...I use Orton-Gillingham techniques to teach structured, sequential phonics, starting with consonants (including consonant blends and digraphs) and progressing to vowel teams and diphthongs. I teach phonemic awareness and blending skills for the young learner. From 3rd grade on, students move from learning to read to reading to learn. (read more)
...I also tutor and coach students preparing for standardised testing, SAT, PSAT, PPSAT, ISEE, and entrance tests required by various professional programs (UG, Graduate), TOEFL, and other English proficiency exams. In addition to being trilingual English-Spanish-Italian, I have completed graduate ... (read more)
...I have 13 years of public school teaching experience in the areas of special education and general education with students ages eleven though twenty-one years of age. As a tutor, I first strive to understand the student's strengths, weaknesses, goals and interests. When working in reading comprehension I focus on vocabulary, chunking, background knowledge, read aloud and choral reading. (read more)
...The method that I use for tutoring Science for the ACT is very straightforward, I administer a Diagnostic ACT Science Exam to the student and then I review every question that they got incorrectly, then I design a lesson plan to address these errors as well as cover all additional substantive mat... (read more)