Experience Summary
I enjoy helping students reach their full potential & feeling a sense of accomplishment. I received a Liberal Arts education because my parents thought as did my teachers, professors, & I that a Liberal Arts education teaches creativity, flexibility, sound, logical reasoning, & good judgment. It is these ideas which I want to impart to my students. My philosophy of education includes utilizing the student's background in order to help the student discover & create meaning so that he or she can learn & better understand the material they must learn in order to become successful. I love to read; I always carry a book with me, & I share this love with my students. Every successful person in life that I know of reads; reads well, & reads often.
Teaching Style
As a Memphis City Schools teacher, I was responsible for planning & organizing instruction to Middle & High School students in the areas of English & ESL. I graduated with a 3.41 GPA in my graduate studies in Education. I received the Masters of Arts in Teaching in Secondary Education in ESL & English. I held current, valid Teacher certification in ESL, English, & History. I am a member of Kappa Delta Pi & Sigma Tau Delta. Finally, in the spring of 1998, I was elected to Who's Who among Students in American Colleges & Universities. As a teacher, I was responsible for planning & organizing instruction to middle & high school students in the areas of English & ESL. I tutored students online in Math & Reading in grades 3-8 for Educate Online.