...This experience has helped me to understand the importance of tailoring my tutoring sessions to the individual student by asking questions to understand how each student thinks. Additionally, my experience has taught me that sometimes a student is missing one little skill that, if uncovered and ... (read more)
...I also worked with JumpStart, and so I have experience teaching phonetics and vocabulary retention to young people, and can certainly use these same skills for older folks. Also, with my lesson planning skills, I can create and implement lesson plans tailored to reading and/or vocabulaty concepts that my student may find particularly tricky. I received an Undergraduate degree in English. (read more)
...My focus is on helping students understand not what to think, but *how* to think. How to state a position and then back it up with evidence and rhetoric. Writing is best viewed as a process, not a product. (read more)
...To really learn something means that you have the ability to explain its process and apply it to other facets of life. I began competitive swim team at age 5 and continued until age 18. I swam for the school team through middle school and two years of high school (pre-injury). I volunteered as ... (read more)
...Whether the student needs help with a college application essay, long thesis-driven research paper, or analyzing a particularly dense book of English prose or poetry, I'm confident my educational and pedagogical background can help them accomplish their goals. My teaching experience started with... (read more)