...I have been teaching English as a Second Language for many years. I started teaching English to speakers of Japanese when I was living in Osaka, Japan in 1984. I continued tutoring English to my co-workers in a Japanese trading company located in Seattle. (read more)
I am a trained reading consultant having taught school employees the Read Right method. I saw amazing results and I saw it happen much faster than I could have imagined. I saw a high school student who stuttered and it completely went away. (read more)
...I can help you because I've been you! Since then I've been a substitute teacher in multiple school districts in Washington, doing my best to help students in any subject I show up to cover. I'm also pursuing a Mid-Level Mathematics endorsement to add to my current teaching certification, so I'd... (read more)
...I helped her with her reading and writing as well as her grammar and vocabulary skills. I was strict but kind at the same time when it was appropriate. What I loved about it was bringing a smile to her face when she finally understood how something worked or when she completed her assignments and did well. (read more)