Cynthia O.
- Visalia, CA 93291 ( 8.4 mi )
- Teacher Cert Exams Tutor
- Female
- Member Since: 03/2011
- Will travel up to 40 miles
- Rates from $57.00 to $67.00 /hr
- Also Tutors: GED, Entrance Exams
More About This Tutor...
While earning my MA in English at California State University, Fresno, I spent two exciting years teaching beginning college writing. I chose to teach the class for students who did not pass the entrance exam for Fresno State because I enjoyed working with the diverse, and primarily ESL, students who populated these classes. I also spent three years tutoring many terrific students there in reading and essay writing. Currently, I volunteer to tutor adults, and attend professional development meetings in tutoring, through the Tulare County Library’s “Read to Succeed” program.
My style of tutoring is skills-focused, with a goal of student independence. I am patient and work to facilitate a student’s ability to do the work herself, by giving her strategies for navigating her own work, and helping her to see, or mentally organize, reading and writing in new ways. Positive encouragement ... read more