My Teaching Experience

I began my career in kindergarten, moving next to fourth grade, middle school, and high school. This upward movement through the grade levels saw my progression from all subjects to specifically English arts, and what I call "applied literature," drama. In 2004 I became the administrator of a learning center for needy and homeless women. Working with adults, I saw the need for a grammar and composition curriculum that could fill in the gaps of memory and of missed education. After writing the KIS Approach, I believe that it can serve a much wider audience than that for which it was intended.

My Teaching Style

I am evolving from the traditional teacher-centered, students-in-their-places mentality to a highly individualized approach in which the teacher is a facilitator of a learner's academic progress. My master's degree in creative arts in learning from Lesley University has greatly informed my current and passionate educational philosophy.

Honors/Awards/Shining Teaching Moment

Who's Who Among American Teachers, 2004 Scott phoned as soon as he got his first job as a fourth grade teacher in Baltimore. "I have a principal who says, 'Wow!'--just like you!" His eagerness to tell his former teacher about his first real job matches the joy of the junior journalism student who now writes for a medical journal and the fabulously talented actor who performed a lead role at "The Fringe" in Edinburgh and the real estate agent who remembers her high school plays at regular lunches with me. These are the awards, the lasting honors, of having been a English teacher.

MY FEATURED PRODUCTS

• The KIS Approac...
• The KIS Approac...
• The KIS Approac...