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Personalized College Counseling and Tutoring for All Learners
Alannah A.

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I am a native Tucsonan and have taught for the past decade! I received my Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Occidental College in 2013, and a Masters of Science in Education from Southern Illinois University in 2016. As a graduate employee, I coordinated peer mentoring and tutoring services at my university, and personally conducted test prep services for the entire college. Since then, I have taught hundreds of students preparing for the GRE - as well as the SAT, ACT, GED and ASVAB - in...

I am a native Tucsonan and have taught for the past decade! I received my Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Occidental College in 2013, and a Masters of Science in Education from Southern Illinois University in 2016. As a graduate employee, I coordinated peer mentoring and tutoring services at my university, and personally conducted test prep services for the entire college. Since then, I have taught hundreds of students preparing for the GRE - as well as the SAT, ACT, GED and ASVAB - in 1:1 and class settings. Furthermore, I began graduate admissions counseling at this time, and am skilled in providing start-to-finish support through the process of applying to college at all levels: college searches, resume/CV/personal statement construction, FAFSA, seeking recommendations, interview prep, etc.

I returned to Tucson to teach high school math and English from 2016-2021. In addition to my classroom teaching role, I served as a college and career counselor and interventionist. Accordingly, I have an extensive background identifying individual students' learning needs and creating strategic plans to intervene and redirect learners' trajectories.

I believe that each learner possesses everything required to achieve success, and that as an effective tutor I am capable of identifying students’ specific sets of skills and needs in order to support them in reaching personal goals. This process involves strong relationship-building, strategic differentiation, instilling confidence in students' abilities, creating feelings of safety, patience, and the ability to teach from the student’s cognitive perspective - not my own - in order to make the material at hand wholly and sustainably grasp-able.

I look forward to connecting with you and/or your learner to discuss how I can support your journey! Please reach out to me today to begin creating a personalized plan for success, whatever your learning needs may be!

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Education

Occidental College
Psychology
A Southern Illinois University Carbondale
MEd

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  • Hourly Rate: $60
  • Rate details: Base rate is not reflective of all tutoring types. I encourage prospective families and students to inquire regarding your specific situation!
  • Lesson cancellation: 24 hours notice required

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College Counseling

College Counseling

I served as a college and career counselor at a college preparatory high school for six years. I also provided graduate admissions counseling for the McNair Scholars program at Southern Illinois University. Furthermore, I recently found success gaining admission, myself, to all eight of the competitive graduate programs I applied to in pursuit of a second Master's degree in social work.
Elementary (K-6th)

Elementary (K-6th)

I worked with K-6 students as the lead intervention tutor of a team providing specialized attention to children who experienced disruptions to their learning following the COVID-19 pandemic. As the lead tutor, I worked across all elementary grade levels, and supported other tutors with designing lesson plans to target specific diagnostic needs.
Essay Writing

Essay Writing

I am a former English teacher, as well as college and career counselor, and have supported countless students writing both academic essays and essays for college admissions. I am a strong writer, and am able to work effectively with students, adult learners, etc. to identify areas for improvement, from grammar and syntax to idea formation, logic and reasoning.
HESI (Nursing exam)

HESI (Nursing exam)

I supported prospective nurses preparing for their HESI exams all through graduate school, in addition to the over ten years of test prep services I have offered since graduating from my Master's degree myself. I have also have six total years as an educator, and am adept not only at the content of the HESI exam, but the skills and strategies needed to support a variety of learners. I specialize in supporting individuals who struggle with mathematics.
High School Placement Test

High School Placement Test

I served in an administrative educator role at a high school for six years, and am currently serving in a recruiter role. I am well versed in the strategies that are necessary to success for gaining admission/placement within a vast array of settings, from high school admissions, to college admissions, to career placement.
Interview Prep

Interview Prep

I work in Human Resources as a recruiter, and I regularly support hiring panels with constructing interview processes that are tailored to identify the most qualified and best fit candidate(s) for respective positions. I am also a former college and career counselor, and have supported countless students with gaining admission to colleges and universities.
Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365

I utilize Microsoft 365 products in my primary line of work on a daily basis, from Word, to Excel, to Visio. I have experience utilizing advanced settings within these programs to execute a variety of functions, from data processing, to creating fillable surveys, to constructing organizational charts. Furthermore, I am an experienced educator and therefore skilled not only in the content of this subject, but the ability to work effectively with students to support their learning no matter the level of proficiency.
Personal Statements

Personal Statements

I have supported a number of students on the Wyzant platform seeking general college counseling support, including construction of personal statements for college admissions. I have received glowing feedback on my ability to help students through the drafting process to completion of personal statements each student has felt incredibly proud of and confident in. Whether starting from scratch, or identifying the final adjustments needed to take a personal statement from strong to exceptional, I am able to provide the services students require.
SAT Math

SAT Math

I have 10 years of experience supporting high school students preparing for the SAT, as well as a background in college counseling, so I am prepared to support students in understanding both the material, as well as how their test scores fit into the larger picture of their unique college admissions processes. Furthermore, I have six years of experience teaching high school math, specifically covering the content areas associated with the SAT math section.
Algebra 1
Algebra 2
ASVAB
Biology
Elementary Math
Elementary Science
English
GED
General Computer
Geometry
GMAT
Grammar
GRE
Literature
Phonics
Prealgebra
Probability
PSAT
Reading
SAT Writing
Spelling
Statistics
Study Skills
Vocabulary
Writing
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Reliable, Helpful, and Experienced

She was very quick to respond to messages when I had upcomming deadlines. Intially, I had trouble organizing the ideas of my writing. However, Alannah was very helpful making my thoughts coherent and corrected my puncuation. In order to maximize the word count, we added missing details and omitted things that didn't add to my narrative. All of which improved my essays tremendously!

Yasmine, 3 lessons with Alannah

Graduate School Statement of Purpose/EXCELLENT Editor

After several rounds of editing, Alannah helped me craft a statement of purpose I am proud to submit to doctoral programs. She has made this process less daunting, and I cannot recommend her enough! She is simply an INCREDIBLE writer. If you're looking for someone to help you strengthen your application materials, I HIGHLY recommend her. Thank you so much for all your help throughout this intimidating process!

Ja'nae, 3 lessons with Alannah

Great tutor

I am very excited to have Alannah tutoring my child. She’s very intuitive, connected easily with my child, and very clearly set a path forward for success. The tie in to the whole student and child really impressed me, and my child got out of tutoring saying she was so happy we are doing this!

Sarah, 18 lessons with Alannah

great teacher, so calm and helpful

Seriously helped my confidence on furthering my grad school plans and made the GRE seem much less scary than I initially thought!

Sara, 2 lessons with Alannah
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