It is my mission to provide excellent instruction to all my students. I want to help everyone embrace the joy of learning and overcome the fear of failure.
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...me many years of experience teaching and tutoring. I love learning, and I hope to encourage this passion in others too. I believe it's important to make lessons interesting and engaging! I graduated from Ithaca College with degrees in English Literature and Spanish, and went on to teach English abroad in South America: first in Colombia, then in Brazil through a Fulbright grant. Literature, foreign languages, and social studies are my specialties, but I'm comfortable...
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...the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. I have a minor in Spanish and a passion for writing. I have experience tutoring several subjects, including Spanish, English/Writing and Algebra. I am a teacher's assistant at the business school and have a lot of experience reading application essays, research papers, cover letters and resumes (in both Spanish and English). I find helping other students to be incredibly rewarding, and am so excited at the possibility...
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...University of South Florida and received my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a focus on learning and brain development. Since graduation, I have began working in a middle school, facilitating speech therapy sessions. I work with an SLP to assist students with their reading comprehension, articulation, and overall language skills. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about Arts, Literature, and Science. I am a firm proponent of education,...
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...2010 as a freshman in college at AASU. I completed field work in a 3rd-grade math classroom and 5th grade science classroom. I also assisted with 3rd-5th grade math research with my Education professor Dr. Yang. I have since tutored several ages, including as young as Kindergarten to an adult. I have tutored Math, English, Spanish, Biological sciences, and SAT prep. I love teaching the philosophies and core reasoning behind topics. I have tutored students...
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At this time, I am a Substitute teacher who is studying to become an ESOL teacher in Pennsylvania. I have a Masters in Adolescent Education in English 7-12. However, I have also worked with elementary school aged students. I also know Spanish. I would love to help you succeed in your schoolwork so that you can either move up to the next grade level or graduate. I hope to hear from you soon. Take care.
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...simple guy. I grew up in any one of a dozen small towns surrounding an army base in Northern New York. Two of my three degrees come the State University of New York, and my third comes from Northern Virginia Community College. This is my first time professionally tutoring students, but I am confident in my abilities as a professional writer, editor, and proofreader. I see myself as an artist. Music is actually my first...
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...Brown University, Bachelor's Degree in Political Science; Sarah Lawrence College, Master's Degree in Women's History, and I am eager to share my enthusiasm for learning with you. I studied political science at Brown University, but I enjoy reading about subjects as diverse as astronomy, sustainability, and literature too. I had some study tactics that worked for me, especially for high school subjects and standardized tests. I can share these with you but also try to...
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...Champaign, with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Computer Engineering and minoring in Statistics. I had an internship at Discover Financial Services and received a return offer from the company. I studied Pre-Med as well. I was the Senior Resident Advisor of my University Housing building, and served as a mentor to my residents, both academically and managing personal stresses. I was involved in undergraduate research. I was a part of the Mentorship program at...
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...graduate hoping to help students who struggling with reading or writing. These subjects have been my passion since I was very young, so goal is to help students understand the fun side of reading so they'll become more interested in learning. I'm looking to give every student the tools they need to succeed in their future. In terms of my tutoring background, I've mostly volunteered my time to friends and family, as well as volunteer...
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...degree from the University of New Mexico and I've been teaching for over four years. I've taught in multiple academic and creative arts programs. And I serve as a guest teacher for public schools in the United States. Some of the courses and skills that I teach include: English, reading, writing, grammar, essay writing, public speaking and resume and cover letter writing. Some of my elective courses include: Hip hop dance, jazz dance, modern dance,...
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Hello! My name is Dan Rein and I go by Mr.Dan with my students! I have been an online tutor for three years. I have worked with students of all ages and welcome students of all grade levels. I have worked K-12 as a substitute teacher and currently specialize with students in kindergarten and first grade. I look foward to our first session to help your child be the best student they can be!
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...expert on grammar and mechanics. I can help you develop your thesis, your argument, your paragraphs, your introduction, and your conclusion. I am incredibly good at helping write college application essays. In addition, I can help you find quality research and integrate it professionally into your essays. I do test prep as well, from elementary through graduate student. I'm also patient and kind, and I care very much for my students. I look forward to...
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...to be a writer. I was always told I was a good poet and dramatist, however, I did not know if that was a career path I was willing to follow. I finally decided to study English and take up writing classes. I met up with writing coaches who instilled in me the necessary tools and skills needed to be a successful writer. I as an adult and an English major would also like to...
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...American West and Public History, the application of historical study to education of the public. This includes a wide variety of experience and skills, such as research, writing, collections management, exhibit curation, public programming, community engagement, and education. I believe it is an exciting time to study history today. We have growing technologies that make more information available to us each day AND we can discover and include new stories and perspectives that teach important...
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...received my Bachelor of Arts in English literature with minors in philosophy and writing/rhetoric. As an undergraduate, I worked at my college's Writing and Speaking Center as a peer consultant and took education classes for which I observed K-12 classrooms. Since graduation, I have earned a TEFL certification which I used at the beginning of this year to teach English in Germany. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about...
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I am a student at WGU majoring in Information Technology. I believe that education is extremely important and school has been such a strong pathway of success for me. Through tutoring I want to help other people succeed through education.
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...this excellent learning community. I graduated from Western Carolina University in 2000 with a BS Ed in Secondary Social Sciences. I am a certified teacher in North Carolina and I also have National Board Certification. I am not only an experienced Social Studies Educator, but I am also a Highly Motivated Individual with a lot of ideas and energy. I have 16 years experience entertaining my students with stories throughout history. I am proud to...
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...English/humanities, though I occasionally dabble in math/science and such. I hold a Masters in Education specializing in secondary education, but I've worked with a wide variety of student demographics: K-12, college/university, returning students, ESL/ELL, gifted and/or reluctant learners, etc. I enjoy the challenge of stepping outside of my comfort zone in terms of teaching assignments, and I believe my passion for being in the classroom rubs off on my students. My teaching philosophy includes having...
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We continued our discussion of the assessment test, specifically, we reviewed the student's first practice test and examined the strategy of the writing section to adapt her skill set to the test.
We covered some grammar from the Writing section, and were able to work through 3 sections of a full length exam. The student showed improvement for his grammar questions and felt more comfortable when he could read the sentences aloud, so I suggested that he continue to practice reading aloud.
Timed the student in the math and English sections; her pace was good. We then transitioned into science, which she is least familiar with from her SAT studies. I helped her detect trends in data and extrapolate beyond the provided information.
Today the student and I spent some time reviewing grammar concepts and talked about strategy for identifying sentence errors and improving paragraphs. We worked together through the problems of these types that she had missed on her diagnostic exam to make sure that she understood the concepts. We finished our time by doing some work on her pacing and time management for the reading portion of the exam.
We started today by working on the math section. She has no problems with the content, but needs to be more confident. We discussed testing strategies and methods to increase confidence in her abilities. We also worked on the science section. We focused on interpreting graphs.
