Meet some of the team:

     Hello, my name is Sandi Fisher.  I live in the High Desert of sunny California. I have a Master’s Degree in English with a Specialization in Rhetoric. I also have a BA in Social Sciences and 18 units toward my MA in School Counseling and teacher credentials. I have an AA in Liberal Arts and an AS degree in Business Education Technology.  I also hold certifications in Computer Systems I & II, as well as certifications in online instruction through CANVAS and Blackboard. In addition, I am also a certified reading tutor with Project Literacy in the U.S. 

     I have worked in the field of education, in one way or another, for most of my adult life.  

I have worked as an adjunct instructor teaching English and Basic Skills English at two different community colleges. I have also worked at public elementary schools as a reading tutor, and I tutored privately as well since 1986. I’m currently working as a bookkeeper for a small business, and I am also a co-owner of Together We Learn TEC, where I teach reading and language arts classes and offer private tutoring.

I like being able to teach classes online to students anywhere in the world.  The thought of that is really exciting because the possibilities are endless! It’s more fun to teach students in person though because we have more interaction in the classroom, and students like learning together and playing the games in groups. 

     I have been teaching English and grammar for a long time at the college level, but my favorite subject to teach is reading. I love teaching people to read because it is there that I feel that I can really make a difference in people’s lives. I believe that when students have good foundations in reading, it will help them to be successful in all of their classes, and carry on to every aspect of their future lives. 

In the past, I was a substitute teacher at all six centers of a local charter school. I also taught Sunday school at two different churches.  I home schooled my children for 14 years.  I became a leader in the home school movement in the 80s, in which I co-founded a home school support group and taught classes.  I served as the activity director there for nine years, and the yearbook advisor, and newspaper editor for two years each. Many years later, I home schooled my grandchildren for three years and taught them to read by the age of three. Then I home schooled them again for almost two years when they reached middle school and high school.

     I also worked as a sales representative for a company in which I sold phonics-based curriculum, which later led to my owning a bookstore that catered to teachers and home schoolers. I taught classes at my bookstore and counseled home school parents on how to home school their children.  I also taught classes on how to teach children to read at statewide home school and private school conventions.  

As a teacher and a tutor, I have worked with students from preschool age all the way through adulthood. I have worked with students with diverse backgrounds and various disabilities, including learning and physical disabilities. I have worked with students who are hearing impaired, and students who have had autism, ADD, ADHD, dyslexia, as well as at-risk students, and students who lacked motivation. I have also taught students who speak English as a second language.  

     I believe that my unique experience makes me a perfect teacher and tutor for the diverse population of home school and charter school students served by Together We Learn TEC. I am so excited to be working with home schoolers again, because I am still a home schooler at heart, even though I have been working in public schools for a long time! I am also really happy to be able to go back to my roots of teaching students to read, because teaching reading is what I really love to do best! 

     I am very much looking forward to working with our Together We Learn students and families. I promise, I will make learning to read and write fun!