...confident that together, well figure out how to meet your current academic goals and develop the skills you need to face future challenges. Outside academia, I love to read I work in a library, after all! Im also an avid journaler. I enjoy learning languages in addition to Spanish and Latin, Im currently working on French. Im always listening to music, particularly Broadway musicals. And, finally, Im a huge Harry Potter fan. I get compared...
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...- Panthon-Sorbonne and focused my research on the social exclusion of African immigrants in Western Europe. Since graduation, I have worked at a public school in Harlem as the College Counselor working with students from grades 6-12. In my two years of experience, I have had the opportunity to network with college admissions counselors across the country, and I gladly connect my students to any college admissions departments I am familiar with. Although my tutoring...
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As an educator for 20 years in both the US and Canada, I enjoying working with students of all ages. With a background in Special Education and tutoring for test prep (GED, ACT, SAT), I have a heart for those who find it difficult to succeed in the classroom. It is my passion to encourage students and help them learn strategies to succeed in their education and in life. ... All students have the ability to...
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...siblings to sit for "lessons" - and I still enjoy creating those innovative, engaging lessons today! I am a certified English teacher for grades 7-12 and a certified Reading Specialist for grades K-12. I love working with students of all ages in order to highlight their potential and strengthen any areas of concern. My teaching experience includes teaching for over nine years at the high school level, I have taught all levels of high school...
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...form a relationship with the student to where they are comfortable with seeking assistance and communicating their feelings and frustrations with me. Once a rapport is established, I'm able to identify the students' disconnects and convey the confusing concept or strategy in a new and understandable way. My goal is to help students develop a love of learning, and I seek to achieve that by inspiring motivation and confidence both inside and outside of the...
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...the subjects they are struggling in before helping them with quantitative problems. For example, rather than simply telling my calculus students the formula for integration by parts, I first show them how it is derived so they acquire a good grasp of how it operates. Outside of school, I really enjoy being involved with music. I love singing, playing the drums, piano, and guitar. My favorite genre of music is rock, so playing rock songs...
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...have a BS in Secondary English Education/Public Speaking, Debate, and Drama from Ferris State University and a MA in Educational Technology from Michigan State University. I have a Special Education, EI endorsement from Central Michigan University. All verification and references are available upon request. Let me help you de-mystify reading and writing! I will challenge your skills, open doors, and make this subject fun. Writing college papers may seem scary, but with a few short...
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...the field of school psychology where I worked directly with students to improve study skills and support overall academic achievement. Additionally, I worked with gifted and talented students and their families. Currently, I am a professional editor, and I particularly enjoy working with students on college admissions essays, communications, and language arts. I also provide tutoring for the ACCUPLACER exam because I believe there are many different ways to succeed in higher education, and I...
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...to work with people. I was also accepted to medical school after college. In addition, I worked as a Research Assistant at the Institute for International Economics in Washington DC for two years. Also, I volunteer with the Pima County Environmental Education Department. I assist with leading nature walks and presenting educational programs to school children. I seek to share my passion for learning. My joy is when the lightbulb goes off in the student...
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...six years studying Biology, both as an undergrad and graduate student. I enjoy teaching!! It was the best part of being a graduate student. I was part of a peer tutoring/teaching program at my University, Northeastern State University. I helped a few students achieve a higher grade in their Biology courses. I was also a TA during grad school and helped teach Physical Science and Physics lab. I am currently trying to go to law...
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...tutor very young children in music (piano, clarinet, voice), sports (cheerleading, tennis, dance), and art (crafting, painting, public speaking). After high school, I became a peer mentor and volunteer teacher. I tutored 4th and 5th-grade math and worked as an assistant kindergarten teacher while in college working towards my BA in Journalism/Pre-Law with a minor in child development psychology. I have been teaching professionally since 2018. I have continued to work with K-12 in Reading,...
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...Bridge Program @ Harlem Prep Charter located in East Harlem NY. I specialize in English, Earth Science, and Computer Science. Also, I am a certified Medical Office Administration Assistant, Billing and Coding Specialist and Electronic Health Records Specialist with the National Healthcare Association (NHA). Most importantly I am TOTALLY FUN but goal orientated. Together we will have a blast learning new things. I'm looking forward to you IMPROVING my skill-set while I help you enhance...
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...over the years. I have seen the young people I tutor soar to new heights with a little bit of extra help that builds confidence and independence. Also, I have also been tutored myself so I know how it feels to sit on the other side of the desk! Overall, my approach is based on dialogue and respect, lots of humor and out-of-the-box creativity (ask me about the most grammatical pop song ever written), and...
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...Whatever I am teaching I try to make it a fun and interesting experience for both the students and myself. When tutoring I try to make it a personalized, individual experience for the student. My husband and I have decided that I will stay at home with Jace for a few years, so I have chosen to work from home. It has definitely been an interesting adjustment going from a full-time, classroom teacher to a...
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...to work to help you be successful with your learning! Each of us have our own style of learning and I will work with you to best find this and YOU will learn and feel successful. I have a diverse background as a RN with a trauma, NICU, NP and specialty nursing. In addition to my law degree I also have a Masters in Science with emphasis in Psychology and Humanity. I have a Master's...
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ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension Tutoring FAQ
Even if you do not plan to study literature in college, the ability to derive meaningful interpretations from prose will inevitably play a major role in your success in college-level courses and eventual career. College students must work to improve their reading comprehension beginning with the courses in their very first semester of college. Certain schools use the scores provided by the ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension test to gauge the appropriate difficulty of a course for an incoming student. While you may not put too much stress on this relatively short exam, it can have wide-ranging consequences for your college education. If you find yourself unprepared on test day and cannot showcase all of your abilities, you may end up assigned to a course much too easy for you. Avoid this situation entirely by preparing your skills before exam day with the help of ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension tutoring.
Impersonal resources like study guides and classroom-based review can only help you so much in improving your reading comprehension skills. These cannot provide you with instruction customized to your specific strengths and weaknesses. Whether you find literary devices confusing or have a hard time identifying the main idea of a passage, you will get prepackaged, one-size-fits-all instruction from cookie-cutter resources. This is not the case with personal tutoring. Private tutors can customize a series of lesson plans for you based on an in-depth analysis of your current strengths and weaknesses, and any specific concerns you may have about the test's format or content. As a result of this custom-tailored approach, you can receive instruction focused on just the topics that you struggles with most. This process even avoids wasting any time reviewing material that you have already mastered. In addition, because of the one-on-one environment in which ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension tutoring sessions take place, you can have the full attention of a knowledgeable teacher who can answer questions as they arise.
Private tutoring is also convenient, allowing you to schedule your sessions to take place when and where they best fit into your busy schedule. Can you fit a meeting with your tutor in between classes? Perhaps it is easier to meet later in the evening, or on the weekend. This flexibility makes these tutoring arrangements more accommodating to your needs because, whether or not your schedule is full, you still want to perform to the best of your abilities and maximize your chance of a high score. The barriers of booking a preparatory course given at a set time are removed. You can also choose to meet at your own home or any location that is convenient and comfortable for you, with the goal being to accommodate your busy life and to quell any anxieties there may be. You can even request to have face-to-face online sessions using our live learning platform.
Although the ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension test has just 20 questions, don't let the length fool you. It is important to read at your best. You may be proficient at identifying the main ideas of a passage, and finding direct statements and supporting ideas, but test jitters and a lack of understanding of the test structure can throw you off. You'll need ample practice ahead of time to avoid such problems. Since your ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension tutor has prepared for, taken, and taught the test before, they can show you everything there is to know, even providing helpful tips and tricks to work through tough problems. Plus, each tutoring session can be adapted to your own weaknesses, concerns, and learning style. To learn more about the advantages of ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension tutoring, or to get connected with a qualified, independent instructor, contact the educational directors at Varsity Tutors today!
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The student and I worked mostly on the essay portion of the test in this session. We discussed the content of his essay. His writing was strong but his thesis needed work in addressing the part of the question that asked about what the experience means to the writer. We addressed that and came up with a better thesis together, and I asked him to work that aspect in to his essay when rewriting it in the spots we discussed. We then did one reading comprehension passage.
Today the student and I began discussing subject-verb agreement. From there we moved onto reading comprehension strategies, and the student did two practice passages with questions. After, she completed some arithmetic problems.
The student's finalized test date was recently scheduled, and I believe he is ready for the exam. He understands and manipulates the concepts introduced in the practice booklet very well, and can solve most problems quickly and correctly. Besides this, he has developed strong mathematical skills that extend beyond the exam, which he demonstrated in this session by easily solving some difficult problems I created. During our next session, I hope to work through only problems that could be on his exam, focusing on execution time.
We went over more challenging aspects of grammar that show up on the basic skills test for teachers. Some of the topics covered included distinguishing between commonly confused words like further-farther, affect-effect, whom-that, and others. We used the provided paper practice test as source material with which to check our understanding.
Today we worked solely on prepping the student for the state test. Her teacher had given her a number of short response questions to work on, and we spent our time working on those. We also discussed some more general information about the test, such as how much time she will have for each question. She does a good job on these questions. We managed to get through all 3 prompts, though, and she is getting better at pulling out specific information from the passage to support her ideas.
For our second session, the student and I worked on the Reading Comprehension test. We talked about the two types of tasks that the test requires, and explored some strategies for each one. For the questions based on short passages, we discussed in particular how to distinguish the main idea of a passage from other related or supporting ideas that it contains. For questions dealing with the relationships between sentences, we talked about the sometimes subtle differences, between different types of logical relationships, that one sentence can have to another. He continues to be an engaged and dedicated student who asks excellent proactive questions, and applies himself to picking up the material that we cover, which in many cases, he is able to do quite quickly.
