Rachel P.
Private tutor in Brooklyn, NY
Education
Brooklyn College: M.A. in Teaching English to grades 7-12, 3.97 GPA Teaching Certification: English Language Arts, grades 7-12 (New York State) Portland State University: B.A. in English, Music, University Honors, summa cum laude, 3.95 GPA University of Southern California: began B.M. in piano performance, English minor; transferred 2011
Experience
I currently tutor with Varsity Tutors and Wyzant and have also tutored privately over the past six years in English, ESL, music, piano, and writing. For two years, I taught English in a public high school and middle school in NYC, where I also scheduled regular tutoring sessions with individual students. In college, I worked in a high school writing center, taught music in two different after-school programs, and worked as a piano accompanist for children's choirs and middle and high school student performers. Even in high school, I worked as a peer tutor, in my church daycare, and as a pianist for other student musicians at my school and others. Basically, I've always loved working with children and young people of all ages. While education in general is important to me, I especially love working with students one-on-one and getting to know individual strengths and interests. So many students lose confidence because they see themselves as struggling with a subject, when actually the strengths they already have in other areas are helping them immensely! I love seeing students build that confidence and realize that they have it in them to excel. In addition to tutoring, I work as a freelance book editor and musician, so I'm surrounded by other professionals who excel in the fields I tutor as well. It's great to see the real-world application of ideas and skills that students learn in school or in tutoring sessions. I promise you, you're going to use more of these skills than you might expect! I hold a master's degree in secondary English education and have also taken undergraduate-level courses in teaching and tutoring writing. Relevant test scores: SAT Critical Reading: 780 SAT Writing: 740 AP English Language: 5 AP English Literature: 4 AP Spanish: 4 GRE Verbal: 165
Subject Expertise
Music TheoryCreative WritingEnglishESL/ELLEssay EditingExpository WritingFiction WritingHomeschoolHonorsIntroduction to FictionIntroduction to PoetryKindergarten - 8th GradeLiterary AnalysisLiteratureMusicCollege EssaysPersuasive WritingPhonicsPianoPoetry WritingReadingSAT Critical ReadingSAT VerbalSAT WritingSingingSummer TutoringVoiceWorld LiteratureWriting5th Grade Reading10th Grade Writing11th Grade Reading11th Grade Writing12th Grade Reading12th Grade Writing1st Grade Reading1st Grade Writing2nd Grade Reading2nd Grade Writing3rd Grade Reading3rd Grade Writing4th Grade Reading4th Grade Writing10th Grade Reading5th Grade Writing6th Grade Reading6th Grade Writing7th Grade Reading7th Grade Writing8th Grade Reading8th Grade Writing9th Grade Reading9th Grade WritingAmerican LiteratureAP English Language and CompositionAP English Literature and CompositionAP Music Theory
Availability
Weekdays in the morning, Weekdays in the afternoon, Weekends in the afternoon, Weekends in the morning, Thursday in the evening, Friday in the evening
Can Meet
Up to 1 hour away at my regular hourly rate
Hobbies
Reading is my biggest addiction! I love discovering new books and discussing them with other people who get as excited as I do. I especially love reading young adult books and science fiction or dystopian literature. Whenever I have free time, I can also be found singing or playing the piano. My background is in classical music, but I love pretty much all genres. Other favorite pastimes include knitting, cooking, eating, and napping.
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