Megan: Salt Lake County tutor

Certified Tutor

I went to a small high school on a base overseas in the UK, and went straight to Tampa after I graduated as salutatorian in 2008. I graduated from the University of South Florida in 2012 with a Bachelor's in English, Creative Writing, and a minor in History, and it was the best decision of my young adult life! I am currently pursuing my teaching certificate through Hilsborough Community College's Educator Preparation Institute (EPI), and hopefully, assuming there won't be too many bumps along the way, I will have it by the end of August!

I have been tutoring off and on since I was old enough to be a babysitter on base. I grew up overseas in England from the time I was twelve, so I worked with students who were catching up to their new classes because they just moved, or helping them to prepare to take their finals early so they could move before the end of the semester. I worked with my Girl Scouts and helped tutor the younger girls in subjects they had trouble with, from 5th grade Math to reading comprehension. For my senior year, I had to take Career Practicum, and I worked with the Elementary School's Read 180 teacher. I helped two first graders (one a semester) get their reading levels from 0 to 17. I volunteered in a variety of positions in the school, to include teacher's helper, and a summer school assistant. When I graduated from USF, I went back to England on my own and worked on base, and spent my free time working in a teacher's classroom helping students with 7th, 9th, 11th, and AP English, as well as Spanish II. I tutored a couple of students in Spanish II (they were 9th and 10th graders), and I also helped a student who couldn't attend the school for a few months keep up with both his Spanish II and his Algebra, so when he moved back to the states, he'd be on par with his fellow students. I helped an ESL student in Geometry comprehend the math, and get his average for the semester up from an F to a C+.

My favorite subjects to tutor, understandably, are English (and more specifically, writing) as well as History (European History is the best!). My teaching philosophy is that everyone is very much able to succeed, and that all students succeed differently. What might have worked for one student I worked with may not work for another, and that is perfectly alright. With that in mind, I try to keep my tutoring style very open and comfortable, as well as positive and encouraging. I want to do what is best for the student, and what will help them to succeed.

When I'm not tutoring, I am either working at Starbucks (I LOVE coffee, and making all the different drinks is a lot of fun!), or doing something at home. I love to read and write (I am currently working on my own novel in my free time). I have most recently taught myself how to crochet, and I am looking forward to being able to make something that isn't a scarf. I love to watch Doctor Who, and most importantly, I love to travel, and I hope to go as many places as I can in my life.