...Paring down the steps to comprehension into simple tasks helps remove that fear. Similarly, students who say they cannot write well are often able to explain in speech what they find difficult to explain in writing, and facilitating the transfer of those good ideas into the written word is a vit... (read more)
...I prefer to meet with students in person, but I am perfectly comfortable with online sessions and have over four years of experience with online tutoring.I have been a high school English teacher for 28 years, mostly teaching freshman but also some 10-12 graders as well. Mostly I have worked wit... (read more)
...Growing up with a mother that taught English, I have been exposed to various approaches to teaching since I began higher education. As someone who achieved perfect scores on consecutive ACT English tests, being involved in conversations about pedagogy and best practices in English classrooms, as... (read more)
...Taught and tutored over 500 students in test prep - including setting globally RECORD-breaking student growth results on standardized testing 4x: * 2x on ACT/SAT (+8 on ACT after only 9 hours of 1:1 tutoring, +3 on avg. without any provided curriculum for 50:1 student-teacher ratio in disadvantag... (read more)
...My teaching experience includes teaching English to high schoolers in France, serving as a TA for philosophy courses at Brown, and teaching my own philosophy courses (both at Brown and at Oberlin College). I've likewise taught several years of philosophy at the high-school level. I've also revie... (read more)