Award-Winning English Grammar and Syntax Tutors in Apple Valley, MN

...am experienced in a plethora of subjects, I most enjoy helping others grow in their writing and communication skills with essay and speech assistance. I understand how it can feel to need help and have the patience required for one-on-one instruction. I believe with enough time and guidance we can all unlock the potential within,...

...standardized test preparation that will certainly improve your scores, as Ive gone through it myself plenty of times with very good results! My undergraduate degree is in geology from Oberlin College, and I have Master's degrees from the University of Arizona in Geography and UMSS in Bolivia in GeoInformation as a Rotary Scholar. I am...

...level Chinese and Spanish skills. I have a lot of hobbies and interests. I play the guitar, solve Rubik's cubes, refinish old furniture, read extensively, draw, paint and even play with nerf guns. I have a good bit of free time at the moment and would be happy to make your education my priority.... I believe in fun in education. I want you to be excited for our sessions because you know you will leave with a smile.

...and creative writing began in high school, during which time I was the Editor-in-chief of both the school newspaper and the school literary magazine, and I took a short exchange trip to a high school in Okinawa, Japan. Between writing, editing, and work-shopping, I have abundant experience in the writing process, and am excited to...

...and learned to adapt my strategies to meet their priorities. My conversational, nonjudgmental approach to tutoring has also proven effective with high school students. I view tutoring as a collaboration relationship with the goal of improving the writer's habits, not just the writing itself. This means that you, as the writer, have the ultimate authority...

...mission from the Peace Corps. For two years I lived in a small mountain village teaching high school students in Indonesia. The students and I practiced Basic English skills during the day, debate and rhetoric skills after school hours, and life skills through volunteering throughout the community. Our village debate team, though vastly underfunded, managed...

...to be able to travel and know the native language, and that is the type of passion that I hope to inspire in my students. While in Spain, I taught English to a number of students, and through this and my own personal experiences learning Spanish (and American Sign Language!), I feel I know the...

...During my junior and senior years in college, I volunteered at two different legal organizations, the International Institute of Minnesota and the Immigration Law Center, and today I am working part-time as a legal assistant at Marso & Michelson, P.A. in Minneapolis. After graduating from high school and before starting college, I took a gap...

...through the Academic Skills Office there. I have tutored high schoolers at the MN Internship Center and worked with students of all ages from elementary schoolers to adults at the non-profit program Safe Place: Homework Help. A particular highlight of mine is the summer I spent teaching English to adults as a certified ESL assistant...

...urban setting. After spending two years there, I moved to Tucson, Arizona, where I taught at an accelerated charter school with a focus on math and science. These diverse teaching experiences, as well as my current position, have taught me so much about how to best lead students to learn. I have many teaching strategies...