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I am a Secondary Education teacher specializing in English Language Arts. I earned my Masters of Arts of Teaching from The Citadel and Bachelors of English Literature from Clemson University. I graduated with honors from both institutions and was inducted into Kappa Delta Pi, an honors society for Education majors.

I have continued to learn by taking courses in Pima Community College's Post-Baccalaureate program. I have stayed up-to-date with online learning techniques by taking professional development courses with ASU's Arizona Virtual Teacher Institute.

I enjoy teaching and tutoring English Language Arts at the high school, college, and adult level. ELA covers a wide umbrella: I teach grammar, writing skills, composition, reading comprehension strategies, rhetoric, literature, and public speaking skills. I teach grammar with a practical approach, centering it around writing and grounding new lessons in students' prior knowledge. I have experience teaching High School English at the honors and remedial level. I had students with IEPs or 504 plans in my classes at every academic level. I pride myself in breaking down difficult texts (including Shakespeare and Beowulf) so that students find them approachable.

I enjoy being able to work one-on-one with students who benefit from specific strategies and extra instructional time, particularly due to dyslexia and/or ADHD. In my experience, encouragement can make a world of difference when students struggle with a subject, no matter what the reason. Often students who struggle with a learning disability want to do well, and are motivated to do the work when someone listens to them and offers concrete strategies that may help. It can be frustrating and discouraging when students keep trying harder on their own without seeing a result! My job is to make tailored suggestions so they can try things differently instead of just trying harder to no avail.

I help students prepare for the AP English Language and Composition Exam. I teach SAT Reading Prep classes. I help students with summer reading assignments and college essays. In the summers, I also teach Introduction to Japanese and Conversational French, one-on-one or in small groups.


I teach and tutor High School English, Composition, American Literature, British Literature, World Literature, and Japanese Literature. I am a former National Merit Scholar, and I help students prepare for the English, Reading, and Writing sections of the PSAT, SAT, and ACT. I am a two-time recipient of the Educational Testing Service's Recognition of Excellence for the PRAXIS Principles of Learning and Teaching: Grades 7-12 and PRAXIS English Language, Literature, and Composition: Content Knowledge.

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Theresa’s Qualifications

Education & Certification

Undergraduate Degree: Clemson University - Bachelor in Arts, English

Graduate Degree: Citadel Military College of South Carolina - Master of Arts, Education

Hobbies

My hobbies are tai chi, gardening, and learning Spanish.

Tutoring Subjects

ACCUPLACER Prep

ACCUPLACER Language Use

ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension

ACCUPLACER WritePlacer

ACT Prep

ACT English

ACT Math

ACT Reading

ACT Writing

Adult ESL/ELL

AP English Language and Composition

British Literature

CAHSEE English

Certified Reading Intervention

CLEP Prep

CLEP American Literature

CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature

CLEP College Composition

CLEP English Literature

College English

College Level American Literature

Comparative Literature

Composition

Conversational French

Creative Writing

English

English Grammar and Syntax

English Language Arts Substitute

ESL/ELL

Executive Functioning

Expository Writing

Fiction Writing

French

High School English

High School Level American Literature

High School Writing

IB Extended Essay

IB Language A: Literature

IB Literature and Performance

Introduction to Japanese

Languages

Learning Differences

Literature

Medieval Literature

Middle School English

Music

PRAXIS

PRAXIS Core Reading

PRAXIS Core Writing

PRAXIS English

Professional Certifications

PSAT Critical Reading

PSAT Writing Skills

Reading Intervention

Religion

SAT Prep

SAT Math

SAT Reading

SAT Reading Prep Course

SAT Writing and Language

Social Networking

Social Sciences

Substitute

Technical Writing

Test Prep

Theology

World Literature

Writing

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