Kalindi H.
Private tutor in Brooklyn, NY
Education
University of Pennsylvania BA, English, Cum Laude, December 1977 Teachers College, Columbia University MA, English Education July 1988 (continued) City College of New York MFA, Creative Writing, 2006 Winner of TONY KUSHNER AWARD for Excellence in Creative Writing and Scholarship, February 2005
Experience
FREELANCE, BROOKLYN, NY 11201 2011-PRESENT Academic tutoring, college applications, book editing, freelance writing THE WRITE ANGLE, GLEN RIDGE, NJ 2008-2011 Started my own tutoring and college application essay service for students in public or private schools from grade six through postgraduate candidates. I use my own methods for improving the students’ reading and writing fluency. My technique has been influenced by sources as diverse as Lucy Calkins Writing Workshop method and the strict, extremely demanding traditional methods of programs such as Prep for Prep and The Peck School in Morristown, NJ. THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK, N.Y. 2003-2008 o Adjunct Instructor - Freshman Composition; Writing for the Humanities; Honors Composition; Victorian Literature; created new course for Writing for Engineers o Instructor - English Literature and Composition, STEM Program offered through Grove School of Engineering at City College for gifted math and science students, grades 10-12, Summer 2006 THE PECK SCHOOL, MORRISTOWN, N.J. 1995-2000 o English and History Teacher - Grades 7, 8 o Full teaching and homeroom responsibilities o Designed seventh grade history and culture course on India o Rewrote seventh and eighth grade English curriculum o Chosen to participate in NJAIS Evaluation Team; this included comprehensive write up of team findings PREP FOR PREP, BROAD JUMP INC., N.Y., N.Y. 1987-2001 o Teacher, Writing and Literature -Grades 7, 8 o Part-time teacher of literature and writing for gifted minority students planning to enter independent schools o Full-time teacher in the program’s summer intensive THE CATHEDRAL SCHOOL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE, N.Y., N.Y. 1984-1986 o English Teacher -Grades 6, 7, 8 o Full teaching and homeroom responsibilities PUBLICATIONS o Bellevue Review Literary Review, Spring 2009, "Baba", a short story o "A" Magazine, Inside Asian America o Review, "Suburbia Bites", Mona In the Promised Land by Gish Gen, June/July 1996 o Review, "The Bonds of Matrimony", Arranged Marriages, by Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni, August/September 1995 o The Boy Behind the Counter, a young adult novel, Avon Books, 1989 o First Impressions, a young adult novel, Silhouette Books, 1986
Availability
Any day at any time
Can Meet
Up to 20 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
I am a published writer, tutor and editor. I very much enjoy working with young people and have proven adept at developing teacher-student relations that accelerate and improve student performance. I am also an avid reader, knitter, dog lover and the mother of two grown sons.
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