First and foremost, I love to teach, especially one-on-one. I am comfortable with any age of student, from elementary school to adults continuing their studies.
I am a graduate of Georgia College and State University. I received my Bachelor of Arts in English with a focus on secondary education and my Master of Education in English education. I taught both high school and college freshman-level English courses for 30 years. I also have taught private piano lessons to children aged 5 and up for the past 5 years, and I was an elementary school music teacher for 2 years. For 3 years I taught English to Chinese students through an online program. These were all native speaking elementary-aged Chinese students.
I tutor a broad range of English language arts, including vocabulary, writing, and literature. While high school and adult levels are my forte, I enjoy elementary-aged children as well. I absolutely love all things about grammar, punctuation, and word histories, and reading and writing are my passions.
I have experience teaching Advanced Placement English and preparing students for standardized tests, including the SAT and ACT English portions. I consider myself a life-long learner, always enjoying the many things I can learn from students as they learn language skills from me.
In my spare time, I enjoy reading detective novels and memoirs, playing the piano, and planning European trips for my husband's high school history students. I have three adult children and have been married for 33 years to a fellow high school AP teacher.