David W.

• Boulder, CO 80302 ( 29.9 mi )
• World History Tutor

• Male
• Member since: 03/2012
• Will travel up to 30 miles
• Rates from $40 to $60 /hr
• On-line In-Home In-Group
• Also Tutors: Creative Arts, English, Language Arts, Writing, World History, Poetry, Literature, Guitar, Creative Writing, Composition

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David Williams, Writing, Songwriting, Guitar Instruction

Casual. I treat students with respect and like to conduct classes in a laid-back fashion that generates trust.
Ph.D. in English/Writing, M.A. English, B.A. Anthropology. I have taught at various universities and colleges for over 20 years. Currently, I teach Writing at CU Boulder. In addition, I am an Emmy winning songwriter, a children's author with Random House, a fiction and non-fiction writer, poet, and well-published cartoonist. I have a number of books to my credit. Videos of my songs from PBS have had over 30 million hits on YouTube. I am also a top-notch guitar player, specializing in gypsy jazz and bluegrass flat-picking.

Shayna S.

• Estes Park, CO 80517 ( 16.4 mi )
• World History Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 06/2011
• Will travel up to 5 miles
• Rates from $57.00 to $66.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: American History

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I have always sought to lead rather than force something upon the student by rote. Most important is to present the information in a way that is both interesting and memorable. It is my experience that people remember things better when they truly understand the process, and have reason to listen to the explanation.
My experience in tutoring began in high school when I volunteered for my local library, in a program aimed towards improving students’ reading ability. Having had considerable difficulty learning to read myself, I felt it was important that I attempt to pass this on to others. When I entered Knox College I was focusing on English, and ended up helping my fellow students with writing and editing their papers.

Pierre D.

• Boulder, CO 80302 ( 31.5 mi )
• World History Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 05/2009
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $38.00 to $47.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Social Studies, Government, Geography, American History

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In 1975 I had been teaching tennis for the City of Boulder Parks and Recreation Department for a year and elected to attend a teaching clinic at Coto de Caza California conducted by the Vic Braden Tennis College. Since then I worked for the City of Boulder as a tennis instructor for 7 more years and I coached tennis to individual tennis players, mostly promising junior players, for an additional 4 years. After a short period of retirement from tennis, I took a job with the Bureau of Prisons in Englewood, Colorado, as a tutor in their Education Department. In that capacity I tutored adult inmates to achieve their 8th grade equivalency and I convinced several to go beyond that level to reach their GED. Working with inmates was a very rewarding experience. I also taught for Flatirons Country Club for a season in 1993, and for Devil's Thumb Tennis Club the following year.
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Jean H.

• Boulder, CO 80304 ( 34.5 mi )
• World History Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 11/2007
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $39.00 to $47.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Social Studies, American History

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A Little Bit About Me...

My teaching journey has taken me to many different places and I've had the opportunity to work with all ages of students from 3 year olds to college-age. Specifically I have experiences with students who are from culturally and linguistically diverse backrounds and also with students with special needs and learning disabilties. In the last few years I have tutored students one-on-one in organizational skills, studying for tests, writing and editing.
I find that students (myself included) learn best when they feel safe and that they can be successful. I believe it's important to teach in the zone of proximal development and build on a student's interests. The best way to do this is begin with activities that are fun and if it's possible, to access the creative side of the brain during learning to help students to relax.