Pamela Shipley
Educational Consultant
I specialize in college process and placement, focusing on standardized test prep and application preparation. (As a Kirkie and Sarah Lawrence graduate, the irony of being a whiz at standardized tests is not lost on me.) The most fun I have is in teaching the creative personal essay to my students who have survived the rigors of the test prep with me. Originally, I was known as an "organizational specialist" and "multi-subject tutor." Somehow I managed to receive teaching certification in New York and receive a masters in "curriculum & teaching" from Teachers College, Columbia. There, I had the amazing fortune to have Dr. Lucy Calkins as both my academic & action research advisor. Lucy's brain-child is a major think-tank in the teaching of writing and reading called "the reading and writing project," which has recently revised the k-8 curriculum for all of New York City. I mention all of this only to underscore the amazing graduate education I have received that has built on the educational values I experienced at both Kirkland & Sarah Lawrence.
The tradition of mentoring through all stages of my learning life has been the cornerstone of my practice. Through mentoring at Hamilton, I hope to encourage all self-possessed, passionate learners, mavericks & nerds to blaze their own trails professionally as well. Email: pamelashipley@comcast.net