Tanglewood Teaching

David and Erin Wells have nearly TWO decades of experience teaching Junior High and High School in English and Social studies, as well as coaching state and national level speech and debaters.

Interactive with a focus on Mastery of Skills

David and Erin have received Coach of the year honors from the Sierra League National Speech and Debate Association district chapters. David served as President of the Kern Region Forensics League and NSDA District Committee member. Erin has coached champion performers in Oral Language and Forensics.

David has a BA in Speech Communications from CSU, Bakersfield and a MA in Education from Point Loma University. He holds a Single Subject Teaching Credential in California for English. Erin has a BA in Social Studies from CSU, Bakersfield. She has two Single Subject Teaching Credentials in California for Social Studies (World, US, Government, Econ) and English.

David is certified to teach AP Seminar and AP Research Erin is certified to teach AP Psychology