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Experienced HS English; K12 Reading for Dyslexic Readers; AP Lit
Jodi R.

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I'm Jodi! I have a BA in English Literature and an MA in Teacher Education. I have 24 years in education as an HS English teacher teaching grades 9, 10, and 12. I have also taught Creative Writing--I currently have 13 books published in a mystery series. I've written a psychological thriller script that Amazon Prime picked up. I do a lot of educational writing for NCTE (National Council for Teachers of English) and ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development).

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I'm Jodi! I have a BA in English Literature and an MA in Teacher Education. I have 24 years in education as an HS English teacher teaching grades 9, 10, and 12. I have also taught Creative Writing--I currently have 13 books published in a mystery series. I've written a psychological thriller script that Amazon Prime picked up. I do a lot of educational writing for NCTE (National Council for Teachers of English) and ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development).

Education is EXTREMELY important to me. I am an adult who experienced childhood trauma and it was my AMAZING educators who I know were responsible for making me who I am today. I've received the Teacher of the Year award three times since I've been in education--I strive to make every student I work with feel confident in who they are and realize their potential and the opportunities that await them! Once that is done, I LOVE to use creative, fun, engaging ways to introduce the topics we will work on and teach students explicitly while doing observational data to be sure my students understand what is being taught.

I have spent over a decade tutoring K12 level students who are dyslexic readers and working in either small groups or 1:1 on writing skills and reading comprehension, fluency, and tonal skills.

It is SO important for me to be sure each of my students succeed. I welcome feedback from my students and parents. I truly believe in the importance of teamwork to benefit our future!

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Education

Ohio University
English Literature
University of Dayton
Masters
  • Licensed teacher

Additional Languages

French

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ACT Reading

ACT Reading

HS English teacher for 9, 10, 12th grade for 22 years both online and face-to-face; online tutoring for 5 years; 13 books published; one screenplay made into a TV show on Amazon Prime; taught AP Literature; reading to all-ages (K-12 and adults) dyslexic readers for 25 years.
Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects

I am a business owner who pays for Adobe Creative Apps and I use them for multiple parts of the business from social media to marketing to digital art to video creation/editing, motion graphics, and animation. I create fliers, portfolios, and I have portfolios and have created stock on Adobe Stock and sold them as well as being on Adobe's Behance, LinkedIn and YouTube. With After Effects specifically, I've worked with tools like layering, keyframing, 3D composition and exporting various formats and rendering.
Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator

I have used Illustrator with my business multiple times a week since 2016. I use it for book covers, digital art for kids and YA books, social media, advertising, creating stock images for other companies, and multiple projects. Frequently, I crossover using multiple Adobe Creative apps for a project, so I may begin in Illustrator and move something to Photoshop or AfterEffects to finalize the project--depending on if I'm working on an image or video slide/concept/script.
Adobe InDesign

Adobe InDesign

With Adobe InDesign, I've created posters and brochures when I go to book signings for the books I've published. I've worked with owners of online Zines to help create the format and structure for their online magazine as well as manipulating and sizing graphics within the layout and other multi-page projects.
Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop

Since starting my business in 2016, I have used all the Adobe Creative Apps. I use the apps for artwork, writing, pamphlets, video-making, social media marketing, advertising, graphic design, photography, and logos. I do a lot of crossover work within the apps as well. For example, creating a piece of art, scanning it into Illustrator to digitalize it, and sometimes changing it to a vector. I may have to rasterize the image to get it into Photoshop as a bright object so I can alter it more from there. Out of all the Adobe Creative Apps, After Effects is the most difficult to learn. Even after getting familiar with the other apps in the Suite, there is a steep learning curve. I have been able to master this app and create animation that looks hand-drawn, animate typography, create some 3-D effects (Adobe now has another set of Apps solely for that which I've used in a free trial), and use for YouTube for short scripts and other creative projects.
Adobe Premiere

Adobe Premiere

With Adobe Premier, I've been trained to work in HD and 4K most recently. I've assisted others in editing, color corrections, audio mixing, and special effects for YouTube shorts, Reels, and for audio books. I've created some of my own marketing videos for my mystery series using Premier as well.
Business

Business

I started an LLC business in 2016, still running strong today. I am the sole employee, and I have handled working with an attorney on contracts and universities to research and create courses and build the course in LMSs like Schoology and Google Classroom; I keep a profit/expenditure spreadsheet monthly, I work with an accountant on the business's taxes, I do the marketing and advertising of the books and educational articles I write, I maintain all my social media accounts, I instruct courses, work on deadlines for writing assignments, and deadlines for digital artwork using Adobe Creative Apps--I taught myself many of these things, but I also worked in business for five years--as a communications specialist for CEOs of insurance companies, and in accounting--. I've worked in insurance as well so I handle keeping insurance on my business beyond what the LLC covers.
Career Development

Career Development

I worked with seniors in high school on creating resumes, writing essays for college applications, mock interviews for working industries and for college interviews, and I worked to help students reflect and assess their skill-level sets to help determine what would be good fits for college majors or work after high school.
Classics

Classics

I have an undergraduate degree in English Literature. I've taught AP Literature for over a decade, including being a scorer for the FRQ essays for eight years. I teach higher education courses on literature and the analysis of classic literature in the literary canon.
Common Core

Common Core

I was teaching high school when the Common Core standards were introduced, and I had to switch curricula to accommodate more nonfiction within the literature classes. Currently, Ohio has adopted the Ohio Learning Standards, which still incorporate nonfiction content similarly to the Common Core. I've taught AP Language and Composition and AP Literature, so the evidence-based arguments, complex/close reading, and writing analysis that are done in ELA Common Core are also used in the AP courses. Speech and effective communication were an elective that I taught for 20 years, and this aspect of Common Core was also tied into it.
Cooking

Cooking

I've worked in restaurants in the past as a cook. For the last ten years, I've written and published 13 books in in a mystery series where I create cast iron recipes and test them out in the kitchen and put the recipes at the end of each book as well as in newsletters to my 30K readers who subscribe to the newsletter for recipes and information on the books.
Creative Writing

Creative Writing

I have 13 books published in a cozy mystery series. I've written scripts on screenwriters teams for psych thrillers, YouTube shorts, influencers doing comedy reels on social media, and I taught Creative Writing to HS seniors for 22 years as well as created Creative Writing courses for other writers and instructed them.
Drawing

Drawing

Part of my business is creating initial drawings that are scanned into Adobe Creative Apps to create digital art for kid's books, YA books, book covers, images for articles, and I've created art that has been sold on online platforms.
Dyslexia

Dyslexia

I have taught phonics to dyslexic readers ages four through twenty-two using multiple programs for 22 years. I have used The Wilson Program; Stephenson-Wilso; Orton-Gillingham; and LETRS, as well as other programs to aide me in teaching dyslexic readers. I also created a Dyslexic course for Ashland University for professional development for OH teachers based on the new house bill law in Ohio.
English

English

24 years teaching HS English, AP Literature, Creative Writing, Speech & Debate, and Reading
Essay Writing

Essay Writing

I've taught HS English for over 25 years teaching freshman, sophomore, and senior English where we've worked on all types of academic essays and research papers. I've taught AP Literature and AP Language and Composition and I've been a scorer for both exams grading the FRQs. I'm a published writer who has written about writing in educational affiliations like ASCD and NCTE as well as educational blogs. I am signed with a University Press to write a book on teaching writing in K-12.
Fiction Writing

Fiction Writing

I have published 13 books in a culinary cozy mystery series since 2016 to date. I have sold one psychological thriller screenplay to a streaming service. I've written and had fictional short stories published in anthologies and belong to fictional writer's affiliations like Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and Writers Guild of America East.
Grammar

Grammar

MS & HS English teacher for 23 years, both online and face-to-face; virtual tutoring for all age groups for reading, comprehension, writing, and grammar through three tutoring platforms. I've written and published 13 books, written for educational affiliations, and created and instructed courses for Ohio educators through Ohio universities.
Graphic Design

Graphic Design

I worked in an advertising department for the Graphic Designer creating mockup billboards for an insurance company. Currently, in the business I own, I use Adobe Creative Apps for branding, print design, web design for the business, illustrations for book covers and digital art for other authors books for YA and kid's books. I have over a decade of experience utilizing Illusrator, InDesign, Photoshop, and After Effects as well as the other apps in Adobe's Creative App Suite.
Linguistics

Linguistics

I have a BA in English with a minor in French. I've taken specific courses in linguistics, phonetics, phonology, syntax, and semantics. I've taught HS French courses for three years and worked with all ages of dyslexic readers focusing on phonetics to syntax to semantics. I've had to do testing for dyslexia and research in language that involved complex communicative skills for effective communication both verbally and written. The topic of linguistics is one where critical thinking and problem-solving are key.
Literature

Literature

I have an undergraduate degree in English Literature with a minor in French Literature. I've taught AP Literature for a decade and graded the AP Literature Essay exams for four years. I've also taught American and British Literature to juniors and seniors in high school, and I currently have online courses for educators in the state of Ohio that tie into Brit and Am Lit.
Marketing

Marketing

I worked in Advertising for insurance companies as an Advertising Specialist who created ads and worked with the graphic design department to build visuals for the scripted ads I wrote for the company. I also worked as a communications specialist in the advertising/marketing department, writing speeches, articles, newsletters, and memos. Part of my current business is as a freelance Marketing Specialist, where I work individually with authors or for small presses to help market their works. I do my marketing for my cozy mystery series, and for my eight PD courses, I also created and contracted with universities. I've written for companies using SEO as a persuasive technique to target specific demographics, and I have written product information for companies like Amazon and Etsy stores.
Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365

I've purchased and used Microsoft 365 since it began in 2011, but I had used Microsoft since the late 1980s. My business is comprised of writing, curriculum creation, art, tutoring, and working with a large network of people in the writing field (both educational and fictional), art (both digital and fine), tutoring clients (both parents and students), course curriculum creation for Ohio educators, and freelance work with AI companies as well as freelance with educational online learning platforms. I use Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, teams, OneDrive, Outlook, Bing, Microsoft To Do, Loop, Copilot, Whiteboard and Microsoft OneNote. I've also had and still have Microsoft Surfaces. I use the products for all sorts of things that tie into my business.
Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Outlook

I pay annually through my business for Microsoft Office Suite. I use Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneDrive, OneNote, and Publisher daily in my business. I use Word for the writing that I do. I use PowerPoint for education, instruction, speeches, and maps and places of my fictional cozy mystery series to help with research. I use Excel to track the university students I instruct for professional development. I also use Excel for my monthly profit/expenditure for the business. I use Outlook as one of my business emails. I store my business information on OneDrive, use OneNote to store research for different projects and save sketches for Adobe Creative Suite apps and I use Publisher to create Newsletter templates for my readers, social media posts, and other things for my business.
Painting

Painting

I've entered paintings in local contests like libraries in my area and taken second and third place using mediums like oil, acrylic, and watercolor. My strengths lie more in oil and acrylic than watercolor. I've worked with local artists at a near-by city to curate painting gallery shows and displayed paintings. Lastly, I've earned commissions on a handful of paintings I've created for local businesses.
Personal Statements

Personal Statements

I've worked with high school seniors creating personal statements that go beyond listing qualifications and dig deeper into helping college admission teams or interviewers into understanding who the student is and what motivates them and how they can contribute to whatever the context is they are working toward. I've also worked with students to create personal statements when applying for scholarships. Usually, I break the statements into parts with perspective, values, goals, and the fit between the student and whatever the opportunity is.
Phonics

Phonics

I have over two decades working as an English teacher and a Reading teacher. I taught K-12th grade dyslexic readers as well as working with adults who are dyslexic readers for over two decades. I created a Phonics course for Ohio teachers and instructed it part-time with Ashland University.
Project Management

Project Management

I have the CAPM and have been on both sides of project management since 2002. I worked in a Communications department for an Insurance company where I led marketing, advertising, and graphic art projects. Currently, the business that I own has me working with other project managers and teams for group blogs, art websites, and script writing.
Public Speaking

Public Speaking

I taught Speech and Debate to 11th and 12th graders for 14 years. I took four Public Speaking courses in college. I've used three different speech books to teach the subject and created a course for a university on giving different types of speeches and how to build up time, pace, volume, body language, and other elements to be able to give a great speech. I also wrote speeches for CEOs of insurance companies as a Communications Specialist.
Reading

Reading

I have 24 years of experience as a K12 Reading teacher for dyslexic readers and 24 years teaching HS English. I've created four Reading professional development courses for Ohio teachers and instructed them online through a university.
Songwriting

Songwriting

I've been a professional writer for eight years, doing freelance writing as a part of my own business. Some of my freelance projects have been collaborating with musicians on songs, working with companies on jingles for commercials, and writing poetry for anthologies. Currently, I have 13 books published and several blogs, articles, and other media published--whether in my name solely or a part of a project with a team. Before this, I was an HS English teacher. Also, I was a Communications Specialist writing speeches for CEOs of Insurance Companies in Columbus, Ohio.
Speech

Speech

I taught Speech and Debate as an elective to 11th and 12th-grade students in high school. I taught this course for 14 years. I have also taken four college-level speech courses.
Study Skills

Study Skills

I have over two decades working in education. I am a full-time writer/artist who is an entrepreneur and I love working with students of all ages on multiple subjects and topics!
Thesis Writing

Thesis Writing

I have written my own thesis for my MA in Education from Dayton University in Ohio, but I've also worked with previous students from when I taught high school and as a college professor on creating the thesis for the master's degree. From the structure of the thesis to continuing clarity to ethical research practices and the use of evidence in supporting all claims, I've worked with students at all stages of the process.
Video Production

Video Production

I have over a decade of experience working with Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, and audio recordings. I've worked in editing scenes and I've written scripts (one of which was bought by a streaming service--a psych thriller). When it comes to creating short YT videos, educational videos for online courses for educators, marketing videos for my business, advertisements for small publishing companies, and social media reels I've moved between script writing, editing, production, and sound effects. I've not done anything specific with lighting other than use a ring light for when I made videos for online content.
Writing

Writing

20 years as a HS English teacher for 9th, 10th, 12th grade; AP Literature; Creative Writing; Speech and Debate; Literacy and Reading Specialist; University adjunct for writing; published 13 novels; wrote one psych thriller screenplay for Amazon Prime Video; full-time writer currently.
ACT English
Microsoft Word
Philosophy
Proofreading
Spelling
Vocabulary
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knowledgeable and patient

My child is extremely happy with her session! They talked about lots of good strategies that will help her to be more time efficient on thewriting. A fantastic English teacher, highly recommended.

Ruby, 4 lessons with Jodi
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Thank you so much for taking the time to comment! It was my pleasure to work with you both! Sincerely, Jodi Rath

Knowledgeable and Excellent teacher

I wanted to share how pleased we are with Ms.Jodi Language Arts sessions for my 6th grade daughter. She truly enjoys learning with her and looks forward to each session. Ms.Jodi's lessons are well planned and thoughtfully structured, and it’s clear that she comes prepared with specific goals for every class. We really appreciate how proficient and confident she is in her teaching, and how effectively she tailors her work to support my daughter’s learning needs.

Deepthi, 6 lessons with Jodi

Tutor who understands student needs

Helped me make revisions on my essays and bring to light my flaws. Instilled more confidence in my writing and how far I can truly go with it in the future with more work.

Joshua, 7 lessons with Jodi

5/5 stars

Jodi is incredibly kind and thorough. She made me a shared google document folder with a bunch of literary devices, analysis strategies, and action verbs for composing my thoughts to help me prepare for my class assessments and AP literature exam. Then, she helped me to figure out where I was struggling in class and worked through a practice assignment with me to help me develop strategies when analyzing and writing.

Sierra, 5 lessons with Jodi

depth and insight

We are thrilled to have found Jodi. Her classes go beyond simple reading comprehension, offering real depth and insight. When I provide suggestions, she grasps them immediately and executes perfectly. We are very happy with her.

Claire, 5 lessons with Jodi

Effective

Jodi is an incredible tutor and person. I worked with her for some time to enhance my English skills, and she has an exceptional ability to identify weaknesses and tailor lessons to address them effectively. Her personalized approach helped me improve significantly. I may have to pause lessons due to travel, but I fully intend to resume when I return. Highly recommend!

Yohannes, 35 lessons with Jodi