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Nancy C.

Language Arts & Resume Help tutor

Everett, WA (98208)

Travel Radius 17 miles
Hourly Fee $49.00
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I am an experienced broad-based tutor with a lifetime of learning in a myriad of subjects. I have a Masters of English degree and have taught a variety of college writing level classes at several colleges in Washington state. I have a current 4-12 Washington state teaching certificate and have tutored at-risk students and students with health and behavior issues directly for a school district. I have substituted in instrumental and vocal music classrooms, in library, language, science, social studies and history, and of course, Language Arts classrooms. I can understand a little Spanish and have taught an ESL class for Mexican cannery workers. I have been fortunate to travel in countries like Guatemala, Costa Rico, Mexico and Spain. Recently, I returned from Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia. I'm not another Rick Steves, but I have traveled to England and many countries in Europe and eastern Europe and Russia, and I have studied Comparative Literature since my undergraduate days at the University of Washington.

For more than a decade I have been performing on french horn in the greater Seattle area, including some stints in pit orchestras--ranging from "The Mikado" to "Oklahoma"; I would welcome beginning & intermediate french horn students, and I could help beginning trumpet players. I read music and have performed with choirs. I helped organize and performed at a benefit concert for a neighborhood impacted by an arsonist; some Seattle Symphony musicians played the band arrangements with us. It is a privilege to tutor one-on-one and establish a positive relationship which motivates the student to achieve his/her best.

I follow scientific developments, especially in astronomy and genetics and anthropology, and have assisted in international raptor migration projects. During this anniversary of the Mount St. Helen's eruption, I have been the volunteer "publicist" for the man (my former student) who took historic pictures of this volcano. I tap into the student's natural interests and expand from there. For years I have been scoring the essay portion of the national SAT's, but I regret because of possible conflict of interest, I must not exclusively be hired as an SAT tutor.

Nancy's Subjects

Math:
  • algebra 1,
  • geometry,
  • prealgebra
Science:
  • astronomy,
  • biology,
  • geology,
  • philosophy,
  • physical science,
  • psychology
Music:
English:
Test Preparation:
  • GED,
  • GRE,
  • SAT reading,
  • SAT writing
Language:
History:
Special Needs:
Elementary Education:
Business:
Corporate Training:
Homeschool:

Writing

Writing instruction is one of my key areas of expertise. For several years I taught writing, in conjunction with grammar and literature, at the community college level. Some of the writing instruction was for ESL or remedial writing. My Masters in English and my years of scoring essays for a national testing center make me highly qualified, as well as up-to-date about what it takes to succeed at writing.

World History

World History is a fascinating area of study that I have enjoyed, in conjunction with my university studies in World Literature. I tutor World History, not only from a firmly anchored base of World Geography of the region and surrounding areas, but also from the aspects of shared cultures. Much of World History has been negatively influenced by wars, plagues and famines, but also World History has been positively impacted by aspects of scientific discoveries and eras like the Renaissance, a contagious... Read More

Elementary (K-6th)

I earned my Washington State teachers credentials 4-12, along with my Masters in English at Central Washington University. Formerly, the certificates read K-12. I took reading & elementary art instruction, and child psychology, and several other courses that serve for credits towards elementary education. I have taken subsequent college coursework in children's literature, and I have become acquainted with a broad spectrum of children's literature during my decade in the Seattle library system... Read More

General Music

I have been a musician, both vocal and instrumental since my school days. I have performed locally on the french horn, my primary instrument, and on trumpet with easier music. My choir experience has been primarily with church choirs, and I can sing either alto or soprano. I can play some piano or keyboard to help a student with practicing a part. If your child is singing a part and needs the other part to sing against, I can do that. I read music, both bass and treble clef.

With playing... Read More

Study Skills

I have taught writing, with a literature component, for many years in community colleges. Part of classroom assignments include individual and team study skills building. A research paper is required and often the class takes a fieldtrip to the campus library. Personally, I spent 10 years with the Seattle Public Library, many of those as head of a neighborhood station where I directly answered queries and helped students with accessing materials skills. My students are required to keep notebooks... Read More

Special Needs

Special Needs Experience
I have substituted many times over the years in the Learning Support classroom, as a certified WA State 4-12 teacher. I've instructed reading and spelling and other language arts, worked to support and build math skills, and have used teamwork and small groups to encourage peer help and in doing so foster social skills. I also have tutored special needs students for the school district in an off-campus one-on-one environment.
While I am patient with learning... Read More

Religion

I took The Old Testament as philosophy at the university level, and have made a life-long study of man and his faith in the Divine. I've been to the Vatican museum, those Salt Lake City Morman sites and library which are open to the general public, and I have attended a longhouse feast celebrating the return of salmon by special invitation. Also, I've attended both Bar Mizvah and Bat Mitzvah services.

Through world-wide literature studies, for instance, where I've taken university... Read More

ESL/ESOL

While completing my Masters in English & Washington state teacher's certification at CWU, I took a masters seminar in ESL. Then I taught an ESL class on site at a cannery for Spanish-speaking workers. In my introductory level community college writing classes, I have worked with many second language students. Recently, I had a student from Bulgaria and another from Russia; I've taught many students from the Far East: Japan, China, and Indo-China. I had a Running Start student from Iran who spoke... Read More

Trumpet

My primary instrument is the french horn. I have performed with many community concert bands, including one band affiliated with a college; this group performs yearly for a festival of bands in Victoria, BC.

I am an experienced instrumental and general music substitute in a major school district. The instrumental classes are from 5th grade through high school, and the vocal music ones begin in the lower elementary grades.

Many future french horn musicians start on the trumpet... Read More

Public Speaking

I'm a Washington State teacher certified in a Language Arts endorsement which includes speech instruction.
I can explain the principles of organizing around an outline, using an andecdote or other attention-getter like a surprising statistic or a rhetorical question as an opener. Once the speaker has the attention of the audience, the talk should proceed, usually in linear fashion. Your listeners don't wish to work too hard to understand your argument and main points. Public speaking often... Read More

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