Tammy Parker is the founder of Professional Mentor Associates. She has a Bachelor's degree in Finance from Michigan State University.
Over the past thirty years, in addition to homeschooling her six children, her true passion for education and mentoring became evident. She began sharing her experience and expertise to help others succeed and ignite their own passion for becoming lifelong learners.
She is also an instructor for Homeschool Connections, specializing in Logic, Mathematics, Entrepreneurship, Career & Life Skills, and Literature.
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Being a Catholic homeschool father of six, combined with twenty-five years of experience in professional leadership roles and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Human Resource Management, has led Mike Parker to develop and sharpen his professional mentoring techniques.
Mike’s easy-going nature and light-hearted style, backed up with accountability tools, help inspire his clients to succeed. Like each Mentor at PMA, he works alongside his clients to build upon and encourage their successes, all the while teaching effective time management and positive habit-building skills.
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Helen Swavely brings a set of wide-ranging talents to PMA. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Art History & Museum Curation to supplement her long-standing career as a Wife, Mother of five children, and Homeschool Educator. Helen has been mentoring homeschooled families for approximately twenty years.
She is trained and comfortably familiar with classical education. She has taught many homeschooled children in various courses and capacities and is an expert in Charlotte Mason Education. In 2008 she founded the Charlotte Mason Study Guild of Denver, which she still leads today She is also currently the Director of the Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy Umbrella School. Helen has been a speaker at several Rocky Mountain Home Educators Conferences and remains active in her homeschool community today.
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Cheryl McCormick began teaching almost thirty years ago, first homeschooling her children, co-oping with other parents, and mentoring young women. Eventually, her work shifted to teaching and tutoring reading comprehension and writing at Lansing Community College.
Cheryl grew up in the Detroit area, in an irreligious, non-Christian family, in the heart of a large Jewish community. After a five-year battle with cancer, her mother came to Christ, which impacted the rest of the family. Cheryl surrendered to Christ in the spring of 1979 and went to Michigan State University (MSU) that fall, eager to share her new-found faith. Five years later, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communication and worked as a professional writer in the field of Public Relations prior to starting her family with her husband and best friend, Tim.
Cheryl’s tutoring strengths include:
a solid grasp of reading and writing strategies to help struggling students
adapting instruction to enhance student understanding of lessons and assignments
an extensive knowledge of English grammar and mechanics
understanding varied formatting used in different disciplines throughout academia
working with students who may need encouragement in developing stronger academic skills in reading comprehension and writing
In addition to teaching classes and tutoring, prior to retiring from LCC, Cheryl co-authored an online educational resource for students needing a refresher in reading and writing and helped high school students wishing to take their college entrance exams by facilitating a “boot camp” focused on test preparation.
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