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I am originally from Roanoke, Virginia. My family is from Hong Kong. I speak fluent English and Cantonese.I came to Blacksburg in the summer of 1998 to start my academic career at Virginia Tech. I have a BA in English and am proficient in both literature and grammar. I have experience tutoring and proofreading for students while in college. After Read more...
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Hi,I have been educating students for thirty years, as a teacher, a school administrator, and an educational therapist. When I teach, I try to engage students in fresh and unusual ways. I don’t just want them to “think outside the box;” I show them how to think as though there were no box at all. I love it most when Read more...
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Math/ELA (reading/writing) tutoring for Grades 1-12. My unique approach to tutoring is designed to develop skills that build confidence and ensure academic success, placing an emphasis on the core areas of reading and math. Depending on the student’s age, ELA tutoring will focus on word attack skills, vocabulary skills and concepts, organizational skills, generalization skills, evaluation skills, and general comprehension. Read more...
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I think I was a student in Ms. Dorothy Stremmel’s fifth grade class at Roth Elementary School when I first wanted to become a teacher. Why? Because Ms. Stremmel taught her fifth graders more than just the requisite curriculum, she taught us life lessons, like: balancing a checkbook (for an on-going arithmetic assignment); growing a plant from wrapping a bean Read more...
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I am a certified, retired teacher and principal from the Waterbury Public School System and currently serve as a Commissioner on the Waterbury Board of Education. I have taught math, reading and language arts at both the elementary and middle school levels. I have also been a principal at the high school level, teaching at Kennedy High School, and the Read more...
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Hello! I’m a working actress/mom of two young boys who has tutored K-6th grade in all subjects for 2 years as well as tutoring High School students in the Verbal portion of the SAT. I received my B.S. in Psychology from the University of Washington and plan on pursuing my Masters in Counseling in the near future. As a running Read more...
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As an experienced professional with almost four decades of teaching experience, I believe the most important thing a teacher or tutor can do is listen to students to better understand their needs. It’s also important to help students understand their own goals and how to achieve them. Following these two principles really requires that the teacher also put him or Read more...
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I have a K-8 language arts teacher’s certificate with a minor in education. I have substitute taught for more than three full years, have tutored at a Sylvan Learning Center, volunteered bi-weekly in my daughter’s school as a Watchdog Dad and currently work at Burton Elementary during summer school. Before teaching, I was a broadcast journalist and a Navy Journalist. Read more...
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Hello. I am a mother of three children. I have a bachelors in General Studies, with a major in Humanities and Social Science and a minor in Communications. I also love Mathematics and consider myself to be very successful in teaching. I have been substituting for surrounding schools for over 5 years. My communication skills assist me in teaching. I Read more...
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I am primarily a K-6th grade reading/writing tutor, especially for ESOL students. I have been a teacher assistant in a public school in Prince William County for the past 10 years. I was previously an ESOL assistant for 2 years. Overall, I have worked in the public school setting for 13 years. My English writing/proofreading, reading, and speaking skills are Read more...
