Experience Summary
I am hard of hearing with about fifteen years of sign language experience. American Sign Language is my second language, and I use it everyday. I can help tutor any level of ASL. Although I learned sign language when I was young, my high school offered ASL and I took the class. I skipped ASL 1 since I am already experienced in the language. My senior year of high school, I was in ASL 4 and we were combined with ASL 1 to help tutor and teach. It was a great experience to help those who wanted to learn the language but also influenced me more to become a teacher, which I am now attending school for a BA in Elementary Education. I was in the American Sign Language Honor Society as well, signing at football games and various activities inside school as well as outside of school. One of my favorite memories of signing is when I signed a couple of shows at the Florida Aquarium. The exhibits that I signed at were the Otters, and Wildlife exhibits, both shows with no scripts as will happen most of the time.
Teaching Style
I am a very hands on type of teacher/tutor, I will have a white board and marker with me at all meetings. I am avid about 'Voice-off' since it's the best way to learn ASL. I like to do games as well since ASL is very expressive and the best way to learn it is to do it. I don't like textbooks.