Cara W.
- Newport News, VA 23606 ( 29.3 mi )
- Teacher Cert Exams Tutor
- Female
- Member Since: 02/2010
- Will travel up to 20 miles
- Rates from $43.00 to $56.00 /hr
- Also Tutors: GED, Entrance Exams, ASVAB, ACT
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A year ago, I had the honor of substituting as an Assistant Teacher with an amazing kindergarten teacher. I learned then that she maintains her respect and passion for her career by following this mantra: "I need to understand my students come to me in the morning having already experienced some kind of morning of their own at home. I don’t know what that morning was like, but I can tell when it’s been a bad one. I have to be able to engage each of them, no matter what their morning was, and welcome them to the safety of my classroom. I want each of them to feel safe here, so that they can be excited about learning.” To this day, I follow and believe that mantra and pledge to make it work in all of my educational efforts.
In 2007, I graduated from Penn State with a plan of attending graduate school for Creative Writing. I was devastated when I received three rejection letters from ... read more