我目前是丹佛湖国际学校六年级的数学老师。我毕业于密歇根州立大学，获得社会工作学士学位，辅修心理学。我在伊利诺斯州的斯特林长大，生活过各种各样的环境，从大城市到农村的小农场。我曾在正式的课堂环境中教授和辅导数学、阅读和英语。大学期间，我自愿参加了一个旨在提高读写能力的辅导项目。我对各种科目的辅导都感兴趣，但由于我的背景和经验，我最擅长数学和阅读。我喜欢教那些过去一直在努力学习数学的学生。在学校里，数学主要是用数字和纸上的习题来教的。我发现，使用现实生活中的物体或从数学问题中创造故事和现实问题，对那些努力理解数字意义的学生有帮助。从我的实践来看，一旦一个学生开始在他们以前几乎没有成功过的学科上感到成功，他们就会开始享受学习，并能突飞猛进地成长。 I also ran a homework help program at my school this past year and I'm especially comfortable with any subject at the middle school level (6-8 grade). I taught a section of special education math this past year and saw incredible growth from my students with special needs. This is a group of students that I loved working with and saw great improvement in skills as well as interest in learning. When I'm not working, I like to hike, bike, play tennis, play soccer, listen to music, and explore the beautiful city of Denver. Education is a great passion of mine and I especially value working individually with students to see their potential unlocked and incredible growth begin.