Ms. D

Experience tutoring students in grades K-12 in all subject areas. Classroom aide in a special education classroom for five years and currently employed full time as a teacher in a public Montessori school, teaching grades 4/5/6. I have been teaching for six years. I also teach and mentor to young girls in grades 4-6 by teaching after school dance classes and holding girls circles, where girls discuss issues that are important to their growth and development.

Hands-on, activity/project based, cross-curriculum lessons/units, with a focus on individualized, self-paced learning in a Montessori rich environment full of cooperative learners and peer teachers.

Graduated summa cum laude from the University of Alaska Anchorage with a degree in elementary education. I'm currently pursuing a degree in health and physical education.

I teach a multi-age classroom of 4th, 5th, and 6th years in a public Montessori school. This is my sixth year of teaching using the Montessori method and the core of our curriculum is not textbook based. All of the materials posted here are materials that I have used in the classroom with tremendous success in motivating students who enjoy a hand-ons manipulative approach to teaching and learning. I'm also a home school parent as well, so I have experience developing curriculum that motivates and stimulates learning!