Samantha: Markham tutor

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I graduated from Central Magnet School (near MTSU) in 2020. I'm currently a senior at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, majoring in English: Creative Writing! I've always had a passion and a talent for English, and for a time I thought it was for languages altogether; I took seven years of French (high school and college level) and two years of Spanish. After ending my academic career with French, I realized the passion I had came more from a fantastic teacher more than the subject matter. This led me to realize that I wanted to be
a teacher myself. Since English has always been my favorite and where I carry the most skill, I'm pursuing a career as an English teacher! That being said, I have plenty of expertise to tutor both in English and in French. I have experience as a summer camp counsellor, a teacher's aide for my French classes, in addition to classroom observation experience through the Education department of my university. While I'm new in experience to teaching/tutoring, I completed a Psychology thesis in my senior year of high school centered around Education, and I have done extensive reading about teaching strategies and learning styles. I'm striving to create a welcoming environment that generates excitement about, and engagement with, the material at hand. I like to keep students involved through discussion and other interactives during instruction (the interactives will depend on the age group). My teaching philosophy is very student-focused, and I'm very excited to be working with students!