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Suzanne M

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I love working with children. This passion began when my siblings and I would "play school" with our green Disney chalkboard. We would take turns being the "teacher", and I delighted in the feel of chalk in my hands.

Upon graduating from New Mexico State University with a degree in elementary education, I became a fifth grade teacher with Las Cruces Public Schools. Again, I enjoyed the powdery feel of chalk in my hands, but this time, I wasn't playing. I took my responsibilities very seriously and with great joy.

As life took me to other school districts and different grade levels, time replaced chalk with dry erase markers and district-developed instructional goals with common core standards. However, my love of working with elementary-age children has never been superseded.

In reflecting on those years, I bring these research-based practices to the tutoring platform:

--Parents are a child's first and most important teacher; communication with parents is vital to a successful elementary tutoring plan,
--Working towards mastery in mathematics leads towards a student's confidence and independence in mathematics,
--Incorporating a child's interests into the curriculum is more likely to help students develop proficiency than one that does not,
--Instruction in handwriting should remain in the curriculum due to its association with fine/gross motor development, gains in reading and writing, and memory benefits,
--Developmental ages and stages must be taken into account when planning and carrying out a tutoring session. For example, an off-task student may need a "wiggle break" or review of how to carry out an assignment before they can return to task,
--Shaming is never an acceptable form of discipline. Teacher preparedness and pacing of instructional delivery have a huge impact on student behavior,
--Horse, then cart: Establishing a student's base of information must precede hands-on mathematics and science for maximum retention of concepts, and
--Training in HOW to test is likely to result in a reduction of test anxiety and higher test scores.

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Suzanne M’s Qualifications

Education & Certification

Undergraduate Degree: New Mexico State University-Main Campus - Bachelor of Education, Elementary School Teaching

Graduate Degree: University of New Mexico-Main Campus - Masters in Education, Adult and Continuing Education

Hobbies

Baking (Goal: To Learn Cake Decorating) Museums and Monuments in DC Mexican Food Cell Phone Photography Animals Favorite Book: All the Light We Cannot See (A. Doerr) Favorite Movie: Random Harvest Giving Appreciation to Our Essential Workers

Tutoring Subjects

Art

Drawing

Elementary School

Elementary School English

Elementary School Math

Elementary School Reading

Elementary School Writing

English

Geology

Handwriting

High School Writing

Life Sciences

Magic

Math

Middle School Social Studies

Other

Reading

Science

Social Studies

Visual Arts

VTLSC

Writing

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