Erena S.

• Duluth, MN 55807 ( 5.6 mi )
• Composition Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 01/2010
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $40.00 to $44.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing, Spelling, Shakespeare, Reading Comprehension, Reading, Poetry, Literature, Grammar, Creative Writing

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I enjoy working with children. My volunteering experience with children at Grant Elementary gave me opportunity to realize how much I enjoy teaching. I believe that any child can meet his or her potential if he or she is given proper direct approach. I am also a mother of fourteen-year-old, eight-year-old, and one-year-old. These diversified children age groups allow me to have a clear understanding of educational system. I make every effort to provide children with opportunities to excel.
As University of Minnesota Duluth graduate, I excelled in studies of math, physics, logic, critical thinking, and accounting. I earned two degrees: Bachelor of Accounting and Associate of Arts. I received a high excellence grade in math and physics courses and was preselected by math instructors to tutor any math course through Calculus I and to grade Calculus I and Math for Elementary School Tea ... read more

Jodi B.

• Duluth, MN 55807 ( 6 mi )
• Composition Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 05/2009
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $40.00 to $51.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing, Spelling, Reading, Literature, Grammar

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After I earned my BFA, I started working towards my Master of Art in Art History. I have an understanding of most studio art forms and extensive knowledge of Art History. When I started working on my thesis, I joined the Minnesota Reading Corps, and have been teaching early literacy ever since. For the last three years, I have been working in Head Start classes, preparing children for kindergarten. I am currently enrolled in the FasTrack program at Bemidji State University working on getting my teaching license in Visual Arts K-12.
I have been researching the Search Institute's 40 Developmental Assets because I plan on using them as a base for the children that I work with at Community Action Duluth through the Circles of Support program. I believe that teaching children academic skills while building assets within them is necessary for a healthy community. I teach around the ... read more

Emily S.

• Duluth, MN 55806 ( 7 mi )
• Composition Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 10/2007
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $40.00 to $50.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Literature, Grammar

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With a BA in English and Minor in Mass Communications, I pursued careers utilizing my writing, editing, and communication talents. Five years in the professional world helped me realize my passion lies in teaching English composition. Thus, I decided to attend graduate school for an MA in English in order to fulfill my passion. During this time, I gained intensive training centered around composition theories and methods, linguistics, written assessments, and rhetoric. In addition to attending full-time graduate school, I was also a graduate teaching assistant responsible for developing and presenting curricula aimed at helping students discern different situations, aims and purposes in writing. I presented 50 plus class sessions per semester to 25 students, ranging in age from 18-62 and originating from seven different countries. While my MA coursework is completed, I am currently wri ... read more

Kelsey H.

• Duluth, MN 55806 ( 8.3 mi )
• Composition Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 01/2011
• Will travel up to 15 miles
• Rates from $38.00 to $43.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing, Spelling, Shakespeare, Reading Comprehension, Reading, Poetry, Literature, Journalism, Grammar, Creative Writing

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I am currently a medical student at the University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth. Before I started medical school I worked as a tutor for six years with two teenage boys with autism. Under the six years of my tutoring, both of these "disabled" kids were completely mainstreamed and even taking some AP and challenge classes. I believe that any kid can learn if they are taught in a way that is fun and structured. I tutored these kids in Math, Science, Social Studies and English. I also spent a semester as a Teaching Assistant in an upper level Philosophy course during my undergrad. Most of my TA tutoring was helping college students write papers.
I tend to teach things in a visual way. Drawing pictures, diagrams and using visual aides are the best ways I have witnessed to teach kids. I also think a structured reward system is HUGE in motivating kids to succeed. You need to find o ... read more

Monica G.

• Superior, WI 54880 ( 8.8 mi )
• Composition Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 05/2010
• Will travel up to 30 miles
• Rates from $41.00 to $47.00 /hr
• I am a Certified Teacher
• Also Tutors: Writing, Spelling, Reading Comprehension, Reading, Creative Writing

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I graduated from Bemidji State University with my Early Childhood Elementary degree in 2007 and for the last two years I have been a k-3 Literacy Tutor with the Minnesota Reading Corps. While I was at BSU I was active with the local girl scouts, and in three years I was a Studio 2B counselor, a pixie camp coordinator, a troop leader, and the co-community coordinator. At BSU I had a variety of different labs and practicums. I was a reading and science tutor, I was placed in a head start classroom, and I had four different student teaching experiences: toddler, preschool, kindergarten, and first grade. My most rewarding position, however, has been as a reading tutor with MRC at an elementary school in Duluth, MN.
I believe that all children should have the opportunity to be successful and the best way to help them realize that potential is by hands on direct instruction. ... read more

Pamela S.

• Superior, WI 54880 ( 9.4 mi )
• Composition Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 11/2010
• Will travel up to 30 miles
• Rates from $37.00 to $50.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing, Spelling, Reading Comprehension, Reading, Poetry, Literature, Journalism, Grammar, Creative Writing

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In my Senior Honors study, I worked with a group of special needs children. I matched nontraditional learning methods to identify and develop talents and interests. I have taught music privately, for music stores, and taught and assisted with music in public and parochial schools. My teaching Internship was at Robbinsdale High School in art and commercial design. I served as Teaching Assistant to the Dean of Students while earning my Master's - emphasis was creative and professional writing skills. I licensed and administered preschools and day cares in my churches. I originated a heritage Theater troupe and taught through 21st Century Schools.
From childhood, "playing" school was a passion! Afforded an excellent education by teachers, mentors, spiritual guides and community leaders - I'm thrilled to meet today's promising learners with the same measure of affirmation ... read more

Paul B.

• Duluth, MN 55804 ( 12 mi )
• Composition Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 01/2010
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $39.00 to $52.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Journalism, Grammar

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Sharing what I’ve learned about writing has been the most gratifying aspect of my work over all these years. I’ve learned that lecturing or directing is an ineffective, if not counterproductive, method of teaching. Rather, I prefer to help the student reach the same conclusions I have through questioning him or her, first about perceptions and then about what options exist for most clearly and accurately recounting them. Technical aspects such as grammar and punctuation obviously don’t lend themselves to this approach. For these, I use the time-proven red pen, but I also review the markup with the writer, explaining the logic behind the correction.
More than 30 years of writing and editing have taught me that effective written communication begins long before the first word. It begins with accurate and detailed perception, whether of an event or one’s own thoughts. This perception ... read more

Michael E.

• Moose Lake, MN 55767 ( 28.6 mi )
• Composition Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 03/2010
• Will travel up to 40 miles
• Rates from $41.00 to $45.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Reading Comprehension, Literature, Journalism, Grammar, Creative Writing

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As a Big Ten graduate from Penn State University, I was very much driven to push myself in a wide variety of subjects to achieve a well-rounded education. But I also earned my Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from National University in La Jolla, Calif. My undergrad degree in Film and Video/Communications. I've also spent time in the US Air Force where I received training in newspaper writing and photography. I have learned extensive grammatical skills due to writing research papers for my graduate level classes, along with essays in many various areas of study. I've been a substitute teacher for several years for grades k-12.
I love teaching and working with all children of all ages and believe all children can learn, but I've learned that students learn in different ways. As part of that, I love encouraging students to believe in themselves and not settle for the s ... read more

Alyssa P.

• Kettle River, MN 55757 ( 31.1 mi )
• Composition Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 01/2011
• Will travel up to 15 miles
• Rates from $40.00 to $51.00 /hr
• I am a Certified Teacher
• Also Tutors: Writing, Spelling, Shakespeare, Reading Comprehension, Reading, Poetry, Literature, Journalism, Grammar, Creative Writing

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I am a certified high school teacher with over six years of experience teaching and tutoring in the states as well as abroad. I started college full time at the age of 16 and graduated with an associate and two bachelor degrees before my 20th birthday. I am currently completing a master degree and have maintained a 4.0 grade point average through all 6 years of college. I spent a year living in Mexico and six months in Spain and now speak Spanish fluently. My education and experience has been primarily in the areas of English/ literature/ ESL/ grammar/ composition/ reading/ spelling and phonics, but I also have experience tutoring and teaching learners in the maths and sciences.
I love teaching and discovering how to best meet the needs of individual learners who come to the classroom with unique backgrounds, aptitudes, interests, motivations, and personalities. My goal as an ... read more