I have much experience educating students. For the past 22 years, I educated my own children at home from kindergarten up through high school graduation. I also taught Pre-Algebra and Algebra 1 to home school students in the Providence Extension Program. I taught several classes in the Greater Joy Home School Coop for 2 years. For the past 4 years I have taught English to Chinese students online. These were one-on-one lessons conducted virtually. My main areas of strength are in English and Math. In my experience teaching my own children at home, I taught them essential English Language Arts skills all the way up through high school. I also taught them Math up through high school level which included Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1 and 2, Geometry, and Pre-Calculus. In my experience in teaching Chinese students, we worked on vocabulary, speaking, reading, comprehension, spelling, and writing. One of my passions is helping a student learn and master skills and become someone who is a lifelong learner. When a student makes progress, it instills confidence in them that benefits them in other areas of life as well. Once they see the progress they are making, they are much more motivated to continue to learn because they see that learning is not as hard as they thought. I believe students can progress, given the right tools and methods and lots of encouragement and patience. In addition, students are all unique and have different learning styles. So a "one size fits all" approach is not effective in helping them reach their potential. A tutor or teacher should get to know students, understand their learning styles, and find out where they are in their learning. Then the tutor can make plans on how to help them reach their learning goals. In my free time, I enjoy reading and learning new things, as well as taking walks for exercise and enjoying the wonderful creation around me.

Reading, learning new things, taking walks