Marya T.
- Traverse City, MI 49684 ( 30.7 mi )
- Journalism Tutor
- Female
- Member since: 01/2012
- Will travel up to 10 miles
- Rates from $30 to $80 /hr
- I am a Certified Teacher
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On-line
In-Home
In-Group
- Also Tutors: Writing, Spelling, Reading Comprehension, Reading, Poetry, Grammar, Creative Writing, Composition
My comments on tutoring Journalism : I have worked for newspapers and had several magazine articles published.
I have deeply enjoyed 18 years of instructing and stimulating students in five states--Michigan, Wisconsin, Idaho, Washington, and Alaska. Most of my experience has been working with gifted students at the intermediate and middle school level; but I am also adept at, and enjoy the challenge of, working with students who have been struggling academically.
I am always working to make learning engaging, vital and fun. I have implemented school-wide science fairs, maintained an ongoing chess club, created community-wide mental math competitions, presented at various professional conferences, and directed the district environmental summer program at the school forest. My students videotape flora and fauna, study the stars first-hand, plant and nurture an urban garden, start our own worm farm, and over the years have planted hundreds and hundreds of trees. We practice division of dec ... read more
