My Tutoring Experience

I have taught school for more than twenty years both in Alaska, USA and in Ontario, Canada. I have also had my own tutoring business. I tutored children and adults in English. I taught students to read, write and speak English. I have helped many foreign students with their English. I have also helped students prepare for job interviews and write essays. I know how hard it is to learn a foreign language so I admire my students for doing this. I love teaching! In 2013, 2014 & 2015 were great years for my ACT & SAT students, with composite ACT score improvements averaging 8 points and SAT gains of 300-700 points, with my top student scoring a 2800! 2015's seniors have gone on to be accepted at SMU, St. Edwards, UTSA, St. Mary's, Texas Lutheran,

We worked together to make sure that the students achieved reading comprehension. I took many education courses before I graduated as well. These include 'Elementary teaching,' 'Middle grades teaching,' 'Children's Literature,' and 'American Education.' I have also tutored essay writing for students from middle grades to university level. I taught English as a foreign language for one year at a private English academy in Iksan, South Korea. My students aged from 3-15, all in separate classes of course. As an EFL teacher I learned how to measure student competency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking, as well as how to teach each category. I edited student writing for mechanical errors, punctuation, flow, and many other points. It was my job to keep every student up to speed on the school curriculum. I helped prepare some students for their high school entry English exams. For the past year I have worked as a copywriter, perfecting my writing skills. I also wrote through college, first for a two-page newsletter, then later on for school newspaper 'The East Carolinian.' For TEC I was a features reporter, interviewing people and researching my assignment before composing an engaging article. As a copywriter I am able to practice writing according to a prompt or assignment with the specifications set out by the

I feel comfortable with writing assignments, proofreading, teaching reading comprehension, and even guiding English language learners. I took many language courses in college, including Spanish classes, 'History of the English Language,' 'Advanced Composition,' and 'Functional Grammar.' English as a Second Language. For one year I taught at a private English school in South Korea where I taught English as a second language. I planned daily lessons, wrote report cards every three months, wrote and conducted telephone interviews once a month, and above all learned how to speak to students who are trying to master a new language. I learned how to teach and measure reading, writing, listening, and speaking. In 2014, I got my TEFL certification, which has provided me with formal training to add to my practical