"I have experience teaching/tutoring across the spectrum of ages, from elementary through university, in a wide variety of disciplines. I am well versed in teaching methodologies and am able to design a style best-suited to the individual student's needs to help him/her learn most easily. I have published both poetry and works of fiction, and have conducted research that has stood up to strict peer review for presentation.

I hold a B.A. in Sociology, with additional work in Anthropology, Linguistics, Political Science and History from West Chester University. I also hold both an A.S.and a B.S. in Information Science and Technology with additional work in Speech Communications and research in women's roles in Native American society at Penn State University. I have done my graduate work in Sociology, with concentrations in Political Sociology and Research Methodologies, at The University of Virginia, as well as additional graduate work in Philosophy, with a concentration in Linguistic Forms, at West Chester University. While at The University of Virginia, I taught classes in Introduction to Sociology and Criminology. While doing my Master's work at West Chester, I instructed introductory courses to Philosophy.

I spent three years working as a Therapeutic Staff Support (TSS) where I had the opportunity to develop instructional methods designed to assist at-risk and learning-disabled students. I then spent a year in the company's Wrap-around program as an instructor where I taught classes of students with a variety of psychological and emotional disabilities in the full range of subjects. The students with whom I worked during these four years ranged in age from 7 through 17 years.

You (or your child), the student, is the most important piece of this equation. Every student is capable of learning and thriving if given the right chances and drives to succeed. Whether plagued with disinterest with the material, a mental block with the subject matter, or, heaven forbid, a rotten teacher, somethi" less...