...I have over 5 years of experience as a writing tutor, helping students get into amazing colleges like John Hopkins, Brown, Georgetown, Harvard, the UCs, and more. I also wrote my own essays when I was a senior and got accepted in 18+ top colleges, and recently graduated in May with a two bachelo... (read more)
...In my nearly 50 years of teaching, I have often worked with children who struggle with reading comprehension. My mother was a children's librarian who taught me a great deal about the excitement and adventure of reading. Her job involved encouraging reading skills and bringing reading to life. (read more)
...Also, I tutored inmates for the Social Studies section of the GED for 3 years. I attained a Teaching Credential in English Language Arts from San Diego State University. For the past 3 years, I have been working with adult literacy students at a learning center in San Luis Obispo, making use of the Laubach literacy strategy among others. (read more)
...One method that I use for tutoring would be for a student to provide short-term writing goals such as an outline to get their paper(s) on the right track. Breaking an essay down into short-term goals such as a paragraph, helps one get the long-range goal(s) in place. Another method that I use would be to make analogies to understand the writing process. (read more)
...I know that this pandemic has put financial pressure on a lot of families, and while my base rate remains $20, know that this price is negotiable. I am free most days of the week after a certain point in the day, and I am free all day during the weekends. I am very comfortable teaching any level of math from Elementary school to Trigonometry. (read more)