I have been a teacher for most of my adult life.  Even before I started teaching in a public high school, I was a certified ski instructor and a youth soccer and lacrosse coach.  That's actually what led me to teaching.  I got so much joy out of watching the "light come on" when I was able to help someone figure out a challenge they had been struggling with, and a fellow coach told me that's basically what teaching is!

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I started teaching professionally in 2002, after working as a magazine editor in the private sector for a number of years.  Trust me, education is by far the most difficult challenge I have ever faced, and due to each new semester bringing new and different students, it continues to be so year after year.

 

It is also the most rewarding.

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Finding ways to get students to engage with material that they might otherwise ignore (or actively avoid, in some cases) forces me to stretch myself every day to analyze not just the material, but my audience as well.  Students - especially high school students - will tune out immediately if they think you are either boring or disingenuous, so I have to bring passion for my material and for my learners to everything I do.

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Essentially this means I have 20 years of experience analyzing the nuances of concepts and figuring out how to make them relatable, in order to connect with a diverse, ever-changing audience.  Who better to keep your corporate and e-learning audience locked in and focused on your message?

But hey, don't take my word for it.  Hear it from some of my kids!

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