...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 at the International Education Center in downtown Minneapolis. All these experiences have helped me develop a variety of strategies to adapt to different learners needs and learning styles. I tutor a wide range of subjects, such...
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As an educator for 20 years in both the US and Canada, I enjoying working with students of all ages. With a background in Special Education and tutoring for test prep (GED, ACT, SAT), I have a heart for those who find it difficult to succeed in the classroom. It is my passion to encourage students and help them learn strategies to succeed in their education and in life. ... All students have the ability to...
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...and I am majoring in Biology at Loyola University Chicago. I am working towards becoming a physician, and I expect to attend medical school next year. I have scored at the 100th percentile for the Physical Sciences portion of the MCAT. My Chemistry, Physics, and Biology knowledge is quite extensive. I have always been fascinated by science and medicine. I have been tutoring for 3 years, and I have experience teaching from 1st grade students...
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...gladly connect my students to any college admissions departments I am familiar with. Although my tutoring specialty is test prep -- SAT, ACT, PSAT, SHSAT, and GRE -- I particularly love tutoring writing, and creative writing is a hobby of mine. My philosophy is that even when we are preparing for a standardized exam, we should always be relating the work to your passions, pursuits, and educational goals to make the work that much more...
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...I have taught college courses in psychology and organizational behavior, and recently received a Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Northern Colorado. I enjoy working with students of all ages and backgrounds. My tutoring style emphasizes identifying and building upon student strengths, adapting my methods and explanations to best meet the needs of individual students. I enjoy helping students develop specific skills and meet their immediate goals, but I love helping students...
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My name is Ms. Messenger. I am currently in school to be a high school math teacher. I have 2 children. My daughter is 4. My son is 8. Some of my hobbies include music, fishing, baking, and arts and crafts. I look forward to helping students succeed in their education.... Every teaching opportunity is also an opportunity to learn for both the teacher and the student.... It is all about getting to know my student...
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...and personalized manner. As a life-long learner, I have a passion for teaching and rely on my educational background in neuroscience and psychology to help develop individualized learning and tutoring plans to help students accomplish their academic and personal goals. Whether it be elementary and middle school math or college level anatomy and physiology, I review and prepare for my students so that our time together is spent in the most efficient way possible.
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...enjoys teaching, as well as learning. I believe that the development of the mind is one of the most important things that an individual can do in order to enhance their overall well-being. Therefore, I am fully engaged in the process of helping individuals to achieve their academic goals, as well as to help them to enjoy the learning process along the way. I have over five years of tutoring experience, and have a 4.9...
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...my MA, I tutored in a community college writing center and taught credit and non-credit college English classes. I recently returned from South Korea, where I taught ESL classes to a wide range of students, elementary-aged to adult. I have experience teaching in both classroom and private settings, and I delight in helping students reach their goals and find their voices in order to better express themselves in both speaking and writing.... A good teacher should...
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...considered as a tutor for your student! Education has been a passion of mine from a very young age. I remember forcing my younger siblings to sit for "lessons" - and I still enjoy creating those innovative, engaging lessons today! I am a certified English teacher for grades 7-12 and a certified Reading Specialist for grades K-12. I love working with students of all ages in order to highlight their potential and strengthen any areas...
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I love the look a child gets in their eyes when they begin to understand a concept that has alluded them in the past. Whether teaching my class or working one on one with a student, seeing that success is what I strive for.... All students are capable of being successful. As a teacher, it's my job to identify the strategies and resources that will put each student I work with on the path to success.
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...spot at my dream college and currently pursuing a career that I'm truly passionate about. I now wish to pay it forward and be a positive influence for the students that are frustrated in school. Based on my own experiences, I recognize how important it is to form a relationship with the student to where they are comfortable with seeking assistance and communicating their feelings and frustrations with me. Once a rapport is established, I'm...
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...More recently, she has served as a substitute teacher and education consultant for Conroe and Magnolia ISDs, located near The Woodlands, Texas area. In this current role Dr. Dabney regularly teaches ESL, Math, Science, Speech and History in K-12 schools, primarily at 6-12 grade level. This new career opportunity in the K-12 system, has provided Dr. Dabney the opportunity to commit even more to doing her life's work, by helping young students discover their own...
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...student at a time. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about Mathematics, Accounting, Economics, and other business-related courses. In my experience helping students prepare for assignments and exams, Ive found that they are the most successful when they learn to focus on the substance of the problems/transactions and understand whats really happening in real-world terms. I strive to help students master their own mindset, and teach them to look...
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...am a college English professor at Suffolk County Community College , and have been tutoring students of all ages in English, math, and history for ten years. I experience joy every time I can help a struggling student understand, or even enjoy a subject. I am very experienced in tailoring lessons to meet an individual's needs, so no matter what your issue is, we can figure out how to solve it together! I look forward...
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...English as a Second Language. My undergraduate degree was in Early Childhood Education and English. Since graduation, I have taught both high school and Early Childhood students. My passion lies in teaching reading, comprehension, vocabulary and writing. One program I have enjoyed working in the most has been a test prep program for high school students. This program focused on writing skills, answering essay prompts and testing strategies. In my free time, I enjoy reading...
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...was absorbed into the public system and closed. Now I enjoy tutoring in my free time as I pursue owning my own business. I am also a passionate naturalist who studies ornithology, mycology, herpetology, entomology, and general ecology. I work with many local nature organizations including the Buffalo Audubon, Tifft Nature Preserve, and the Buffalo Ornithological Society leading guided hikes and classes for both children and adults. I have also been a leader at the...
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...and learning, and by the time that I was fifteen I discovered that I wanted to be a librarian. At that age, I knew that my ideas might change, but I committed myself to my education and learning more about librarianship. I developed my interests by volunteering at my local library, shadowing a librarian, and tutoring my classmates. As high school graduation approached, I quickly realized that library science was the only field of study...
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...interests and personalities and seeing how their own unique knowledges come out in their work. As a TA, I found that students' writing changed the most when we could work one-on-one in office hours -- those are the people who came back to me and thanked me for helping them improve and build on their skills so much. That's what I love about tutoring: it really affords the time and space for me to give...
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...in which people learn, which has led me to pursue a degree in Neuropsychology. Through great experiences teaching English in Chiangmai, Thailand for two months and tutoring Calculus I and II through Princeton University's McGraw Tutoring program for two years, I have come across many learning styles and have developed a love for teaching. My strengths include standardized testing, Spanish, Mathematics (Algebra, Geometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus) and ACT/SAT/CLEP prep. I have experience working with students who...
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Even if you do not plan to study literature in college, the ability to derive meaningful interpretations from prose will inevitably play a major role in your success in college-level courses and eventual career. College students must work to improve their reading comprehension beginning with the courses in their very first semester of college. Certain schools use the scores provided by the ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension test to gauge the appropriate difficulty of a course for an incoming student. While you may not put too much stress on this relatively short exam, it can have wide-ranging consequences for your college education. If you find yourself unprepared on test day and cannot showcase all of your abilities, you may end up assigned to a course much too easy for you. Avoid this situation entirely by preparing your skills before exam day with the help of ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension tutoring.
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The student and I worked mostly on the essay portion of the test in this session. We discussed the content of his essay. His writing was strong but his thesis needed work in addressing the part of the question that asked about what the experience means to the writer. We addressed that and came up with a better thesis together, and I asked him to work that aspect in to his essay when rewriting it in the spots we discussed. We then did one reading comprehension passage.
Today the student and I began discussing subject-verb agreement. From there we moved onto reading comprehension strategies, and the student did two practice passages with questions. After, she completed some arithmetic problems.
The student's finalized test date was recently scheduled, and I believe he is ready for the exam. He understands and manipulates the concepts introduced in the practice booklet very well, and can solve most problems quickly and correctly. Besides this, he has developed strong mathematical skills that extend beyond the exam, which he demonstrated in this session by easily solving some difficult problems I created. During our next session, I hope to work through only problems that could be on his exam, focusing on execution time.
We went over more challenging aspects of grammar that show up on the basic skills test for teachers. Some of the topics covered included distinguishing between commonly confused words like further-farther, affect-effect, whom-that, and others. We used the provided paper practice test as source material with which to check our understanding.
Today we worked solely on prepping the student for the state test. Her teacher had given her a number of short response questions to work on, and we spent our time working on those. We also discussed some more general information about the test, such as how much time she will have for each question. She does a good job on these questions. We managed to get through all 3 prompts, though, and she is getting better at pulling out specific information from the passage to support her ideas.
For our second session, the student and I worked on the Reading Comprehension test. We talked about the two types of tasks that the test requires, and explored some strategies for each one. For the questions based on short passages, we discussed in particular how to distinguish the main idea of a passage from other related or supporting ideas that it contains. For questions dealing with the relationships between sentences, we talked about the sometimes subtle differences, between different types of logical relationships, that one sentence can have to another. He continues to be an engaged and dedicated student who asks excellent proactive questions, and applies himself to picking up the material that we cover, which in many cases, he is able to do quite quickly.
