What is your teaching philosophy?

我作为一个educator-within艺术品educa方法tion organizations, classrooms, in community spaces, and in one-on-one tutoring—as an active process of simultaneously creating access to language, and collaboratively creating new language. I am committed to helping students develop and strengthen their voices, and increasing media literacy, empowering students to approach their worlds critically and with great curiosity.

How can you help a student become an independent learner?

I love learning what students are really curious about, and providing resources for them to deepen their knowledge and interests.

If a student has difficulty learning a skill or concept, what would you do?

I would first review the way that the skill or concept has already been introduced to the student, to try to identify where the difficulty lies. Then I would try introducing the skill or concept in a new way.

How do you help students who are struggling with reading comprehension?

It is often helpful to slow down when reading is difficult. When students struggle with reading, I try focusing on a shorter passage of text, and talk through all of the details within the reading. Depending on the student, I also try reading out loud, and discussing the bigger themes and questions posed by the reading.

What strategies have you found to be most successful when you start to work with a student?

这是very important to me to make sure students feel comfortable asking me questions. I ask them questions about their studies but also about other things that they are interested in, to get a better sense of how I can make the subjects they are learning relevant to them as individuals.

How would you help a student get excited/engaged with a subject that they are struggling in?

It's important to make sure a student who is struggling feels safe asking for help when they need it, so I would first try to make it clear that I am there to support them! Then I would try to relate the subject to other subjects or activities that I know the student cares about, so that the topic feels more relevant.