Assessments

I was a  public school educator for 17 years. I decided to end my teaching career in the classroom and spent 6 months de-schooling  from public education.  Starting a new phase in life, I am focused on raising a biological daughter and a foster son.  This focus includes unschooling/ deschooling/ homeschooling both children using methods that I have taken from the public educational system as well as the implementation of philosophies of  effective techniques of child development and learning.

I am a big believer in life long learning through everyday living, real life experiences, and extracurricular activities.  I feel that a very valuable learning resource is road schooling with my family.  This includes museums, state parks, cultural centers and events of all kinds. This technique helps to create well rounded, curious, life long learners in children.                                                    Recently, I took a position teaching at a hybrid school where parents can choose  a classroom  setting in which courses of interest can be selected to customize a child's education.  This part of the education is two days a week with the rest of the time being devoted to homeschooling. I also work part time teaching children how to speak and read english online. This has incorporated well with changes in our educational systems, where I have gained a lot of knowledge. 

    My desire is to have a well rounded understanding of all aspects of schooling so when working with families I will be able to tailor a program that is effective and appropriate for each individual family. This is an important aspect of teaching because each family has unique situations and desires. The ability to customize and  adapt an effective program on an individual basis is something traditional schools are not able to achieve easily or at all.  I intend to respect a family's goals and desires and to work diligently to foster success in their child.                              

     Currently I am doing homeschool assessments for families in New York and in Ohio.  I  continue to maintain my teaching licenses in both states. 

     As a life long learner myself, I consistently read, research, and take classes in order to keep up with relevant practices within public education system, as well as in the homeschool/deschooling/unschooling setting.

Whether your family is homeschooling, deschooling, unschooling, hybrid schooling, etc. I am here to help you with assessments and NOI's.