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Certified ELA Educator: College Essays, Writing, Reading Comprehension
Julie K.

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My goal as a certified K6-12 English teacher and college instructor is to help students become confident in their success. This may come by helping students with writing coursework (college or high school), navigating college applications, reviewing college application essays, writing scholarship essays, organizing content, and/or study skills.

Using my own experience with curriculum development, I designed a framework for writing college application essays that takes the stress away from...

My goal as a certified K6-12 English teacher and college instructor is to help students become confident in their success. This may come by helping students with writing coursework (college or high school), navigating college applications, reviewing college application essays, writing scholarship essays, organizing content, and/or study skills.

Using my own experience with curriculum development, I designed a framework for writing college application essays that takes the stress away from starting and offers a clear guide to develop students’ unique stories. In addition, working with me for your college application comes with my college organizer: helping students choose the right college for them, know what they need clearly from each school, and grow their activity list in an easy to navigate document.

I have my MA in Writing and Rhetoric and BA in English Education, hold gifted and ESOL endorsements, am certified as an online instructor, and currently teach First Year Composition at an online university and Writing Skills for law students. I also have a graduate certificate in Community College Teaching and taught 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade English at all levels (standard, honors, and gifted). In each level, I coached students on how to achieve their goals by developing clear action plans. I specialize in helping students with application management, writing skills (college essays, applications, and in-school essays), reading comprehension, resume writing, and study skills.

Tutoring should be adaptable to meet students where they are and that means building their confidence to achieve their goals. Students that have worked with me have gone on to their top schools.

Included in the hourly rate is extensive prep time, access to resources that I have curated just for you, and a breakdown of each session.

I look forward to starting this writing journey with you!

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Education

University of Central Florida
English Education
University of Central Florida
Masters
University of Central Florida
Graduate Coursework
  • Licensed teacher

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  • Hourly Rate: $98
  • Rate details: Cancellation within 24 hours=half the original rate. No Show to an appointment without any notification=full rate. A rescheduled lesson within the 24 hours=$20.
  • Lesson cancellation: 24 hours notice required

  • Background check passed on 8/5/2015

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College Counseling

College Counseling

As a high school teacher who has worked with students from grades 9-12, I have had many students come to me for help about their future goals. I have helped them refine essays and look at being well-rounded so as to be more noticeable by colleges. I also worked at the Writing Center at University of Central Florida where students who are coming into college for the first time, as well as applying for jobs and graduate schools, come for advice on what the college, or job, is looking for. In addition, I teach first year composition and see freshman colleges students right as they enter college and work with colleagues all across the university to hear about what the college is looking for. From these experiences, I have helped various students: find the right college to apply to, get their SAT/ACT/GRE scores where they need to be, and write hard hitting college application essays to put their best foot forward. I have found that with my previous work, as well as being accepted into 6 colleges and 3 graduate schools myself, I understand where colleges are coming from as they look for the right student for their school.
Common Core

Common Core

My Bachelor of Science degree in English Education required the study of standards as well as how to reach the complexity of those standards with students. I have used a standards based methodology in my classroom for many years now so I am very familiar with the terminology and accessibility of the standards.
English

English

I received my Bachelor's degree in English Education with a minor in Writing and Rhetoric. I also have an TESOL endorsement and Gifted Endorsement that pairs with my Florida Teaching certificate and received my Master's in English with a specification in Writing in Rhetoric. Using these degrees and certifications, I have taught English to 9th-12th grades and college freshmen since 2014. In addition, I also help with resume building, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and TOEFL tests. I am also a professor of writing skills at a law school and use this experience to show how students can adapt their writing and language to different audiences.
SAT Reading

SAT Reading

Along with my background in English Education and my M.A. in Writing and Rhetoric, I have taught English to 9th-12th grade in the last five years. In those years, I taught SAT Prep for the Writing and Reading sections to my students as a class and on an individual basis after school. Using my experience with curriculum development, I designed 4 SAT workshops to use as a starting point for individual tutoring. These workshops include all sections of the SAT (reading, writing, math, essay). In these large group sessions, I give an overview, tips, strategies, and interactive practice to students. Many students who follow my program have increased their scores by 100 points after 5-10 hours of practice. I have had many one-on-one tutoring sessions outside of school for the SAT as well as large group sessions for The Greatest Investment and local high schools. I have also designed an ACT workshop as well and helped various students with other test breakdowns (GRE, Architect Exams, FSA, etc).
SAT Writing

SAT Writing

Along with my background in English Education and my M.A. in Writing and Rhetoric, I have taught English to 9th-12th grade in the last five years. In those years, I taught SAT Prep for the Writing and Reading sections to my students as a class and on an individual basis after school. Using my experience with curriculum development, I designed 4 SAT workshops to use as a starting point for individual tutoring. These workshops include all sections of the SAT (reading, writing, math, essay). In these large group sessions, I give an overview, tips, strategies, and interactive practice to students. Many students who follow my program have increased their scores by 100 points after 5-10 hours of practice. I have had many one-on-one tutoring sessions outside of school for the SAT as well as large group sessions for The Greatest Investment and local high schools. I have also designed an ACT workshop as well and helped various students with other test breakdowns (GRE, Architect Exams, FSA, etc).
Special Needs

Special Needs

I have a gifted endorsement and a TESOL endorsement and am a certified English teacher in Florida which all require me to understand how to help students that fall under the ESE category (IEP, EP, twice exceptional, and 504 included). I have worked with all students to differentiate lessons to their needs in order to help them succeed.
Study Skills

Study Skills

I am a very organized person myself and I help my students do the same. I have worked with the AVID program in two separate schools and have seen how they help students improve their study skills. I have taught students how to use Cornell notes, organize by subject and priority, as well as understand time constraints. Lastly, as a graduate student, I must apply my own study skills consistently; such as reading with purpose, annotating, prioritizing, organizing, and being efficient and effective in my work schedule.
Writing

Writing

I received my Bachelor's degree in English Education with a minor in Writing and Rhetoric. I also have an ESOL endorsement that pairs with my Florida Teaching certificate and received my Master's in Writing in Rhetoric in 2017. Along with this background in English Education, I taught English Language Arts to 9th-12th grade students from 2013-2019. I spent one year working in the University Writing Center tutoring students about writing in all different fields of study before progressing to teach Freshman Composition at the university level. I continue to teach Composition at the university and help students with college essays and other writing during tutoring hours. I have also added Professor of Writing Skills at a local law university, where I help students write to specific audiences and make sure that their grammar skills are exemplary for their reports. I like to help students with all kinds of writing: copy editing, proofreading, grammar lessons, resume building, creative writing, argumentative writing, informative writing, legal writing, rhetorical analysis, brainstorming, outlining, drafting, revising, etc.
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Top Tutor - A Complete Professional

If you are looking for a tutor, you’d be doing yourself a disservice if you didn’t give Julie an opportunity to connect with you. From the very start, you will see Julie’s high level of organization, planning, and flexibility which equates to her being able to create a plan that is on track for your student to learn at a challenging and yet not overwhelming pace. She’s excellent at building rapport with students and obviously has a love for seeing a students grow and succeed. If you are looking for the cheapest tutor then understand this isn’t Julie because she’s an expert and can command a higher price, however, if you are looking for the best value for your money, Julie is absolutely that tutor. Thank you for all you’ve done to open my students eyes and make him a much more confident and educated young adult!

Dan, 7 lessons with Julie

Amazing writing skills and comprehensive teacher

Julie is an amazing teacher with a lot of patience, optimism and incredible writing skills. She helped me reviewing my college essays by giving me positive and constructive feedback to enhance my writing. Her explanations, corrections and tips where clear and understandable.Thanks to her support and encouragement I feel more confident about my essays and cannot thank her enough for all the help she gave me. 100% recommended

Albano, 3 lessons with Julie

Knowledgable, helpful & patient

Julie has done a wonderful job helping my daughter to better focus her ideas & get an essay on paper to work with. She is very seasoned, patient & helpful. Can’t say enough good things about her & we were fortunate to find her!

Beth, 3 lessons with Julie

Amazing Teacher

I reached out to Julie to help my son with his high school application, specifically with writing his autobiography. She was amazing! Julie guided my son in organizing his thoughts and expressing them clearly and concisely. Not only did my son benefit from her expertise, but I also picked up some valuable tips for handling my own writing tasks more efficiently. Julie’s help was truly invaluable!

Theresa, 2 lessons with Julie

Super helpful with college essay

Julie has been incredibly helpful to my daughter, who needed help on one final college essay. She helped elicit personal details from daughter about experiences that were relevant to the prompt to make the essay her own. She then helped her structure the information into a proper essay format, creating a finished piece that is authentic vs. generic. My daughter really enjoys working with Julie as well and feels confident and stress-free now about the finished work.

Pamela, 3 lessons with Julie

Knowledgeable and Patient Tutor

Julie helped my daughter to organize her thoughts and reorganize her college essay. She was a very helpful in the process. We highly recommend her and will be using her again if needed.

Gianna, 1 lesson with Julie

Extremely Helpful

Julie was amazing to work with it! She walked me through the process of writing my college essay and even helped me to structure and brainstorm for it. Definitely couldn’t have done it without her!

Manal, 4 lessons with Julie

Excellent help

Jenna was thrilled with Julie’s help. She felt much more confident in the college application process and her college essay after working with Julie. Highly recommend!!

Jenna, 7 lessons with Julie

College Application

Julie has worked with my daughter for her college essay and resume. She has improved her essay, she is knowledgeable, easy and cordial to work with, I would definite recommend her.

Prakash, 4 lessons with Julie

helpful and kind totur

Julie has taught me countless strategies for the ACT and what to do during and before the test. Strategies that not only can help me in my ACT but in other regular tests. She gives good feedback is patient and wants the best for you. She plans things out for you and uses amazing resources to help you with the ACT.

Mary, 11 lessons with Julie