...I decided to be a French Minor at Macalester College in order to further my french fluency, both written and orally. My work acting, singing, and dancing in plays in the local Twin Cities Theatre scene has taught me values and important lessons in communication, presence, and fun. These are values I bring to my tutoring - I am as engaged in teaching as I am in learning. (read more)
...I have taught both online and in person classes and private lessons. I have successfully taught all four sections of the TOEFL test prep curriculum for the past ten years privately and at international language schools. My students have repeatedly gained 10 or more points in each subject area after taking my courses, which is more than the average point gain from TOEFL preparation. (read more)
...I have been an English / Language Arts teacher, a Reading teacher, a Reading Intervention teacher, a reading consultant, and a district literacy coach. My approach to learning is to provide active learning opportunities, explicit instruction, along with coaching and feedback. I love helping stu... (read more)
...My ability to catch errors in spelling, grammar, word usage, organization, style, and formatting is extremely keen. Moreover, I can show students how to catch errors themselves without relying solely on their computers' grammar checking software, and I will instill a sense of pride in their writing. Students will want their writing to be of the highest quality. (read more)
...As the "heart is the seat of learning", we begin with the root (shoresh) lamed, vahv and proceed to dahlet, ayin, tav. To build a good (yesod) foundation we can teach letter to root to word (aleph-bet, shoresh, dvar). From there, we can extend. Between teacher and student there must always be kavod. (read more)