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Jennifer A. for tutoring lessons in Chicago IL Over 50 tutoring hours WyzAnt Tutoring Tutor Tutor United States

Jennifer A.

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Chicago, IL (60618)

Travel Radius 10 miles
Hourly Fee $28.00
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I am a friendly, patient tutor who really enjoys helping adults and children who want to learn, understand and improve in writing, ESL, academic subjects, and other activities such as drawing and painting. In addition, I spend about half my time editing and revising student papers, essays, personal statements and applications for scholarships.

I graduated from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. I majored in American Studies (a self-designed interdisciplinary course of study) and minored in art and biology. I have a Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Texas at Austin, TX. I also have a JD from the University of Houston Law Center, and am licensed to practice law in Texas and Illinois. I passed both the Texas and Illinois bar exams on the first time, six months apart. I have also been certified to teach English as a Second Language "ESL" by Literacy Chicago, where I teach ESL approximately 2 hours per week.

Through the years I have been employed as a City Planner, a Lawyer, a Contract Negotiator and a Technical Writer. Now I am at the end of my working career, and I want to use my education and knowledge to help others.I have a wide variety of education and experience. I grew up in northern New Jersey and attended the public schools there until college. My father was an English professor at Columbia University in New York City, and my mother was an artist who worked in oil and watercolors.

My official teaching experience, aside from working for WyzAnt, consists of:
- 2 years teaching online legal research techniques to attorneys and other legal professionals (employed by Westlaw Software),
- tutoring during college years,
- several years of tutoring in the Chicago Lights Tutoring Program sponsored by the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago.

Jennifer's Subjects

Art:
English:
Test Preparation:
Language:
History:
  • American history,
  • government & politics
Elementary Education:
Business:
  • law
Sports/Recreation:
Corporate Training:
Homeschool:

Writing

I have had a lot of writing experience as well as a strict education regarding English composition, grammar, and vocabulary. In all my previous professional positions, I have had to use my writing skills. I have had lots of experience editing and reviewing student papers, student research papers, chapters of books, and school writing assignments.

I have written all sorts of documents, such as letters, resumes, personal statements, essays, newsletters, contracts, articles, histories,... Read More

English

I am qualified to tutor in English because I have had extensive education and much family training in English. My father was an English professor at Columbia University. He and my mother impressed me with the importance of speaking and writing correct English. My siblings and I have all entered the field of education. I have been teaching ESL and writing for about 2 years. Also, I have two advanced degrees, a MS and a JD. Earning both degrees required a good deal of excellent writing skills. I... Read More

Study Skills

I completed four years of college at a top liberal arts school, two years in a graduate program to receive an MS, and three years in law school to earn a JD. So altogether, I was in school for about 21 years of my life. To stay in school so long and earn so many degrees, I had to develop good study skills. Good study skills involve being organized, taking superior notes, remembering information, understanding processes, studying effectively for exams, writing winning essays, and passing standardized... Read More

Swimming

I feel I am well qualified to teach both children and adults how to swim because I was a competitive swimmer when I was younger, and I understand that some people are afraid of the water and find it hard to get used to the feeling of moving in water. I, myself, feel very secure in water and love the feeling of swimming. I used to race in crawl and butterfly contests. Originally, I learned how to do the different stokes correctly, in the right form, from a Red Cross certified teacher.

ESL/ESOL

In 2010, I completed Literacy Chicago's course entitled "How to Teach English as a Second Language". Since then, I have been teaching ESL to a variety of people, both as a volunteer and a paid tutor. Mostly, I teach adults who are in advanced education programs (Master's or PhD) who need to write professional papers and improve their conversational English. I enjoy editing their papers and the "conversation" classes because the people are interesting and intelligent. My students learn to write... Read More

Drawing

From a very early age my parents encouraged my artistic talent. Both of them were artists and they enrolled me in private art classes. I have been privately trained in drawing, oil painting, watercolors and various mixed media/collage building. I took painting and drawing throughout high school and college.

As an adult, I enjoy working on my own. I have taken non-academic classes. I design greeting cards, render watercolor landscapes, illustrate architecture, and make three-dimensional... Read More

College Counseling

I am very familiar with the colleges and universities in the United States. My father and brother both worked for the College Entrance Examination Board, so conversations about colleges were always taking place at the dinner table. I have edited several admissions essays. The breadth of my academic experience and my writing ability have helped me to greatly improve the essays I have edited.

Bar Exam

I passed both the Illinois and the Texas State Bar exams on the first try, in the same year. I feel strongly that my success was mostly due to my preparation of general essay answers ahead of time, and being able to use my pre-written answers to boost or add to the particular analysis required to answer each specific test essay question. Another crucial factor in my success was to set a time limit on each section of the test, and to strictly maintain the pace. These are learned techniques which... Read More

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