Experience Summary
Over the last 7 years I have been either working with youth or working to make myself a stronger reader, writer, and teacher. My experience includes two years of work as a nanny, during which I was responsible for scheduling activities, providing sound moral guidance, and tutoring my charge in all of her school subjects. While attending Kutztown University in pursuit of an Education degree I took every opportunity to work with high school students. At I-LEAD Charter School in Reading, Pennsylvania, I worked one-on-one with a reading specialist to help struggling readers improve their basic literacy skills. As well, I took an on-campus job tutoring my peers in many different English-related subjects, including linguistics, Shakespeare's plays, American and British literature, composition, and creative writing. In my final semester I student taught at two very diverse and eclectic schools in and near Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Teaching Style
Student centered and humanistic, I seek to find the student's ways of knowing and help them to build from their own starting point. I heavily endorse active reading and listening and value discussion and project-based learning. My ultimate goal is to help students to realize that they are often capable of much more than they give themselves credit.
My Hobbies
I enjoy reading, biking, hiking, running, swimming, exploring, and playing guitar.
Composition |
This is one of my top subjects!
Proficiency: Expert
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Have helped to lead writing workshops for both middle and high school students. |
Creative Writing |
Proficiency: Expert
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Have tutored college and high school students in Creative Writing. My poetry has been published in Kutztown University's literary magazine Shoofly |
Grammar |
This is one of my top subjects!
Proficiency: Expert
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Tutored college students in grammar and linguistics. Received an A in my Linguistics course. |
Language Arts |
Proficiency: Expert
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Taught for 15 weeks in two Language Arts classrooms - 8th and 11th grades. |
Literature |
Proficiency: Expert
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Performed two independent studies in American and British literature at Kutztown University. |
Poetry |
Proficiency: Expert
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Enjoy and excel at poetry. Have been published. |
Reading |
This is one of my top subjects!
Proficiency: Expert
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Worked with a reading specialist at I-LEAD Charter School in Reading, Pennsylvania, building English Language Learner and At-Risk student's basic literacy skills. |
Reading Comprehension |
Proficiency: Expert
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I am well-versed in Bloom's Taxonomy and Webb's Depth of Knowledge and can help students scaffold their own understanding of a text through discussion and questioning. |
Shakespeare |
Proficiency: Expert
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Enjoyed and am well-versed in Shakespeare's later works. Have extensively researched alternative methods of teaching Shakespeare in order to make his works more relevant and engaging for today's students. |
Spelling |
Proficiency: Expert
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Worked with multiple classroom teachers on delivering vocabulary and spelling lessons and tests. |