Kayla

Currently a junior studying Philosophy and Environmental Studies at Eckerd College. I've been working with students for about six years now and have experience with elementary, middle school, high school, and college levels. From the fall of 2012 to the spring of 2013 I tutored two sixth grade twins four afternoons a week. One student had an attention disorder, so as I helped in any and all subjects I also worked to maintain a focused study environment. Summer of 2014 I worked as a camp counselor and nature specialist at Camp James in Newport Beach CA, switching between the two positions weekly. As camp counselor, I was in charge of a group of around fifteen 10 year olds at a time, supervising them in activities and ensuring everybody was a happy camper. The other weeks, where I was the nature specialist, I came up with programs for kids from 4 to 14, ensuring that the 4 to 6 year olds had different, and just as interesting, activities as the 7 through 9 year olds and the 10 through 14 year olds. In the spring of 2015, I worked as an AVID tutor at St. Petersburg High School were I was working with freshmen, sophomore, and junior students. The AVID program encourages students to help each other through problems through a socratic-based discussion method which I helped implement, along with helping the students work through problems they were stuck on or confused about. Also in the spring, I began a job as a logic tutor at my college which I continue this fall. In this position, I set up weekly office hours for students to come in for help with quizzes, homework, or general subject confusion.