Award-Winning Creative Writing Tutors serving Beaverton, OR

...with 19 years of experience teaching and leading in Japanese and U.S. schools, I have nine years teaching diverse subjects to English learners with fun, engaging, and meaningful lessons to learners age two to twenty in bilingual, ESL, private, and public schools. My Core Competencies include engaging and fun individual, small group, and whole class lessons, Multicultural Communication, Customer Care, Professional Development Coaching, and Integrating Technology into Lessons. Also, Classroom Management, reading student testing Data,...

I'm a recent graduate from Santa Clara University with a deep knowledge in philosophy and religious studies, and a passion for writing and math. I spend my free time outside with my Whippet, Tango, and writing on whatever pops into my head. Come learn with me!

...volunteering as a children's art teacher and mentor. These experiences taught me much about children's varied learning styles and the unique challenges involved in learning literacy. As a certified ESL teacher in a private school in Ha Noi, Vietnam, I devised original lesson plans, engaging my younger students with games that incorporated physical movement and organizing more socially interactive small group lessons for older students. I will take time in our introductory session to get...

...As a student, I was pretty bored in school for many years so I understand the value of keeping things fresh, interesting and relevant. During my teaching career, I was also the school's TAG coordinator. I also have extensive experience working with students that struggle with organization/executive function as well as ADD/ADHD students. In 2013, I chose to leave teaching (on excellent terms) because I was ready for new adventures that I am currently pursuing....

...College, and I've taken several classes on Latin American literature, as well as general Spanish writing courses. I've done some work as a conversational tutor at Reed, and lately I have been developing my skills as a literary translator. I am also a musician and I have a passion for art and philosophy! As a tutor I like to focus on building conversational skills. I believe that learning a language is best done through lots...