After spending two years in Germany attending two different universities- one year as an undergraduate student; the second year as a Fulbright Scholar, as well as majoring in German as an undergrad in the US, teaching German to students of all ages (at a community college and a German Language school) has been my passion. I'm excited to help you learn German in a fun, exciting, and simple way! My teaching methods are focused on the needs of you, the student, from beginning to advanced levels (all ages)-tailored to you and what you desire to learn about the German language and culture. Vielen Dank!

I love teaching. I am a science teacher and have taught at middle and high school. I am not satisfied until students understand content. I really like to relate material to life and what we encounter. This makes it more understandable and relevant to us individually. I have a plethora of strategies to aid in educating students.

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**IMPORTANT: Please confirm any session that you and I book on your Varsity Tutors calendar before we meet. This is very important: I can only accept confirmed appointments. Again, if your appointment reads "unconfirmed," please confirm it before our meeting time. Email me if you have any questions.** Subjects I tutor: English/Language Arts (almost anything that qualifies under that umbrella, ranging from Kindergarten to college level). Degrees attained: Doctorate in Educational Leadership (Ed.D.), Masters in Education (M.Ed.)., B.A. in English. State-certified teacher. Nearly twenty years' teaching experience. Favorite subject: Writing. I love all things reading and writing. If you have questions, please feel free to message me. I'm eager to meet with you! Personal statement: No matter how you currently view your situation in school, a great teacher can help beyond far more than just improving your grades. They can change your worldview. I should know. While I loved school as a kid, I had several terrible experiences in my early teenage years that left me feeling totally disconnected with everything education-related. A change in schools, and getting connected with some amazing teachers, turned things around for me. I started doing well in school again. I generally began to care about what I studied. It took words of encouragement from a few teachers who didn't accept anything less than my best work. I worked exhaustively, slowly beginning to understand that a bad experience or two did not make me a failure. I loved reading and writing, but never viewed it as more than a passing interest. It took a teacher to get me to care. Now I write professionally. I became an English major in undergrad. I now have a Doctorate of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership with a cognate in Student Development. I am also a Washington State-certified teacher that I received alongside an M.A. in Education (2006), educated and experienced in instructing both pre-college and postsecondary students according to various program- and state-based standards. That means not only can I teach you English and Language Arts, but I can advise you for college, teach you study skills, and help you prepare a plan to graduate and manage your coursework. I learned how to teach reading when I went for my Masters in Education, so I can work with you if you're having difficulty reading as well. In terms of English, Language Arts, or writing, I'm certified to handle almost anything along those lines from Kindergarten to college. And if, for whatever reason, I can't help you with your problem, we'll figure out something together. Point being, I didn't learn any of this by my lonesome. Someone had to show me that I wasn't a failure and help me see my own potential. That is exactly what I want for you to actualize your potential. I want you navigating school successfully and learning to love English, and reading, and books, because once you learn to love a subject in school, your entire world will change. English, or math, or science, or whatever you find appealing, can become a building block for your personal interests or career. You may produce a great work of art someday, or save someone's life due to your communication skills. My goal is to help you to see it as possible within you. You'll have to work hard. That's our agreement from day one: if you want to improve at anything, you must be willing to work for it. But tutoring is different from a traditional classroom because you are both the student and customer. It'll take up to two sessions for me to assess your situation in school, your learning needs, and what you hope to achieve from this experience. Do you simply want to improve your grades, or can improving your writing skills benefit you elsewhere? We'll also do a root cause analysis of why you might be struggling, if that's the case. If a subject in school is giving you trouble, our goal is to work together to determine what exactly is causing the problem for you before we treat it. After I assess your learning needs, and I get an idea of exactly what you want from your learning experience, I'll prepare a treatment plan based on my understanding of what could help you improve. We won't begin a single lesson until you and your parent/legal guardian approve of the plan. The beauty of tutoring is that it's all about your needs, your interests, your learning style. You don't have twenty other students who all need the same help--the appointment is entirely yours. Contact me and let's set up an appointment. I'm excited to speak with you.

I graduated from Wingate University as a Doctor of Physical Therapy. I have a B.S. in Kinesiology from Pacific Lutheran University. As a PT, I work in the outpatient realm and am most knowledgeable in orthopedics and sports medicine. I understand how stressful studying for the NPTE can be, and having passed the exam in 2018 I am familiar with its current format. I hope that I can help students get over this hurdle so that they can start their careers on the right foot.

My tutoring style is structured on the principle that not every person learns the same way. It's not always how you were taught the material, but how it was received. If it was never received and learned by the student, they were never taught.I teach Sciences (chemistry, biology), and Math and have an Arizona Department of Education Substitute Teaching Certificate. I have my Master's in Forest Resources but I tell everyone it's in Wood Chemistry. I enjoy the challenge of solving problems and I have used that as my basis for careers I have chosen.Here is a little of my Philosophy of Teaching.....Learning is, of course, the main purpose of education. I feel that the concept of learning should be molded around three steps. First, learn and understand the material presented. Second, independent thought is essential to the development of every student. Being able to form unique independent ideas to solve problems is the next step in the formal learning process. Finally, the use of learned concepts in new situations is essential for the student to prove understanding. By using understood information, students should be able to apply what they have learned to new situations presented to them by the teacher and in the future, by life. Transfer of this sort is what really determines what has been absorbed and will stick with the student for a lifetime.Learning can be fun. Select me as your tutor and you will find out how and why.

I hold a Master of Studies in English from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Arts in English literature and Theatre with a focus on acting and directing from Pacific Lutheran University. My love of language and storytelling was shaped by my experiences growing up in the US Virgin Islands, Norway, and Germany. Now I hope to encourage students as they find their own means of self-expression. I have worked with students over the age of eighteen as a Teaching Assistant for my undergraduate English Department, as well as with elementary and middle school aged children as an Assistant Stage Manager at the Lakewood Institute of Theatre. While I mostly tutor subjects in the field of English literature and language, I very much enjoy the challenge of teaching performance-based techniques on an online platform.

Chelsey Clammer is the award-winning author of the essay collections Human Heartbeat Detected (Red Hen Press, 2022), Circadian (Red Hen Press, 2017), and BodyHome (Hopewell Publications, 2015). Her work has appeared in Salon, The Rumpus, Brevity, and McSweeney's, among many others. She was the Fall 2019 Jack Kerouac Writer-in-Residence with the Jack Kerouac Project. Clammer teaches online creative writing classes with WOW! Women On Writing. She is a full-time freelance editor living in Austin. www.chelseyclammer.com

I am a certified K12 educator with over 25 years of teaching experience in the United States and internationally. I have taught in public schools, international schools, and at the university level, supporting students from diverse cultural and academic backgrounds. I specialize in helping students strengthen writing, reading comprehension, and critical thinking. Many students come to me for support with essay organization, developing strong arguments, improving clarity, and preparing for advanced coursework. I also help students build practical study and executive functioning skills so they can become more confident and independent learners. Students appreciate my calm, supportive approach and my ability to break complex ideas into clear, manageable steps. I hold a Master's in Education, Washington State certification in English, ESL, and Visual Arts, and I am currently pursuing a PhD in women's sprituality, history, and leadership