About Me

I love teaching children to read!

  • Over 20-Years Teaching Experience
  • Have Run My Own Classroom,
  • Enjoy Working 1-on-1 & Small Groups
  • Collaborate Successfully with Parents, Educators & Students
  • Seeking Opportunities to Tutor Reading

EDUCATION

Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore

Masters of Science, Elementary Education, 1997

University of Colorado at Boulder

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology 1991

Certificate in Elementary Education

WORK EXPERIENCE

MissyHodge.Com Elementary Reading Tutor

7/2020 – Present

  • Working with K -3rd Graders
  • Weekly Customized Sessions
  • Fun Reading Games
  • Skills Include: Letter Sounds, Blends, Digraphs, Fluency, Letter Formation, Creative Writing, Sentence Structure & More
  • Detailed Session Updates for Parents
  • Able to Interface with School
  • I drive to you

Garrison Forest School – 1st Grade Teacher’s Assistant

9/2009-6/2011

  • Worked with small groups of first graders in reading and math activities

Children were either struggling or thriving academically

Boy’s Latin School – 1st Grade Teacher

1/2007 to 6/2009

  • Instructed up to 16 students individually and in groups on language arts, math, social skills and other subjects
  • Established and enforced rules of behavior to drive social development and maintain positive interactions
  • Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in the educational process

Independent Elementary School Tutor

9/2003 to 2006

  • Worked with struggling elementary school students in reading & math

Packer Collegiate Institute of Brooklyn, NY Second Grade Teacher

9/1998 to 6/2001

  • Instructed up to 22 students individually and in groups, on language arts, math, social skills and other subjects
  • Helped children develop self-esteem and life skills by fostering healthy conflict -resolution, critical thinking and communication

Sandy Spring Friends School of Sandy Spring, MD – 1st Grade Teacher

9/1995 to 6/1998

  • Taught students subject specific material, learning strategies and social skills
  • Organized classroom supplies and decorated walls and bulletin boards with the children’s best work
  • Established and enforced rules of behavior to drive social development and maintain positive interactions
  • Built positive relationships with parents, involving them in the educational process
  • Helped students develop self-esteem and life- skills by fostering healthy conflict-resolution, critical thinking and communication