Stephanie

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Stephanie is an experienced educator with nearly thirty years of classroom teaching and two years of tutoring for a school district. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Education and a master’s in Library Sciences. Stephanie takes a flexible, student-centered approach, trying multiple strategies until she finds what fits each learner best. She believes in hands-on learning that connects movement, writing, and creativity to deepen understanding. Her warm, adaptive teaching supports students with ADHD, autism, and giftedness by making lessons interactive and engaging. When not teaching, she loves to travel, read, color with gel pens, and spend time by the water with her dog.

Monday 10am-12pm Central Standard Time
Tuesday 8am-12pm Central Standard Time
Wednesday 8am-12pm Central Standard Time
Thursday 8am-12pm Central Standard Time

I like to try multiple approaches to teaching. When one method doesn't work for a student, I search and work with the student to find what fits them the best.

I have a Bachelor's degree in Education, and Master's Degree in Library Sciences.

I have 2 children, I tutored for a school district for 2 years, and taught school for nearly 30 years.

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Stephanie
$64.00 USD

Subject Expertise

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Creative Writing
Creative Writing
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Earth Science
Earth Science
Reading
Reading
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Writing

My mission

I think it is unfortunate that some people think a group of 20 students will all absorb information at the same rate and in the same manner. Variety can shake it up for a student who needs changes. My mission is to help students find their learning style so that they can use it as a tool for the rest of their lives, not just in school.

My Story

I grew up in San Antonio, TX. Both of my parents were readers, but my grandmother is the one I most remember reading with. I would spend a week with her in the summer, and we'd go to the library on Monday, where she'd check out a huge stack of books, and let me get as many as I wanted. At home, I loved to climb this big tree in our back yard and either do my homework up there, or read one of my books. I became an aunt when I was in first grade, so I feel like I helped raise my nieces and nephews to some degree!

Cognitive Diversity

How I adapt to students with diverse intellectual needs.

My youngest son had difficulty with retention of information. What worked best for him was note taking small amounts of information at a time on post-it notes, pasting them around the house. Writing them out, placing them around the house, and visualizing where they were helped him associate a note/information with where he put it. As a teacher, I allowed students to work together, to write, to type, to draw, to record themselves, whatever allowed them to internalize information they needed. Hands on learning connects their writing, moving, and manipulating their learning tools.

In my experience, kids with ADHD need short bursts of activity after a lesson, sometimes in the middle of a lesson! I am not opposed to movement to get the wiggles out, or to be moving while learning, as long as student is still engaged. I had a student once who liked to read her book while bouncing on an exercise ball. It kept her body occupied while she read. Wouldn't work for me, but it worked for her!

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