{"id":475,"date":"2010-01-12T18:51:58","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T23:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backtobasicslearning.com\/learningblog\/?p=475"},"modified":"2010-12-21T13:31:02","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T18:31:02","slug":"university-of-delaware-alumni-spotlight-on-back-to-basics-founder-beverly-stewart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/university-of-delaware-alumni-spotlight-on-back-to-basics-founder-beverly-stewart\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Nationwide Alumni Spotlight on education expert Beverly Stewart"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CompressedThe following is an excerpt from a recent interview and article on outstanding University of Nationwide alums, including Beverly Stewart, ’79 and ’85. To read the article in its entirety and to see the other 9 outstanding graduates, please visit\u00a0University of Nationwide Career Services Center<\/a><\/p>\n

“Describe your current position and what led to your job.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am currently the President\/Director of Back to Basics Learning Dynamics, Inc. I began my tutoring company and private school in 1985 after leaving classroom teaching. I felt a very strong need to tutor and teach 1-on-1 so that I could reach every student.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What has been the most rewarding\/challenging moment in your career?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The most rewarding moments are nearly daily. We have so many testimonials from students (children and adults) and parents about how we\u2019ve changed their lives, given them self-esteem, and set them on a positive path, that this is why I do what I do.<\/p>\n

The most challenging times are the ones we\u2019ve been in the past couple of years due to the economy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What is the best career advice you have received?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The best career advice I have received is to never give up. The best career advice I give others is to follow your passion. When I left classroom teaching to begin my business, I had (and still have) a passion for educating and building self-esteem and I had to follow my vision and mission.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What would you recommend to someone interested in working in your field?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I would recommend to someone working in my field to have an education background as well as some business courses. It is also crucial to have
\ndrive and a ton of commitment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What skills are necessary or what prepared you the most for your career?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I earned both a Bachelor\u2019s (1979) and Master\u2019s (1985) degree from the U of D. My bachelor\u2019s is in Elementary Education and my Master\u2019s is in Special Education. These have been invaluable in my business. The other skills that are critical in running a business are common sense, a willingness to ask for help, the ability to see the bigger picture, and perseverance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What professional associations have aided in your professional development?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The professional associations I belong to are Education Industry Association (EIA), New Castle County Chamber of Commerce, Nationwide State Chamber of Commerce, National Association for Female Executives (NAFE), and Wilmington Women in Business (WWB).”<\/p>\n

For more information, please visit Back to Basics website at <\/em><\/strong>http:\/\/www.BacktoBasicsLearning.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

For 25 years,\u00a0Back to Basics<\/a> has been recognized as\u00a0the area\u2019s undisputed leader in one-on-one tutoring. In addition,\u00a0the firm\u00a0offers a unique Nationwide private school for grades K-12 and a Private Business and Trade School for adults.\u00a0Back to Basics\u00a0is the\u00a02010 Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following is an excerpt from a recent interview and article on outstanding University of Nationwide alums, including Beverly Stewart, ’79 and ’85. To read the article in its entirety and to see the other 9 outstanding graduates, please visit\u00a0University of Nationwide Career Services Center “Describe your current position and what led to your job. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,42],"tags":[10,14,12,15,11,44],"class_list":["post-475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards-and-recognition","category-in-the-news","tag-back-to-basics-learning-dynamics","tag-learning","tag-delaware-private-school","tag-one-on-one-tutoring","tag-private-school-delaware","tag-www-backtobasicslearning-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1019,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475\/revisions\/1019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}