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Ivory: West New York tutor

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Having taught school for eight years in and around my hometown of Detroit, I am deeply dedicated to helping young people achieve. I am very happy to provide as a tutor the individual attention that students aren't often able to receive among dozens of other pupils in a classroom.

I have experience as a middle school reading tutor in 2019 to 2020 and elementary school math tutor in 2017 to 2018, in addition to my teaching background. I also worked as a math tutor during my senior year in high school, mainly helping with algebra and geometry.

During the most recent school year, 2024-25, I served as a full-time special ed paraprofessional at a school in Southfield, MI, working with elementary school students. Currently I'm a reading instructor with an after-school program at a Kumon learning center in Detroit. I've worked there since February 2024.

As a member of the Varsity Tutors family, I am very happy to use my ability to break down, clarify and explain concepts in a way that kids can understand.

I am a December 1998 graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, where I majored in journalism and minored in sociology. From 1999 to 2013, I used my love of the written word daily as a reporter for People magazine in New York City.

Immediately after relocating to my native Detroit, I began to fulfill a long-time interest of entering the education field. I can sincerely say that teaching and tutoring have been rewarding beyond words!

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Ivory’s Qualifications
Education & Certification

Degree: University of Missouri - Bachelor, Journalism

Hobbies

• Creative writing, including short stories and poems • Reading novels, historical non-fiction as well as books and articles about pop culture • Enjoying and discussing a wide variety of movies, TV shows and music • Architectural sightseeing • Playing tennis, which I'm decent at, and basketball, which I'm -- well, I try • Spending time with family

Tutoring Subjects
College English
English
English Grammar and Syntax
High School English
High School Reading
High School Writing
Middle School English
Middle School Reading
Middle School Reading Comprehension
Middle School Writing
Reading
Reading Comprehension Class
Spelling, Grammar, and Writing Skills Class
Writing