...I can assess the areas of improvement and focus on those areas to strengthen your student I am qualified to teach phonics because I have a minor in English as a Second Language which required several Phonics and Phonology classes. I also majored in Spanish with in depth course work in Spanish ph... (read more)
...I have a humanities and liberal arts background useful in conversations about good books, poems, plays, films, and music. I use reading and writing workshop approaches, and believe English class exists to support student learning purposes. I have taught Brit Lit to juniors and seniors alternate years since 1997. (read more)
...I recently moved back from Ireland where I was working as the Creative Director of a website and managing all of the content. I continue my publishing-related work in the mornings (proofreading, editing, ghostwriting, etc.), and I tutor in the afternoons. Although, I have a Masters in Education, I realized very early on that I had little interest in being a formal classroom teacher. (read more)
...I am trained specifically in elementary reading intervention. I work with kids in need of extra reading help and am capable of teaching reading comprehension skills all the way to letters and sounds. I also have done quite a lot of math and science tutoring. (read more)
...I have had to conduct formal assessments of writing skills, explain my assessment criteria, submit formal reports of my assessments, and present action plans for tutoring students. I have been paid by a non-profit to tutor an ESL college student and have been paid by a community college to tutor students in essay writing. I have been a paid copy editor for two university press books. (read more)