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I am a graduate of Loyola University Chicago with a B.S. Ed. I have taught school in the northern suburbs and on the North side of Chicago since my graduation. I have taught students of all ages and abilities and have learned how to match my teaching to the students’ needs. I believe that helping students get organized and finding Read more...
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I have been teaching for 20 years. I have taught high school, middle school and elementary school-aged children. I hold my Masters of Education in Educational Administration with my Type 75.I love teaching and am looking to continue helping students outside the classroom. I am married with a 13 year old son, so l am a very patient person. I Read more...
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Hardworking, dedicated, goal oriented teacher who possess a Type 03 Illinois license. Highly qualified to teach K – 8th with a middle school endorsement in English Language Arts. I have worked with Chicago Public Schools for 17 years and the last 8 years as a teacher.My previous experience with CPS began as a volunteer and gradually developed into holding several Read more...
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I grew up in Lincoln Park, Chicago, and graduated high school from Francis W. Parker. After graduation, I attended Vanderbilt University and graduated with a double-major degree in Child Development & Business Management. While at Vanderbilt I took several courses on child-education. I was a tutor at the Boys & Girls club in Nashville where I tutored several students from Read more...
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I am a current University of Chicago graduate student, living in Hyde Park. I work in the Chicago Public Schools in a preschool classroom with the Jumpstart program, working on literacy skills with preschoolers. I am originally from Boston, Massachusetts. I have a degree in anthropology from Tufts University.I offer tutoring in a variety of subjects, but my specialty is Read more...
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Hello! I’ve recently returned from living in Spain, where I was teaching English at a Primary School, and to adults. Before heading to Spain, I was living in Chicago for over four years. In Chicago, I was a pastry chef, chef instructor to students in a school setting, as well as in a learning garden for a non-profit called Common Read more...
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I have always loved teaching children. The ability to see a child understand a concept that has been discouraging to them for so long is a wonderful feeling. I am in my fifth year as an elementary teacher on Chicago’s south side. I’ve had the privilege to teach so many students in grades kindergarten through second grade. They’ve shown me Read more...
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In my vision of education, successful teaching and successful learning merge. I believe that successful teaching comes from passion, knowledge, and reflection. Successful learning comes from established policies in the classroom that promote responsibility, self-discovery, and critical thinking. They join when a teacher uses passion knowledge and reflection to establish policies that lead students to responsibility, self-discovery, and critical thinking. Read more...
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My name is Kira, and I have been working as an educator of English, art, and music for 11 years. While earning two master’s degrees in San Francisco, I led a team of graduate student tutors in our Academic Resource Center and provided advanced writing workshops to upper level students. I have also held five separate Teaching Assistantships where I Read more...
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I recently finished my corp experience through Teach For America – Chicago. I taught first grade for two years on Chicago’s southwest side. Through my teaching experienced in a primary setting, I developed skills in teaching foundational reading skills. I have data-driven methods to build on phonics, rate, fluency, comprehension and accuracy skills in reading. I’ve developed and formulated decoding Read more...
