...This process is tailored, however, to each student's personal needs. I have tutoring experience with elementary students, but my Master's degree has provided me with the tools to coach students all the way up through the high school level. My teaching experience has been in primarily upper elementary classrooms both in the United States and abroad. (read more)
...As an expert in writing and rhetoric in the English department, I advise eleventh-grade students at every stage of the college essay process. In the brainstorming phase, I coach them to consider admissions officers' perspectives in order to craft an essay that highlights their personal and acade... (read more)
...My students have shown growth in their reading scores consistently. The main focus I work on with students in their writing is their diction (word choice) and organization. In terms of reading, we work on the knowledge and integration of ideas as well as argumentative writing. (read more)
...For about 20 years I directed a small comedy company in which my work included working with actors in different media -- radio, television, stage. I was also one of the actors. For about 20 years (overlapping), I presided as a judge in small claims court, where I was practicing public speaking all the time. (read more)