...I like to see this as each student having a toolbox, and my job is to give the students the tools to fill that box, tools that they can try and then use the ones that work best for them. I also try to use examples to show what "good" looks like. When tutoring, I turn my focus to what the student needs to work on individually. (read more)
James M., MFA is a practicing poet and fiction writer who retired from teaching Native American youth at Chemawa Indian School. He also taught junior high, public high school in California and in Oregon, as well as all levels of college undergraduate writing coursework and Creative Writing (his specialty) at University in Colorado. Recently he has tutored for the Chemeketa Writing Center. (read more)
...Within months of graduating, I began one full year as a substitute teacher in Richmond, California teaching all subjects and all grades from K-12. The next year the district asked me to teach 6th Gr. ESL. (read more)
...I graduated with my Master's Degree in Elementary Education in December 2013, with Magna Cum Laude honors, and am currently licensed to teach in Colorado and Oregon. I personally know how hard work and dedication to learning can pay off! I tutor in all Elementary subjects, but I specialize in Reading, Writing, and Science. (read more)
...In the past five years I have tutored many students diagnosed with dyslexia. Tutoring students with dyslexia is important for me. It is not only the student who wants the outcome to be great. (read more)