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Helene D. for tutoring lessons in Marietta GA Over 20 tutoring hours WyzAnt Tutoring Tutor Tutor United States

Helene D.

Tutor grades K-6 with respect and patience

Marietta, GA (30068)

Travel Radius 15 miles
Hourly Fee $45.00
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I experienced difficulty in school and had teachers and a tutor that chose to put me on the spot rather than teach. I graduated with honors and have gone on to teach in Christian, Montessori, Private, and Special Education schools. I have a current Georgia certificate with Orton Gillingham training and prefer to teach to a student's needs rather than state standards. At five years old I knew I wanted to teach and for almost 38 years, the same time I've been married to my husband, I have done just that. My experience fostered the ability for each our four children to develop to their greatest potential and become high end learners. I respect attention spans for students and listen carefully to their questions. I will teach as you guide because you know your children best. As a partnership I believe we can inspire your students to learn. I prefer to tutor with you home as a comfort to your student. If at anytime I detect a learning block I will communicate that and commit to not simply taking advantage of your hard earned funds. Please contact me so we can set a new direction for your child.

Helene's Subjects

English:
History:
  • American history,
  • government & politics
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Grammar

Grammar is all the English learned through sixth grade. All nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, synonyms, antonymns, homonymns, pronouns (common, proper), articles, prepositions, conjunctions, and subject/predicate agreement. Taking this knowledge, applying punctuation, intonation, and opinion produces successful written and spoken word. Grammar is basically what makes us sound intelligent and too often secures successful job interviews.

Reading

I have worked with many challenged learners. Reading is a core necessity for performance in ALL other study arenas. My approach is Orton Gillingham, in which I was trained at The Swift School in Roswell, Georgia. I worked with children who are Dyslexic and have other learning disabilities for 3 years. The approach is heavily phonics based with an emphasis on letter and blend sounds. It empowers the student to break a word into parts and look for repeated patterns. Having taught for 37 years now,... Read More

Elementary (K-6th)

I have a current Georgia Certificate and I can provide the number if necessary. My degree from UNH was in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education and an additional major in English. In Georgia, I am listed as P-8.

Phonics

I was schooled in a certification program for Orton Gillingham which is a very successful phonics program for students with Dyslexia or language related learning differences. Foundationally, it was the format for my reading block section of my B.A. in Elementary Education at the University of New Hampshire. Phonemic sounds are used to decode words of any length. Learning diphthongs, digraphs and blends is the only way a person can gauntlet our convoluted English language.

Study Skills

I have worked for nearly 38 years in all types and sizes of classes and schools. Having raised 4 very successful personal child learners into adulthood I feel fully qualified to teach this skill. Study Skills is that ability to spot the key elements within a subject area. Retaining that info through drills, flash cards, recording devices or any other clever techniques to secure measurable results on testing. It calls for a clear direction from the starting point to the finale. Done in a neat organized... Read More

Sewing

At 13 I took two full weeks of 8 hour a day sewing classes with my creative Russian aunt. She sewed draperies, made slipcovers, Barbie clothes, ballet outfits for whole dance troupes and clothes for her own 3 children. I sewed my entire trousseau for my wedding travel, made over my mother's designer clothes to fit me in high school and sewed most of my high school clothing. I made gowns in college for sororities, along with making all of my bridesmaids gowns. While my daughter was in high school... Read More

Public Speaking

I have owned my own travel company for ten years, taking student and teacher groups to Boston and Washington D.C. I solely facilitated all of the Washington channels to arrange private tours of every conceivable kind. I wrote the book the students worked through on their week away. I was the sole presenter at each site speaking often to private groups of 150 at a time. As a Lifetime PTA member and president and vice president for our high school of 2500 students I spoke regularly to parenting... Read More

Autism

The Swift School also had some low level autistic students. My primary exposure came from Montessori International Academy in Marietta where I worked for a year, alone with autism in a gifted 5 year old who spoke 6 languages. Behaviorally I was challenged to teach him conflict resolution, group activity, waiting for a turn, being told 'no'(without screaming episodes), using rest time quietly, standing in line with diminished outbursts and assaults of maliciousness on other students and staff.... Read More

Dyslexia

Many parents attempt home school children who display dyslexic symptoms. In the public classroom setting they appear slow, labeled 'stupid', often lack time concepts, tangle word pronunciations as they read slowly and use library time to act out. Not understanding letter sounds, blends, dipthongs, digraphs a page with letters for words is a huge challenge, They are embarrassed by reading and comprehension in any academic arena becomes defeating.

The Swift School gave me 3 marvelous... Read More

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