Fun Facts

This semester I have student taught in the Gibraltar School District with 8th graders and have worked on planning my wedding which is going be in July. In my free time I enjoy cooking Mexican dishes, hanging out with my family, and reading. A fun fact is that I can understand Sicilian as my mom was born there and I grew up with grandparents who did not speak English.

About Me

My name is Resa and I attend wayne-state-university">Wayne State University where I will be receiving a Master's degree in teaching. I have maintained a 3.9 GPA during my time in graduate school. In May I will complete my secondary education certification for English Language Arts which I will use to obtain my career goal of being a ELA and History teacher.
In my personal life I am preparing for my wedding in July. Before this school year ends I am focusing on substitute teaching and detroit">tutoring.

In 2007 I began my journey as a writing center college detroit">tutor. I worked at monroe">Monroe County Community College until 2009, at which point I transferred to wayne-state-university">Wayne State University. During the fourteen semesters that I tutored there I have tutored undergrad and graduate WSU students in all steps of the writing process. I also have a passion for teaching and helping younger children. Since 2008 I have spent my summers running and coordinating the ABC Reading Program at Greenwood Apartments. This is a free reading program for low income children, ages 7-12 and 13-16. Finally, I am well versed in proofreading as I detroit">tutor many ESL students at Wayne State and became certified just recently a Teaching English to Speakers of Other Language Specialist.

As a Cognitivist Learning Theorist, I believe writers need to be able to activate beliefs and previous knowledge and transpose that into the assignment they are working on. This process of putting thoughts into words allows people to successfully defend their ideas. I have witnessed 7th graders to PhD students resist the idea that thinking needs to be done before writing can occur. Because of this resistance, and because I know how crucial it is for crucial it is for a learner to take an active role in their learning, I have adapted a teaching attitude that supports thinking by being organized and by being transparent.