I am an experienced educator with more than 40 years of classroom teaching experience. I taught fourth and fifth grades for six years and then spent 36 years teaching middle school, including working with students in a resource-room special education setting.
Many of the students I worked with in resource room faced reading challenges. I also worked with students who needed additional support in mathematics. This experience taught me how important it is to understand each student’s...
I am an experienced educator with more than 40 years of classroom teaching experience. I taught fourth and fifth grades for six years and then spent 36 years teaching middle school, including working with students in a resource-room special education setting.
Many of the students I worked with in resource room faced reading challenges. I also worked with students who needed additional support in mathematics. This experience taught me how important it is to understand each student’s individual strengths and challenges and to adjust instruction accordingly.
I especially enjoy helping students become stronger and more confident readers. I work with students in grades 3–6 on reading comprehension, vocabulary, main ideas and supporting details, making inferences, understanding fiction and nonfiction, and developing effective reading strategies.
My teaching style is patient, encouraging, and individualized. I break difficult material into manageable steps and explain concepts in different ways until a student finds an approach that makes sense to them.
My goal is not simply to help a student finish an assignment. I want students to develop the skills and confidence they need to become more independent readers.
After more than four decades in education, I am excited to continue working one-on-one with students and helping them make progress and feel more confident about reading.
