficulty. Each student is unique. Each learning experience is different. If I can encourage and strengthen your student's love for learning and success in their educational pursuits, that is my goal, my desire.

My experience is contained in: roughly 17 years ASL (American Sign Language) teaching and interpreting (kindergarten through college), more than 10 years ESL (English as a Second Language - also ESOL) teaching/tutoring (kindergarten through college) (students from Latin America, Russia, East Asia, Middle East, US territories), a few years of Spanish teaching and tutoring (junior high, high school), and well more than 5 years tutoring (kindergarten through high school) (subjects from general education through calculus, physics, literature, government, etc.)." less...