Award-Winning Tutors in Arvada, CO for students with Special Education

...Professional Highlights: 20 elementary and high middle school students successfully taught and mentored in 1st year of independent education startup 12 Juveniles counseled and educated at a wilderness education program 6 years successfully counseling "at risk" youth in California, Florida and Montana 5 years tutoring and educating special populations across the curriculum 4 years implementing animal assisted services and curriculum design 3 years as a Certified Power Yoga Instructor for Corepower Yoga Studios 2 years...

...am a third-year law student at the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder. In my second year, I worked as a teaching assistant to a first-year legal writing course. Before attending law school, I taught 7th grade reading and writing where my preps included special education and English as a Second Language. I attended Texas A&M University and was a certified Level 3 CRLA (College Reading and Learning Association) writing tutor. I tutored undergraduate,...

...hopeful and supported as they are working towards their goals. I also believe strongly in empowering a student towards independent learning and helping them discover aspects of being a learner that they are passionate about, and will continue to pursue with or without extrinsic motivators. I try to show each person with whom I come in contact that they have it within themselves to overcome almost any obstacle (educational or otherwise)...and live according to the...

...aspergers, hyperlexia, auditory processing disorder, and social-emotional processing disorder. With every one of these students, I have learned more and more about what these challenges mean and have figured out what techniques work best with each person's learning style. -I get to tell nerdy jokes ("Two atoms were walking down the street when one of them said, 'Oh no! I just lost an electron!' The other atom turned to the first and said, 'are you sure?'...

I am currently part of the Denver Math Fellow program at Columbine Elementary School. This AmeriCorp program specializes in targeting individual students who need extra assistance in their math studies. In addition to being a Math Fellow, I also work for Results Learning twice a week where I work with 2nd and 3rd grade students on the Reading and Writing Comprehension. Originally, I am from St. Louis, Missouri. I have my B.A. in...

...through my work program.I really enjoy watching students get excited when they figured out an answer or learned a new skill. I come from both private and public education systems. I am originally from Buffalo, NY and spent 15 years working, learning and living in New York City until my recent move to Colorado. For me, not every subject could be mastered with the same learning techniques and I have learned to adapt myself which...

...spring of 2011, and I've been a full-time professional tutor in the Denver school district for the two years since graduation, working mostly with struggling readers and writers in middle school and high school. I love planning exciting and individualized lessons and seeing skills click for students, but my all-time favorite part of teaching is getting to read my students' writing. Sometimes it is heartbreaking, sometimes it is more insightful than I expect, and sometimes...

...am a graduate of Iowa State University. I received my Bachelor of Arts in English with a focus on secondary education. Since graduation, I have successfully taught Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language skills in two urban schools as well as a suburban and a rural school. I taught at a drop-out retrieval program in Chicago, and I taught at-risk and underprivileged students ranging in age from 11-21 years at Ombudsman centers in Aurora,...

...the privilege of working with diverse groups of students. Currently, I am an Affective Needs teacher in a center-based program. I work with students who have significant emotional disabilities, ADHD, executive functioning struggles, and autism. I provide students with instruction in Social/Emotional Learning and Mindfulness. Prior to my current position, I built an Intensive Autism program in a public school. The program's first year was successful and grew to two programs in the second year....

...have worked in schools for over four years, and I love meeting and working with new students! I worked as a Special Education teacher for K-8 for the last two years and I enjoy teaching people who learn differently compared to their peers. I am fluent in American Sign Language and I have studied the language for over 13 years. I have my degree in Human Services (similar to Social Work) and I have a...