...Some of the areas I typically help students with during a lesson include:
Organization & Clarity:
• Establishing a clear thesis with relevant support
• Using transition words & phrases to link paragraphs and ideas
• Supporting claims with close analysis, secondary evidence, and logical reasoning... (read more)
...As a college planning consultant with over 20 years of experience, I work closely with my clients, including SAT and ACT prep tutoring. As a private College Advisor, I have provided college admissions, financial aid/scholarship and SAT/ACT/TOEFL/GRE/GED test prep tutoring since 2003. I hold a Master of Education in Adult Education and worked for 18 years as a college administrator. (read more)
...In my lessons, I adapt my methodology to student needs, maximizing our time together with creative assessments, exciting content, dynamic discussion and engaging questions. Trained in scaffolded education and simplifying content for mastery, I ask my students pointed questions and, in turn, offer straightforward explanations. Tutoring, for me, is a means of confident education. (read more)
...Please know that not only am I an educator, but a parent. I look at my students in two ways, i.e., as an educator as well as a mother. I treat my students the way that I would want a teacher to treat one of my children. (read more)
...I hold the NSCAA national youth diploma coaching badge, the NFHS soccer coaching credentials, the USSF "D" course, and have completed the equivalent to the KNVB CT-1 course. I have been coaching soccer since the fall of 1993, including 9 years as the head coach of the varsity girls soccer progra... (read more)