...As someone who is detail-oriented, driven, and truly dedicated to becoming an excellent educator, I’m looking forward to us working together. We can do this, as a team, with a little bit of work and a whole lot of fun! BA in Literature (SUNY at Albany)Published writer for many different websitesExperience in TutoringHigh English scores on SATsContact me and let's get started! (read more)
...I'm also teaching English as a Second Language to adult refugees. I earned my Master of Arts in Theater Studies from Yale, where I won the John Gassner Prize for writing. After graduate school I wrote for the Village Voice, American Theatre, Bomb, and other publications. (read more)
...Working with a student individually allows me to access strengths and weaknesses and develop individualized learning plans that cater to these strengths and weaknesses. I also enjoy the flexibility of tutoring. I earned a very high SAT score years ago. (read more)
...I am trained using the Orton-Gillingham approach. This is an explicit, multi-sensory, and diagnostic approach to teaching literacy. It is most effective in helping students who are experiencing difficulty with reading, writing and spelling. (read more)
...The youngest student I have tutored was fourteen; the oldest is eighty-three. I have been tutoring privately for three years and I enjoy figuring out how to present things in a way that makes sense to any given student, regardless of age or experience. I am able to help students prepare for quizzes and tests, in which case we focus on class material with an eye to getting an A. (read more)