Experience Summary
I have been an instructor at California State University for 2 1/2 years (Turlock, Ca.)I was adjunct faculty at Florida Institute of Technology for 1 year, I worked for Extended Education at California State University (Turlock, Ca.)I was program instructor for The Behavioral Achievement Center in Minneapolis, Mn. for 4 years (developmentally delayed adult population),Tutored English as a second language with Hispanic Youth for an outreach Program at the YMYW-CA in Moline Illinois. I have taught social skills, psychology,personality, English as a second language,French, Spanish and I have published a social skills game and written a book aon Anxiety Disorders. I have tutored Biology,philosopy and the history of psychology.
Teaching Style
I teach through experiential and structured behavioral techniques. I find the experiential component exciting for the youger students and I obtain good learning outcomes combining it with structured content information and social and other incentives. I recognize the first step in the instructional process is to establish rapport and a positve relationship with the student and to identify the best learning modality for a particular student. Sometimes friendly games involving the demonstration of skills or knowledge is very beneficial.