Tinitia Dodd

email: tinitia.dodd@prepclasses.org

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Tinitia began teaching as a teacher’s assistant for her mother in Sunday school. She loved working with young people and seeing them “light up” when they understood the message that was taught. 

Because she has always liked to write, she spent many of her junior high & high school years writing essays and poems that won multiple monetary and recognition awards. Inspired by this,  she pursued a journalism degree at Florida A&M University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and a minor in history and photography. After graduation, she began teaching students with special needs and realized she was called to teach.

Years later, she returned to her high school alma mater, where she taught English courses for grades 9-12, including Honors English, and English as a Second Language (ESL). She worked in this capacity for 9 years within the Los Angeles Unified School District. In addition to being selected as a University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Writing Fellow and serving as a mentor teacher in the English Department for many years, she was also facilitator of the Bible Club, student government, yearbook advisor, alumni founder and facilitator for an organization dedicated to helping at-risk youth.

Upon leaving the public school arena, she and her husband of 23 years, began homeschooling their children in 2007 and have been homeschooling ever since. They have four homeschool graduates and five of their six children have attended PREP Classes. Their youngest child will start PREP Classes this fall.

They are also active members of their church, where they have served for over 12 years, teaching & equipping married couples, parents and singles.

Tinitia’s heart desire is for her students to develop strong Christian character, a Biblical worldview, and that they'll know God’s love, power and grace in their daily life. She believes that reading and writing are tools that can be used to bless generations, by sowing seeds that bring honor and glory to God and shape willing hearts to walk like Christ.

Tinitia has served the homeschooling community as an advisor and private tutor for many years. She continues to do so in her private tutoring business. She enjoys spending time with family, reading, writing, sewing, baking, gardening and exercising.