"The Teacher: With 25+ years of teaching experience, I have taught and/or tutored students from preschool to college. I currently teach high school Spanish and ESOL, working with ESOL students in an Algebra class. I am certified in GA in several areas: P-12 Spanish, ESOL, middle grades math and middle grades reading. I have taught Spanish and remedial math, English and reading at the college level. I have also taught ESOL and Spanish for elementary students and education classes at the college level.

The Parent: I have six children whom I homeschooled at various points in their education careers and three young grandchildren. My youngest child has dyslexia, so I can really sympathize with parents struggling to find someone who can help their child succeed in school. To better help my child and others like her, I am reading books about dyslexia and experimenting with different teaching methods.

Algebra 1, Geometry, SAT Prep., elementary and middle grades math. This was my area of strength as a high school student. I took AP Calculus in 11th grade and made a 4 on the AP exam. I also scored 770 out of 800 on the math portion of the SAT. I do not encourage rote memorization, but rather understanding and application of concepts. I believe that anyone who can count has the foundation for learning math.

Reading, ESOL. My aim is to identify which aspects of language and reading are problematic for students and help them have a positive experience with reading so that they will read more and grow as a reader. I have taught reading, but was never trained regarding learning disabilities. Because of my daughter's dyslexia I am doing research in this area.

I am very fluent, but not a native speaker. My husband is a native speaker, but I began learning the language as a teenager in school. So I understand where the English-speaker learning Spanish is coming from. I am familiar with the Spanish spoken in Mexico, Spain, Central America and Puerto Rico. I have taken groups of students to study Spanish in Cos" less...