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Tom: Central City tutor

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I am a retired Audio/Video Producer Director of over 35 years in Broadcast and Cable Tv Production. I earned my "Broadcast Communications Arts" degree from SFSU. After my stint with Tv I became a teacher in Digital Arts and Entertainment, and Tech for Middle schools. I received my CTE Credential from UC Berkeley. I have also taught after school classes in coding, Stop motion Lego films, and video production. I have always loved reading, (I was the child with the covers over my head with a flashlight when told by my parents to get to bed...could not stop reading when the book is so good...). I taught Adults to read using the "Laubach Way to Reading". I love to teach younger students and reading is my strength. I have taught on Zoom the past years and love to make friends and build up a student to "level up" in their reading ability. I am usually reading 3 to 5 books at a time from fiction to non-fiction and easy reads as well. I hope to write some stories this year and share them with the world.

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Tom’s Qualifications
Education & Certification

Undergraduate Degree: San Francisco State University - Bachelor in Arts, Broadcast Journalism

Undergraduate Degree: University of California-Berkeley - Associate in Arts, Vocational-Technical Education

State Certified Teacher

Hobbies

My retirement interest are; reading, playing Harmonica, Penny Whistle and guitar, golfing, listening to live music and checking out classic car shows. I still will shoot a video now and then but it is what I want to shoot, music or cars. I also build web sites with Wordpress and have an E-commerce/marketplace site I promote.

Tutoring Subjects
English
Reading Comprehension Class
Reading Fundamentals: Phonics and Decoding