Daniel A.
Private tutor in New York, NY
Education
Temple University - BBA, Economics , University of Pensylvania - MLA, English, Comparative Literature and Theatre (ABT)
Experience
I am a former classroom teacher with eight years of experience. I also hold a current New York State Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts for Grades 7 through 12. For more than ten years, I have successfully tutored students in English Literature, Writing (Creative, Expository, and Argumentative), Grammar, NYS Regents and SAT and ACT Verbal Preparation. I love tutoring and coaching for two reasons: 1) I love to see students empower themselves through their own recognition of how to attack a piece of writing or literature and enhancement of their own critical thinking processes, and 2) I learn from them. I subscribe to the "Teacher as Learner" philosophy; our interactive work allows me to see how the student thinks, and gives me more avenues to help them attack and own their work. I like to think of this process as my "driving from the back of the bus". When the student is the active learner (and teacher), his/her modalities of learning remain a more indelible part of their processes, instead of just "swallowing strategies" which are easier to lose. I have always maintained a fantastic rapport with students; I make them feel at ease, let them know that it's OK to make mistakes, as that's how we learn, and that the worst that happens in the preparation process is that they can get up, dust themselves off, and get back on the bike, armed with new strategies for them to try and apply. My tutoring services forges strong professional learning partnerships between the student and myself.
Subject Expertise
Grammar and MechanicsLiteratureIntroduction to PoetryIntroduction to FictionIB Theatre SLIB Theatre HLIB Literature and Performance SLIB Literature and PerformanceGRE Subject Test in Literature in EnglishPersuasive WritingFiction WritingEssay EditingEnglishCreative WritingBritish LiteratureAP English Literature and CompositionAP English Language and CompositionAmerican LiteratureSAT VerbalWorld LiteratureVocabularyTest PrepTechnical WritingSummer TutoringShort NovelShakespeareSAT WritingACT WritingSAT Subject Test in LiteratureSAT Critical ReadingSATRegentsReadingPSAT Writing SkillsPSAT Critical Reading12th Grade Writing4th Grade Reading4th Grade3rd Grade Writing3rd Grade Reading3rd Grade2nd Grade Writing2nd Grade Reading2nd Grade4th Grade Writing12th Grade Reading12th Grade11th Grade Writing11th Grade Reading11th Grade10th Grade Writing10th Grade Reading7th Grade WritingACT ReadingACT English9th Grade Writing9th Grade Reading9th Grade8th Grade Writing8th Grade Reading8th Grade10th Grade7th Grade Reading7th Grade6th Grade Writing6th Grade Reading5th Grade Writing5th Grade Reading5th Grade
Availability
Weekends at any time, Any day at any time
Can Meet
Up to 45 minutes away at my regular hourly rate
Hobbies
Playing guitar and bass, very eclectic musical tastes. Also love (and teach) filmmaking and acting, and enjoy reading, and cooking.
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