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Eric Ambrose - Tutor/EdTech III

 
 

Andrea Frenz - Special Education Teacher/Tutor

I received my BA in Elementary Education & Special Education with a minor in Psychology from Brooklyn College, In Brooklyn, NY.

I then obtained an MSEd in Special education specializing in Learning Disabilities from Fordham University in NYC. 

After teaching in special education classrooms for a number of years in the NYC public school system, my family relocated to Maine. I spent thirty years teaching students with diverse learning abilities full time, in the public schools in Maine.  During that time I continued my professional development to improve my skills in teaching students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and challenges with Executive Functioning, and Behavior, 

I worked part-time for a few years in the public school system prior to joining the faculty at Aucocisco school where I currently work as a reading tutor, a writing teacher, and evaluator. I enjoy watching the 'lightbulb moments', as students begin to put the pieces of their learning together, In turn, as an evaluator, I am delighted to find the links to students' learning challenges and help develop a plan to move them forward.

Jana Karlis - Tutor/Ed Tech III

Larry Marshall - Tutor/Ed Tech III

Emily Murray - Tutor/Special Education Teacher

Bob Pettee - Tutor/Ed Tech III

I have a B.A. in Psychology from Yale University. I have taught in independent schools for over forty years. I have always been drawn to schools that had a special purpose which is why I was drawn to Aucocisco.

My first teaching was at a small residential school where teachers and students were involved in every aspect of daily life from cooking and property care and repair to sports and outdoor education. It was there also that I became interested in the dramatic arts which eventually led me to starting and running, for many years, a small professional theatre. During some of that time, as an actor and theatre manager, I also taught at a school whose special purpose was to teach student athletes and adapt to their special training schedules.

Most of my teaching experience has been at the Middle and High school level where I have taught primarily Math but also some History, English, French and Drama. I have also been an adjunct at several colleges where I have taught Drama and Math. I have done some teaching in the State and Federal prison system as well.