I am a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University. I graduated with a degree in Romance Languages and Literature, Spanish. I also have a Master of Education in Instructional Technology from American InterContinental University. I've been teaching for 21 years. I taught English as a Second Language during the first 4 years of my career and the rest of my career has been spent teaching Spanish. I have taught Spanish at the elementary through high school levels. I enjoy seeing students reach their full potential with assurance, patience, and guidance. I value growth over grades in the sense that if you focus on the learning the grades will take care of themselves. I love to incorporate instructional strategies that best fit the student's needs. As an MYP/IB Spanish teacher I love to also incorporate the IB philosophy of teaching which incorporates approaches to learning skills such as communication, research, critical thinking, social, and self-management and the IB learner profile traits of being inquirers, thinkers, risk-takers and reflective. There are more IB learner profile traits but in the tutoring sessions I like to gently push my students in these areas and encourage them to focus on one skill during their regular class in order to help them advocate for themselves and gain knowledge in the classroom and be confident learners. When we meet for tutoring I like to follow up on how well students are not only learning the content but also developing their learner profile traits and using their approaches to learning skills. When students leave sessions with me I want them to leave empowered and motivated to be learn. When I'm not in the classroom I absolutely love running long distances. The longest distance I have run is a half marathon! When I'm not running I am happily gardening and spending time with my family. I have a wonderful husband, three daughters, one in college, one in elementary school, and the littlest one is in pre-school! I hope to connect with you soon. Let's get growing!