Hi! My name is Mrs. Kristi. I graduated from college with an undergraduate degree in Special Education (K-12), and a minor in Psychology. I also have my master's degree in behavioral disabilities. When I was a student, I struggled with paying attention, not understanding the material, and taking standardized tests. I worked extra hard and when I graduated from high school, I knew that I wanted to be a teacher and help students who struggle in school. I have tutored students in reading,...
Hi! My name is Mrs. Kristi. I graduated from college with an undergraduate degree in Special Education (K-12), and a minor in Psychology. I also have my master's degree in behavioral disabilities. When I was a student, I struggled with paying attention, not understanding the material, and taking standardized tests. I worked extra hard and when I graduated from high school, I knew that I wanted to be a teacher and help students who struggle in school. I have tutored students in reading, math, spelling, and executive functioning. I worked with students in our lower income school system for ten years and tutored many of those students. I had a self-contained classroom during part of those years and taught all subjects up to ten students at a time and managed their behavior. For the last few years of that position, I worked at an alternative school and taught students that struggled in the regular school and helped other teachers create more efficient classrooms for struggling learners. After that I had children of my own and decided I wanted to homeschool them. Three of my children graduated from our homeschool and are doing well. My other child is getting ready to graduate from a private school. I was the director of our homeschool co-op, administered standardized testing to homeschool families, mentored parents, and tutored individual students. Two of my own children struggled with ADD, OCD, and general anxiety so I have many years of personal experience. I now work at a private school in their Learning Connections department in the high school. I have groups of five-eight students, and I tutor them in their executive functioning, and any of their classes that they need help in. My approach is to break down the material in simpler terms, teach them strategies to help them in class, and use a variety of different teaching techniques to meet them where they are currently. I enjoy watching students learn something and finally understand the material. I enjoy learning with them.
