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I have completed both a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in the study of history. My focus as an undergraduate dealt with American and European history, with emphasis given 20th century conflicts. My undergraduate thesis, which dealt with American foreign relations with Spain between the years of the Spanish Civil War, won an award and was also published within a Read more...
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I have five years’ experience teaching Humanities, American History, WesternCivilization, Political Science and Philosophy of Religions at Morton Community College in Cicero, IL. While my master’s degree from NIU is in history, I have a background from Aurora University studying religion and studied for nine months in a Yeshiva Israel. Additionally, I have served as an intelligence analyst in the Read more...
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My start in education as a swim instructor and coach has greatly influenced my teaching and tutoring style. As a teacher, I am someone who believes in finding out what my students know and coaching them to a better understanding of whatever topic we are studying, building my students’ knowledge base as we go along. I tutor the same way. Read more...
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I enjoy helping others learn by affecting change in the curriculum and teaching methods. I work collaboratively with teachers to adjust and design coursework, in-school testing and ability grouping strategies. I focus on developing, coordinating and improving education programs, policies and standards. This work is done in concert with national education standards, CCSS, and performance objectives. My goal is to Read more...
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As a teacher with 20+ years of experience, I have planned, implemented, monitored, and assessed classroom instructional programs with effective measures and techniques which help improve student participation and learning. This has resulted in consistently significant improvement in national norms on standardized achievement tests at each school I’ve taught.Classrooms I have taught have achieved rates of 97% at or above Read more...
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I firmly believe that a good tutor can boost a student’s confidence in the classroom, where confidence is lacking. I am a lawyer with a passion for the English language, and would love the opportunity to help students become better readers and writers as I believe that it is the key to being able to communicate effectively in today’s world. Read more...
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I have a BA degree in Humanities from Thomas Edison State College. I also have TEFL certification from Oxford Seminars and recent ESL tutoring experience. I also have been a TV producer, videographer, and musician. I recently made a career change to teaching English since I was in the travel field for a long time. I’m well traveled and have Read more...
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I have a college degree in US and European History. I also have 3+ years of classroom and ESL experience from teaching abroad in South Korea. During my time there, I did special tutoring assignments in addition to my classroom teaching duties. I have taught a variety of age levels, from Primary/Elementary School to High School.My teaching style is somewhat Read more...
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I am currently a Technology Integration Consultant/ Elementary Level Technology Teacher at an elementary school in Chicago. Although my current position has a tech-based focus, I have 11 years of classroom experience; I have taught science at the 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th grade levels. I have taught math and reading in grades 4, 5, and 6.My students have shown Read more...
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I have seen the difficulties that students have with writing from several different angles.I teach (and grade papers!) at the college level, and have been doing so for ten semesters, in 100- and 200-level and adult education courses. As a result, I know what your professors will be looking for! The classes themselves have been philosophy, literature, and writing courses, Read more...
