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| Type |
Level |
Year |
Title |
Issued By |
| Degree |
Masters |
2005 |
Education: Curriculum and Instru... |
University of Texas at Austin |
| Certification |
Expert |
2005 |
NonProfit Management and Philant... |
LBJ School of Public Affairs and... |
| Degree |
Bachelors |
2000 |
Philosophy |
Southwestern University in Georg... |
| Award |
Tops in High School (609 in class) |
1996 |
High School Valendictorian |
C. E. Ellison High School, Kille... |
| Award |
Middle School |
1992 |
Selected for National Science Fo... |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Award |
Spelling Bee |
1989 |
Spelling Bee 5th Grade: First Place |
Bellaire Elementary School |
| Award |
Spelling Bee |
1988 |
Spelling Bee: 4th Grade: First P... |
Bellaire Elementary School |
| ACT |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I know the structure and mechanics of the test, and can teach you how to beat the test-makers. |
| ADD/ADHD |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| Having trouble focusing and paying attention? I can bring you back. And still let you be you.
I've worked with the ADD/ADHD population successfully for five years with a local state agency in the State of Texas. |
| American History |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I know the history of my country. |
| ASVAB |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| ACED it. |
| Basic Learning Skills |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I have a knack of explaining the complicated in an easy way. |
| Biology |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| Scored a 4 on my AP Biology Test, but then again, that was 17 years ago!!!
Still got it. |
| Chinese |
Proficiency: I know the basics
|
| I know how to speak fluently. Mandarin and some Cantonese is from where I hail. I know some words and do not read. I use the Google Translate for the rest! |
| Composition |
 This is one of my top subjects!
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I write concisely but also descriptively. I play with language.
The English language is my playground. |
| Continuing Education |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I've helped many older students successfully get back into it. |
| Creative Writing |
This is one of my top subjects!
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I play with the English Language. The English Language is my playground. |
| Elementary |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I have a knack of explaining the complicated in an easy way. |
| Elementary Grammar |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| Building sentences and grammar is like LEGO's. You have to figure a way that the blocks go together. And I can show you how in the most easy, natural way.
I did it painlessly, and so can you. |
| Elementary Math |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| Building numbers and math sense is like LEGO's. You have to figure a way that the blocks go together. And I can show you how in the most easy, natural way. I did it painlessly, and so can you.
I helped a potential teacher teach elementary math to kids. It's an art that's best mastered in steps. |
| Elementary Science |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I can help you child master the 'how and why' of how things work, without losing the curiosity behind the search to useless emphasis on technicality and terms that boggle and bore students in their later studies of science. |
| Elementary Social Studies |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| Read Time-Life series of 120 countries, (there were approx. 58 countries in the series) of Peoples and Cultures in a period of a year in second grade after school. This was the way that I learned English. (and Social Studies)
It was a wonderful journey, and I wish to help your child enjoy the journey too. |
| English ESOL |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| Let's say I'm Facebook friends with Stephen Krashen. I taught ESL both in America and abroad in the Far East.
I wish to do this again, with a world-wide certification someday. I hope to set up a nonprofit school. I have a certificate in NonProfit Management, and will use it someday. |
| Entrance Exams |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| ACE them with the ACE. |
| GED |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| Get your High School diploma the easy way. ACE it with THE ACE. |
| GRE |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I know the structure and mechanics of the test, and can teach you how to beat the test-makers. |
| Homework Help |
Proficiency: Experienced
|
| I DO HELP: but I HELP not DO your homework. |
| Language Arts |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| The Arts of Language is like the arts of expressing oneself. Let's say I'm adept at it. |
| Nursing Exam |
Proficiency: Experienced
|
| I know the body and its parts well. |
| Political Science |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I know politics. |
| Praxis Exam |
This is one of my top subjects!
Proficiency: Expert
|
| Aspiring teachers: I have a Masters in Education.
I know the ideal classroom dynamic.
My specialization was Curriculum and Instruction. I know the ins and outs of Curriculum. |
| PSAT |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I know the structure and mechanics of the test, and can teach you how to beat the test-makers. |
| Psychology |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I know the mind. |
| SAT - Math |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I know the structure and mechanics of the test, and can teach you how to beat the test-makers. |
| SAT - Verbal |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I know the structure and mechanics of the test, and can teach you how to beat the test-makers. |
| Social Studies |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I know the interaction of peoples and cultures.
I read Time-Life's Peoples and Cultures books on over 120 countries in the library as a nine year old. |
| Spanish |
Proficiency: Experienced
|
| Quieres hablar español? I studied four years in school. That was seventeen years ago, but I can recall it some....
Let me teach you the basics.... |
| Spelling |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I've won multiple spelling bees. |
| Study Skills |
Proficiency: Experienced
|
| If you got Anxiety, I can help you calm down for that test or paper. |
| Teacher Cert Exams |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| Aspiring teachers: I have a Masters in Education from University of Texas at Austin, the top-ranked public school for the study of education. I know the ideal classroom dynamic. My specialization was Curriculum and Instruction. I know the ins and outs of Curriculum. |
| Test Preparation |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I know the structure and mechanics of the test, and can teach you how to beat the test-makers. |
| Testing Skills |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I know the structure and mechanics of the test, and can teach you how to beat the test-makers. Have test-anxiety?
I can help you calm down before and during a test. |
| Testing Strategies |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I know the structure and mechanics of the test, and can teach you how to beat the test-makers. Have test-anxiety?
I can help you calm down before and during a test. |
| TOEFL |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| Get your scores up to attend school in the US with great TOEFL scores!
I can help you do just that. |
| Typing Skills |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I can type a 110 wpm. accurately. You want that. |
| World History |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| '{he] displays a mastery of peoples and cultures,' says Dr. Weldon Crowley, after a particular essay on on World History my Freshman year at Southwestern University in Georgetown. |
| Writing Skills |
Proficiency: Expert
|
| I'm a skilled swordsman with the pen. |