Erica S.

• Missoula, MT 59804 ( 14.8 mi )
• Spelling Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 04/2011
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $62.00 to $71.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing, Reading Comprehension, Reading, Grammar, Composition

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Numerous studies have shown that children have different learning styles. I believe that tailoring to a student’s individual style is the most effective way to teach. Consequently, the first session will be spent in identifying your child’s unique style. Before tutoring begins, I like to sit down with the parents and student to identify educational goals. Once goals and learning styles are identified, it is easy to come up with an individualized study plan for your child.
I began tutoring when I was in high school and enjoyed it immensely. When I got to college, I became a German teaching assistant. My favorite part was office hours. I love working with students individually. I earned a bachelor’s degree in German and Linguistics; I also took 16 credits each of biology and chemistry. After finishing college, I completed a training course for teaching certification in Texas ... read more

Kendra L.

• Missoula, MT 59803 ( 15.1 mi )
• Spelling Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 02/2009
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $35.00 to $41.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing, Reading, Literature, Grammar, Composition

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I have a Bachelor's degree in English Writing from the University of Nevada, Reno, and am currently in the process of applying to graduate school for Creative Writing. During the past year, I have tutored part-time as a writing tutor through the in-home tutoring company Study Buddies. Recently, I have had work published in the University of Nevada's "Brushfire" literary magazine and the Nevada Historical Society's archive. In October of 2006, I presented at the annual Buster Keaton Conference in Iola, Kansas.
I enjoy helping others and have often volunteered my proofreading and editing skills to my friends, family, and classmates. While in college, I took numerous creative writing classes that utilized workshop and group editing techniques. As a result, I have learned how to give constructive criticism and how to help others improve their writing without compromising their own ... read more

Molly G.

• Missoula, MT 59804 ( 15.6 mi )
• Spelling Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 10/2010
• Will travel up to 5 miles
• Rates from $39.00 to $54.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing, Reading Comprehension, Reading, Grammar

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I love working with children. I am patient and understanding, and I have a knack for explaining things in alternate ways. I am organized, reliable and I have good communication skills. I like to make things interesting by bringing in outside media and examples.
I have earned a BS degree in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin. I excelled in the biological sciences and in Spanish in college. I am also a proficient writer and editor. I have worked in education by volunteering, teaching at a nature center, teaching swim lessons, and some informal education at summer programs.

Kelly L.

• Missoula, MT 59801 ( 17.2 mi )
• Spelling Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 03/2008
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $37.00 to $50.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing, Reading, Grammar

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I was a substitute teacher assistant for children with special needs ages 3-21, on and off for the past 6 years. I have 6 months of experience in outdoor education teaching various science classes and other outdoor, leadership and art classes/skills. I also tutored college undergrads in calculus and botany for a year in college.
My teaching style has been a very hands-on approach in the past due to my experience with environmental education. As a tutor, I strive to offer my assistance in a way children can understand.

Stephanie L.

• Missoula, MT 59803 ( 17.4 mi )
• Spelling Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 11/2008
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $35.00 to $41.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing, Reading, Literature, Grammar, Composition

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During my years at Rocky Mountain College, I not only gained my degree in Literature with a minor in writing, but I also began teaching. As a student, I tutored an adorable foreign exchange student for a semester. I also served as a senior editor to the student publication Soliloquy, in which I selected, edited, and arranged writing pieces in the journal. I was also the dorm paper advisor, charging only a box of Chewy Chips Ohoy cookies for my paper editing skills, answering questions as to why you needed a period there instead of the never ending run-on sentence. After graduating, I stayed on at the college as the Activities Director and taught 3 freshman orientation classes. The classes were designed to help new freshman transition from high school or a work experience to college classes.
I believe in a multifaceted approach to the different types of learners, aural, visual, kine ... read more

Beth M.

• Missoula, MT 59801 ( 17.9 mi )
• Spelling Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 03/2009
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $39.00 to $43.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing, Reading, Literature, Grammar, Composition

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In the past year I have realized how much I love teaching. I believe that as a teacher, I am also a constant learner, always adapting my teaching style to the specific needs of each classroom and each student. I am a strong advocate of creativity, and believe that each student is unique in his or her learning style. Patience and understanding is also something I strive for when I teach; I believe that each learner is capable of bettering themselves if they have patience and understanding of their own potential.
I have just finished my first year in the MFA-Fiction program at The University of Montana where I also worked as a Teaching Assistant in the English department. As a Teaching Assistant, I taught Basic Composition to undergraduates. Teaching one section of composition each semester, I was responsible for lesson plans, running hour long class periods, grading student essays, ... read more

Suzanne R.

• Missoula, MT 59801 ( 18.1 mi )
• Spelling Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 03/2010
• Will travel up to 10 miles
• Rates from $35.00 to $38.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing, Reading, Grammar, Composition

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I was trained and worked as a Master Tutor to pay my way through both my associate's and my bachelor's degrees' schooling, tutoring math subjects from algebra to biometrics and statistics, and English (academic) writing skills. I taught developmental math at a community college and math for elementary school teachers at a four-year teacher's college, both in New York State, for five years. I taught various psychology subjects at a vocational school and a community college, both associated with the University of Montana, for two years. I have a private practice as a life coach and, as such, am very experienced in helping my students perform to their greatest potential.
I have made several practical--as well as scholarly--studies of learning styles that inform my teaching style. I am a facilitative teacher, one who listens attentively and watches closely to determine my students' lea ... read more

Barry G.

• Missoula, MT 59801 ( 18.6 mi )
• Spelling Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 02/2009
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $35.00 to $49.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing, Reading, Literature, Grammar, Composition

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I have been involved in the field of education since 1982, when I directed and co-designed the residential component of Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development’s first summer program for gifted students, grades 6 to 9. Since then I have held positions as the Associate Director and Acting Director of the Center for Talent Development, the Director of the Center for Academic Precocity at Arizona State University, and the Director of Sussex School, a K-8 independent school. I have advised and counseled children and their parents, taught courses in gifted education, supervised teachers, conducted research with gifted students, published in education journals, and made numerous presentations about education to parents and professionals. I have also taught undergraduate and graduate psychology, community college mathematics and philosophy, GMAT, LSAT, and SAT preparation class ... read more

Stacey Jean B.

• Missoula, MT 59802 ( 18.9 mi )
• Spelling Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 07/2008
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $38.00 to $49.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing, Reading, Literature, Grammar, Composition

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My teaching is guided by passion and the need to both inform and transform. My teaching is created and refined with both the need to learn and the need to cultivate. I believe in standing out, not being another teacher. I’m personable and honest in class, initially offering my personal stories and opinions only to inspire others to do the same. But, more often than not, I play devil’s advocate, allowing opposing sides, voices, and ideals equal time for expression and consideration. I think my seeming indifference keeps the class peaceful, civil, and, it also forces each student to evaluate her own thoughts and ideals critically, to represent them honestly. I’ve always demanded students “own” their ideas and practice sound and thoughtful reasoning to do so. I encourage students speak with me when experiencing difficulty. I listen, consider, and frequently work out alternative sol ... read more

Bodhi M.

• Missoula, MT 59801 ( 19 mi )
• Spelling Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 06/2008
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $36.00 to $49.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing, Reading, Literature, Grammar, Composition

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I am passionate about teaching and learning, and I love all people. I am an advocate of task-based learning, multiple intelligences, and the all-around inductive/constructivist approach to learning. I am a firm believer in the idea that all people have the same innate capacity to learn, but that this is manifested in different ways. This is particularly important because I beleive a good teacher should be able to discover the individual and specific ways that a student relates or acquires information best (visually, aurally, kinesthetically etc.) and can then take that information and develop appropriate excercises and teaching materials to help maximize that student's learning experience. Different teaching styles are needed for different learning styles, and I will accomodate as necessary.
My goal in studying linguistics is to become a professional ESL teacher. I am very much in ... read more

Veronica V.

• Missoula, MT 59802 ( 19 mi )
• Spelling Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 06/2008
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $39.00 to $45.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing, Reading, Literature, Grammar, Composition

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As a life-long student, I aspire to a life of teaching. While an undergraduate at St. Olaf College, I developed strong communication and interpersonal skills as a writing center tutor and ESL mentor. After graduating magna cum laude in 2005, I became a volunteer educator in Chicago and taught elementary and middle school math, reading, art and social studies. Today, as a graduate student and composition instructor at the University of Montana, I relish the opportunity to pursue literature and develop my classroom teaching expertise. Working with undergraduates straight out of high-school and non-traditional students with families or second careers, I encourage students to distinguish their writing voices and explore rhetorical choices by inventing and revising writing projects. I emphasize teaching literature as dialogue because I strongly believe that an individual’s self perception and ... read more

Emily D.

• missoula, MT 59801 ( 19.2 mi )
• Spelling Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 11/2010
• Will travel up to 15 miles
• Rates from $35.00 to $42.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Reading

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I have a B.A. in Accounting as I have a great passion for the financial world. I have always LOVED math as I feel it gives me a great sense of accomplishment when I am able to take a problem that I've been given and find a solution. I have a strong desire to pass this on to others. I have been working in Outdoor Education for the past year and a half. I spent 7 months living and working at a boarding school. I have also been working for other schools' Outdoor Education programs over the past 3 months. I spent time this summer working with youth through a summer camp. I have worked with a wide age range of students, grades 1-12.
Through working in Outdoor Education I have developed a very complex teaching style. I find that all students learn differently which means that to be a successful educator, I must be creative and present information in numerous ways. I feel as though I ... read more

Jennifer S.

• Missoula, MT 59808 ( 19.8 mi )
• Spelling Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 05/2009
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $38.00 to $45.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing, Reading, Grammar, Composition

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With my years of being around and in an educational environment, I have picked up patterns of repetition and summary to reinforce ideas being conveyed. I, myself, learn best by doing. Through studying adult learning styles, I discovered that studies show utilizing all facets of learning - writing, audio, visual, and hands on - leads to the highest levels of retention. I teach by 1) talking by the student to determine his or her best learning style and 2) utilizing the various methods listed above so that the student can retain the maximum amount of information through his or her best learning style.
If someone would pay me to be a student, I could continue going to school for my whole life. I love to learn and come from a family of teachers. My award for service learning integrated information from the fields of Education and Sociology to improve learning opportunities for abused c ... read more

Kelly P.

• Victor, MT 59875 ( 24.8 mi )
• Spelling Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 12/2010
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $38.00 to $42.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing, Journalism, Grammar, Creative Writing, Composition

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I enjoy working with people of all ages. My teaching style is to ascertain the current level of the student (or volunteer, employee or staff member), then proceed to educate by informing and challenging using an encouraging and enthusiastic attitude. When I make corrections, I explain why I made the corrections. I coax and challenge the student to understand why something is right or wrong so that he or she grasps the fundamentals.
As a communications professional, I have more than 20 years of experience as a writer and editor. I have mentored numerous entry-level staff members and have also been responsible for physician and sales education at several corporate entities. I have also taught volunteers and coached fellow writers. My experience includes corporate and non-profit writing and editing as well as being an author of several published short stories (in Chicken Soup for the ... read more

David K.

• Corvallis, MT 59828 ( 30.4 mi )
• Spelling Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 04/2011
• Will travel up to 50 miles
• Rates from $51.00 to $64.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing, Reading Comprehension, Reading, Literature, Journalism, Grammar, Composition

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I teach by example, leading the student through a problem by asking questions about each step so that they can learn how to approach the problem themselves. I watch and evaluate the students as they work and provide guidence when thy make errors. I enjoy interacting with children of all ages and I do so in a kind and curteous manner. I am a good listener and have the patience and skills to understand where a child needs the most help.
In my acedemic training I have taught Lab classes in general, analytical, organic, biochemistry and advanced chemistry courses. As part of my training I have been instructed in Mathmatics to the level of Calculus. I am currently volunteering as editor for ttwo newsletters for non-profit organizations. I have wrote several publications including a Master's thesis and a Ph.D tthesis.I have a background in biology at the undergraduate level as well.