Gwendolyn T.

• Humble, TX 77338 ( 32.5 mi )
• SAT - Verbal Tutor

• Female Age 74
• Member since: 08/2014
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $35 to $45 /hr
• On-line In-Home In-Group
• Also Tutors: Test Preparation, Testing Strategies, Testing Skills, GED, ACT

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Highly Experienced

I have 25+ years of education experience from Head Start, Pre K -12th grade. I have taught many academic subjects and students with all the learning styles and with various behavior patterns. I have a great desire and passion to work with autistic and those of exceptional needs. I am highly trained in understanding some of their moods and actions. For 5 years I worked in 2 residential homes associated with Mental Health and Retardation clients, teaching them in the area of Life Skills and how to do challenging day to day simple survival skills. My experiences also includes teaching ESL and GED at the local community college and at the university level I taught Testing Strategies to students who were struggling to pass their ACT and SAT Test. As an Independent Contractor English Instructor, my experiences in Business and Corporate English includes Fortune 500 oil,gas and engineering indus ... read more

lisa b.

• Houston, TX 77073 ( 35.2 mi )
• SAT - Verbal Tutor

• Female Age 51
• Member Since: 05/2013
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $25.00 to $35.00 /hr
• On-line In-Group
• Also Tutors: Test Preparation, Testing Strategies, Testing Skills, PSAT, Praxis Exam, PCAT, GRE, ACT

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An understanding tutor

The teaching style that I have always promoted is to recognize that everyone learns on a different level and at a different pace. Therefore, a step by step instructor is needed and that instructor has to know how to meet that individual needs based on what they know not what I know. You find alot of college professors teach lessons based on what they know and their experience not realizing that the some students learn at different paces. I experienced this as both an undergraduate and graduate student but I had to go through it or drop the class.
I have worked with all grade levrls as substitute school teacher with range from pre k to 12th grade and worked for a tutoring company while turoring an elementary student in math. I have a masters degree and while obtaining my degrees, I am very familiar with test preparation. I have taken basic computer classes in the past and I am m ... read more