Photo and story by Jake Dowling, Icon intern
Working with ice cream just does not cut it for some people. Scott Weissling, for example, wanted to take a different direction after scooping ice cream for customers at Dietsch's Ice Cream Parlor in Findlay for over 25 years.
Therefore, Weissling decided to try teaching.
"I just got my intervention specialist license back in December," Weissling said. "Between then and now, I've been subbing for other teachers in Allen and Hancock County."
Weissling has been subbing for area schools since February and has put an ad in the Bluffton Icon to let people aware of his tutoring services.
Now he hopes to use his skills to help tutor others.
"The number one reason why I wanted to do something like this was for the kids," Weissling said. "I want to give them a good education and be able to give back from what I have learned."
Weissling attended The University of Findlay as early as 2004. He received his undergraduate degree in social work, and then he decided to pursue a postgraduate degree in teaching.
Weissling says he can teach or tutor from any grade level in any subject.
"I can tutor for any age, even college students," he said. "Anywhere from math to science to language arts and reading."
His main target will be tutoring students with special needs.
"I feel like that is where I could help out the most," Weissling said.
Weissling, who is from Bluffton, can teach or tutor anywhere in the state of Ohio, but he plans on staying in the Allen and Hancock County area so he can do as much as he can for students.
"I think what enables me to be a tutor is the fact that I am patient, my willingness to help others and the fact that I want to be there for children who could use that extra helping hand," he said.
Though he has not tutored students yet, Weissling has contacted various superintendents, principals, teachers and guidance counselors, in hopes of getting his name out there.
"I hope to be on their list of tutors, but my tutoring would be separate from the school," he said. "So I would do lessons, at say, the Bluffton Public Library for just a small fee."
Rather this new career is short lived, or works out for the rest of his life; Weissling is hoping it is all worth it in the end.
"I would love to retire from Dietsch's and go into my second job as being a tutor and teacher," he said. "I hope to be doing this for as long as it takes because I enjoy helping others.
For more information regarding his tutoring services, contact Scott Weissling by phone at (419)-230-7490 or by e-mail at [email protected].
