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Sarah

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I graduated with honors from New York University with a B.F.A. in Drama. While at NYU, I took a variety of classes to satisfy my degree, from Astronomy to Greek Mythology, because I love learning. By extension, I love teaching because I enjoy helping others become passionate about knowledge. I have been a gymnastics coach, a camp counselor, and a tutor, teaching sports, arts and crafts, and school subjects to children of all ages. My favorite subjects to tutor are English and Spanish, because I love helping people to express themselves. Reading and Writing are such important tools to have in life, so I take my job as an English tutor very seriously. My goal is to not only help a student acquire the necessary skills needed to succeed, but to enjoy doing so. This is also why I tutor children of all ages in standardized test preparation. I know tests are a formidable challenge to many people, but I believe that they can be fun if a student feels prepared and confident. In my mind, a test is an opportunity to display hard work and knowledge, not something to be feared. My tutoring style is very focused, fun, and relaxed. I believe students do best when in a calm, encouraging atmosphere. I never stray from the task at hand, but I do introduce a certain level of silliness and play in my teaching. I think this makes a student more open to learning and more available to growth in a subject. My theater background has helped me learn a variety of memorization techniques that I look forward to sharing with my students. I understand that different people learn in different ways, so I always cater my tutoring to a student's personality, preferences, and needs. I enjoy getting to know a student, discovering the ways in which they learn best, and crafting a tutoring approach specifically for them. Besides teaching, I enjoy playing soccer, acting in films, singing and dancing, and, of course, reading and writing.

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Sarah’s Qualifications
Education & Certification

Undergraduate Degree: New York University - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drama

Test Scores
SAT Composite (1600 scale): 1520
SAT Math: 700
SAT Verbal: 720
SAT Writing: 800
Hobbies

Acting, Singing, Dancing, Writing, Reading, Yoga, Cinema

Tutoring Subjects
10th Grade Reading
10th Grade Writing
11th Grade Reading
11th Grade Writing
12th Grade Reading
12th Grade Writing
1st Grade Math
1st Grade Reading
1st Grade Writing
2nd Grade Math
2nd Grade Reading
2nd Grade Writing
3rd Grade Math
3rd Grade Reading
3rd Grade Science
3rd Grade Writing
4th Grade Math
4th Grade Reading
4th Grade Science
4th Grade Writing
5th Grade Math
5th Grade Reading
5th Grade Science
5th Grade Writing
6th Grade Math
6th Grade Reading
6th Grade Science
6th Grade Writing
7th Grade Math
7th Grade Reading
7th Grade Science
7th Grade Writing
8th Grade Math
8th Grade Reading
8th Grade Science
8th Grade Writing
9th Grade Math
9th Grade Reading
9th Grade Writing
ACT Prep
ACT English
ACT Math
ACT Reading
ACT Science
ACT Writing
Admissions
Adult Literacy
AP English Language and Composition
AP English Literature and Composition
AP Spanish Language & Culture
Arithmetic
College Application Essays
College English
College Essays
Comparative Literature
Creative Writing
Elementary Algebra
Elementary Math
Elementary School Math
Elementary School Reading
Elementary School Science
Elementary School Writing
English
English Grammar and Syntax
Essay Editing
Fiction Writing
Gifted
High School English
High School Writing
HSPT Prep
HSPT Language Skills
HSPT Math
HSPT Quantitative
HSPT Reading
HSPT Verbal
Intermediate Algebra
Introduction to Fiction
ISEE Prep
ISEE- Lower Level
ISEE- Middle Level
ISEE- Upper Level
Languages
Literature
Math
Middle School
Middle School Math
Middle School Reading
Middle School Science
Middle School Writing
Other
Persuasive Writing
Poetry
Poetry Writing
Pre-Algebra
PSAT Critical Reading
PSAT Writing Skills
Public Speaking
Quantitative Reasoning
Reading
SAT Prep
SAT Math
SAT Mathematics
SAT Reading
SAT Subject Test in Literature
SAT Subject Test in Spanish
SAT Subject Test in Spanish with Listening
SAT Subject Tests Prep
Science
Shakespeare
SHSAT Prep
Spanish
Spanish 1
Spanish 2
Spanish 3
Spanish 4
SSAT Prep
SSAT- Elementary Level
SSAT- Middle Level
SSAT- Upper Level
Summer
Test Prep
TOEFL Prep
Vocabulary
Writing
What might you do in a typical first session with a student?

First, I would ask the student what his or her goals are for our sessions. Then, I would ask which areas the student feels strongest in, and which they are having trouble with. We'll discuss materials, and I can recommend prep books or websites for practice outside of tutoring. Then, I will go over the test or subject in general to gauge how familiar my student already is with the format. Finally, we focus on one difficult concept and work on that for the remainder of the time. At the end of my sessions, I assign homework for our next meeting and confirm our schedule moving forward.

How can you help a student become an independent learner?

I always encourage my students to talk to me about their anxieties, passions, and goals. I firmly believe that my student is the most accurate judge of performance and usually knows what they excel at, and what they need more guidance with. Once we've talked about goals, I help students make a study schedule to help meet these goals efficiently, easily, and confidently. I usually ask a student a question before I volunteer an answer, always giving them the opportunity to figure it out first. I encourage my students to ask for help when they're stuck, but always advocate problem-solving over automatically explaining the answer. This way, I guide my students toward the answer so they are learning how to problem solve.