Continuing Education Tutors & Teachers for Lessons, Instruction or Help in Lyons, KS

My original interest was teaching instrumental music. Although I changed majors and ultimately graduated with a BS in Computer Science, I have continued my interest in teaching, first by volunteer tutoring during college and later by helping adults learn to speak English. I eventually took an intensive summer course in teaching English to speakers of other languages, following which I spent over three years teaching conversational English in Central Asia. Upon returning to the States I worked for a few years for a literacy council, helping administratively and also teaching workplace English. I continue to play in orchestras and teach string instruments privately. I am in the process of completing a Master's degree in Teaching. I love working with children and with adults. I especially enjoy watching a child's eyes light up when something makes sense. I value the constructivist approach

$ 38.50

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I enjoy watching learners succeed. I have the ability to diagnose learning weaknesses in a student, effectively plan a course to re mediate the student's learning weakness, implement a set of steps to assist the student to take the weakness and turn it to a strength building upon already mastered skills, and evaluate the success of the student's efforts and move on or re-teach based upon the student's needs. I have the ability to motivate learners so that they have fun accomplishing the goals set before them. But I am at the same time very task orientated and use a lot of behavior modification techniques in my approach. After graduation from college, I entered the Peace Corps and moved to the country of the Federated States of Micronesia. I have lived in that area of the world for most of my teaching career. I have taught for over twenty years gaining experience on almost every level o

$ 53.00

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I have been a pastoral minister for 25 years, have taught refugees English as a Second Language, have taught community college courses as an adjunct instructor, have taught innumerable courses within the congregations I have served, including an after school tutoring program for young children. I am competent to tutor in English (all levels), history, and social sciences and love interacting with students. I love interacting with children and teenagers. I have worked with all kinds of students-- those who are developmentally challenged, those from different cultures (I have traveled broadly in Latin America and Europe and lived in the MIddle East - in Iran- during '07 and '08), those with behavioral challenges, and those who learn quickly. I am warm and interactive while holding the student accountable to keep learning and achieving.

$ 38.50

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I believe in "polarized" teaching style. I believe in addressing attention (discovering what motivates the learner), relevance (creating links between the instruction and the learner experiences), confidence (providing learning objectives up front so it is understood what will be learned) and satisfaction (providing relevant educational experiences that will last well beyond the diploma or certificate completion) of the students. To design class sessions with active participation, variety in delivery format, and problem solving activities all to help the learner in the processing and application of course content in creative and original ways. I graduated as a senior scholar with a double-degree of AB/BSE in English from the Philippine Normal University, a regionally-accredited state university in the United States. Also, I have earned twenty-one credit units in MA, Education, major in L

$ 33.50

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($39.00-$42.00)

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