Teresa Anne: Pennsylvania tutor

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I graduated from The University of Phoenix with a master's degree in Secondary Education. I graduated from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's degree in History with a minor in Comparative Religious Studies. I was a high school teacher in World History and Government. I have adored history ever since my dad gave me a copy of "The Once and future King" by T.H. White when I was ten. In fact, I wrote my first college paper on Arthur and his knights of the round table. I l adore all the Social Studies' topics. I love teaching and getting to know my students' diverse needs and adapting the curriculum to them. I had to retire early from teaching in a brick-and-mortar school to homeschool my son, who has an immune deficiency disorder. This gave me an opportunity to gain experience teaching someone who was truly struggling. It also taught me to be very adaptive in my teaching. My son is currently a second-year student in college studying Biochemistry with a pre-med emphasis. He is my greatest success story. I genuinely believe that when students are struggling much of the time they are overwhelmed. This can be due to many factors. As a tutor my primary job is to discover what is overwhelming and keeping the student stuck. Then to unpack it and simplify it for the student. I use many scaffolding techniques to help my students out. Scaffolding is a technique in which a teacher takes a lesson apart in smaller chunks and reintroduces the information to the student. As I stated earlier, I love teaching I look forward to collaborating with you to find ways to make you a success.