Number of years teaching: 17 (all middle-school math)

Current school:  Torah Academy of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN) -a smaller private school

Current grades teaching:  4, 7, 8

Current schedule:  This year, block-schedule (every-other-day) ...due to COVID-19 protocols...on a trimester schedule.    Previously, before COVID-19, I was teaching 50-minute periods every day.

Other Schools/Districts in which I have taught: Minneapolis Public Schools (15 years), Aspen Academy Charter School (Savage, MN -1 year)

Grades/classes I have taught math:  4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Algebra I

Standards: Minnesota

Previous work history: Teaching was a mid-life career change for me.  Before teaching, I was an independent retail furniture store owner for 17 years.