Award-Winning Literature Tutors in Richmond, VA

...served with distinction as a Latin, Greek, History, and Philosophy instructor at Western Reserve Academy and at St. Catherine's School. In addition to my classroom duties, I had the opportunity to serve as an academic advisor, a dormitory housemaster, and an athletic coach. After briefly leaving teaching to help my parents through a series of health crises, I took a position with the Central Regional Middle School as a substitute teacher, where I have discovered...

...classroom”, where one size fits all. As a special educator I must adapt the curriculum to each student, taking into account the diverse population of a 21st century classroom. I do this first by getting to know my students as individuals, taking into account their backgrounds, interests, goals, academic strengths, personal needs, and abilities where I can then focus on how they can best access the curriculum. I enjoy working with all subjects in the...

...in multiple ways. I have coached thousands of cheerleaders across the United States with various backgrounds, working with children from 5 years of age, to young adults. I watched them progress physically, mentally, and socially over a week to sometimes years. Coaching helped me to develop and master the time management, organizational, and communicative skills needed to efficiently stay on task and help kids learn to their fullest ability. While coaching in various school districts...

...session to the student’s individual needs, and working to discover the very best ways to help each student advance in their understanding of a given subject. I endeavor to make learning a fun and accessible experience by incorporating a variety of teaching tools and styles. When my nose isn’t buried in a book, I enjoy acting, knitting, SCUBA diving, and watching “Doctor Who.” I look forward to helping your student achieve his or her academic...

...graduate of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, receiving a bachelor's degree in English in 2008 and a master's degree in secondary education in 2009. Since graduation, I have worked teaching high school English and coaching wrestling in a relatively poor and rural district just south of Richmond. Though I am fully qualified and capable of tutoring any subject related to English, one of the things I have enjoyed the most success with as a...

...individual and group settings. While in college, I worked for a local high school tutoring groups of students through the AVID system. At the same time, I also tutored an individual who was failing four out of his five core classes. In three classes he had less than a 40%, and was in danger of dropping out of school. After four weeks of tutoring, he was passing all his classes. He graduated on time the...

...for over ten years and am a great teacher! My students enjoy my teaching sessions which not only help them gain new knowledge, but also help them to become life long learners. I believe that education should not be dull and routine but interesting and relevant. We live in a busy world with lots of things going on which can be incorporated into learning. Music, business, movies, books, technology--all have a place in learning English....

...have worked with students from a variety of backgrounds and skill levels, including many students with unique language or learning needs. I have served as an adviser and scorer/rater for numerous written assessment tests (including district and state assessments from elementary through high school, and college entrance and exit exams), and am very familiar with the type of analytical and persuasive writing prompts that students are asked to tackle for such assessments. Despite my extensive...

...I learned more by studying at universities in the United States or by living and working in Europe. Earning a Ph.D. in French Language and Literature at Florida State University and an undergraduate degree in English at Shepherd College taught me a lot about those subjects, as well as how to teach others to acquire proficiency in them, but the education I received from working in private language schools in Germany and Italy, and studying...

...as well as studio art because both enable students to develop their own ideas and creativity. For me traveling fosters creativity as well as a sense of community with new and differing perspectives, which is integral to learning. I've spent time in Spain, England, France, Germany, South Africa, Honduras and most recently, Argentina where I worked as an Artist in Residence. I am already planning more adventures in Central and South America for the coming...