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Experienced Tutor in Piano, Clarinet, Special Needs and K-5 Subjects
Carol B.

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Hello my name is Carol. I am currently Highly Qualified in Special Education (specifically in Behavior Disorders) and Early Childhood Education. I retired after teaching for 25 years and began tutoring students with and without learning differences in piano, clarinet, reading, math, science, and social studies. Over the course of 25 years I have taught and worked with students with emotional disorders, autism, mental retardation, Learning Disabilities, ADD/ADHD, and with physical/orthopedic...

Hello my name is Carol. I am currently Highly Qualified in Special Education (specifically in Behavior Disorders) and Early Childhood Education. I retired after teaching for 25 years and began tutoring students with and without learning differences in piano, clarinet, reading, math, science, and social studies. Over the course of 25 years I have taught and worked with students with emotional disorders, autism, mental retardation, Learning Disabilities, ADD/ADHD, and with physical/orthopedic challenges. I believe that it is most important to learn what motivates the student, and to determine how they best learn and what his or her strengths and weaknesses are to structure achievable learning tasks to reach goals and objectives. I have always enjoyed working and learning with students. Recently I volunteered and substituted at a special needs school for children with learning differences.

Music is also one of my loves. I have found music to be very useful as a tool in my teaching career and have utilized it on numerous occasions to facilitate learning. I have an undergraduate degree in Music Therapy and clarinet was my primary instrument. I have played the clarinet for over 50 years and am actively involved in playing clarinet in a community band and viola in a community orchestra. I have taught private lessons in clarinet, piano, and guitar. Music is crucial to other learning (academic and social skills) as well as providing lifelong enjoyment.

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Education

Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
Music Therapy
The University of Georgia - Emotionally Disturbed Children
MEd
  • Licensed teacher

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ADHD

ADHD

I am Highly Qualified in Special Education (Behavior Disordered) in Georgia. I've taught students in resource and self contained classrooms(Emotionally Disturbed/Autism) - students who were labeled as ADD/ADHD among them for 25 years. Recently I retired although currently I am volunteering/substituting at a special needs school for students with ADD/ADHD. When I work with all students and especially students demonstrating characteristics of ADHD I try to incorporate hands on activities, visual supports - for behavior and academics, time management strategies, and opportunities to move. I am currently tutoring an ADD/ADHD student whom I've been working with for the last four year years on various skills including social skills, piano, reading, expressive language, writing, and math.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

I am High Qualified in Special Education (Specifically Behavior Disorders). Overall I taught for 25 years and have retired. For 8 years I specifically taught students with Autism Spectrum Disorders in a psychoeducational and public school environment. I worked with students from primary through high school in one to one, small and larger groups. After retiring I taught several students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and substituted at Cloverleaf School of Atlanta which included students with Autism Spectrum Disorders. When working with students with autism spectrum disorders basic skills are directly taught (larger tasks are broken into smaller tasks) visuals are highly relied upon, expectations and a schedule of what is to happen is clearly communicated. Keeping language simple when giving directions to a student is also important depending on the verbal skills of the student.
Clarinet

Clarinet

I have an undergraduate degree in Music Therapy. My primary instrument was Clarinet. I also play piano, guitar, and viola. I taught a few students privately in the past. I have been playing clarinet in various community groups for the last 30 + years. When I was a member of the Covington Conyers Community Orchestra I led clarinet sectional rehearsals and mentored a few high school students. Currently I am mentoring an adult in clarinet.
Elementary (K-6th)

Elementary (K-6th)

I am highly qualified in Special Education (specifically Behavior Disorders) as well as Early Childhood Education (K-5)in Georgia. I've primarily taught in self contained classrooms (K-5) (meaning I taught all subjects) for 25 years. I've had had some training in Common Core requirements and taught mainly during the time when Georgia Performance Standards were in place. I believe in teaching to mastery of the subject material. This may require repetition, a variety of learning tasks, and hands on learning to demonstrate performance. After retiring I taught and continue to tutor students in a variety of K-6 subjects including primarily reading and math.
General Music

General Music

As a child I took piano and clarinet lessons later receiving a BA in Music with training in Music Theory, ear training, composition, and conducting as well as Music Therapy courses. After completing my degree I taught general music including band in an elementary school for a year under a government program. I've utilized music as a tool in my general teaching as well as participating in numerous music, choral and piano webinars online as well as community instrumental and vocal groups. Currently I teach piano online. I am currently involved in music as a participant in an online chorus and viola lessons.
Phonics

Phonics

I am highly qualified in Special Education (specifically Behavior Disorders) as well as Early Childhood Education (K-5)in Georgia. I've primarily taught in self contained classrooms (K-5) (meaning I taught all subjects) for 25 years. I've had had some training in Common Core requirements and taught mainly during the time when Georgia Performance Standards were in place. I believe in teaching to mastery of the subject material. This may require repetition, a variety of learning tasks, and hands on learning to demonstrate performance. Recently I volunteered and occasionally substitute at a special needs school - The Cloverleaf School of Atlanta during their language arts block. I've assisted with implementing the Systematic Multisensory Approach to Reading (with a large focus on developing phonemic awareness with small groups of students.
Piano

Piano

I believe in the importance of music in my students' lives. Since retiring from full time teaching I have been teaching a few piano students and currently I am teaching online. Along with teaching material from method books I like to incorporate ear training, improvisation, composition, music history, and listening skills into the lessons. As much as possibly I feel it's important to gamify the learning to reinforce concepts. I have an undergraduate degree in Music Therapy. My secondary instrument while in the undergraduate program was piano. I took four years of private piano lessons and continue to play for my own enjoyment. In the past I've played piano in the church Sunday school and have taught a few private students.
Reading

Reading

I am highly qualified in Special Education (specifically Behavior Disorders) as well as Early Childhood Education (K-5)in Georgia. I've primarily taught in self contained classrooms (K-5) (meaning I taught all subjects) for 25 years. I've had had some training in Common Core requirements and taught mainly during the time when Georgia Performance Standards were in place. I believe in teaching to mastery of the subject material. This may require repetition, a variety of learning tasks, and hands on learning to demonstrate performance. I have volunteered and substituted at a special needs school - The Cloverleaf School of Atlanta during their language arts block. I've assisted with implementing the Systematic Multisensory Approach to Reading (with a large focus on developing phonemic awareness with small groups of students. I have and currently tutor students on Common Core Reading skills (K-5).
Special Needs

Special Needs

I am currently Highly Qualified in Special Education (specifically in Behavior Disorders). Over the course of 25 years I have taught and worked with students with emotional disorders, autism, mental retardation,Learning Disabilities, ADD/ADHD,and with physical/orthopedic challenges. I believe that it is most important to learn what motivates the student, determine how they best learn, what he or she's strengths and weaknesses to structure achievable learning tasks to reach goals and objectives.
Spelling

Spelling

As a recently retired educator in Georgia, I taught in self contained classrooms (K-5) (teaching all subjects) for 25 years. Recently I volunteered and now occasionally substitute at a special needs school. At the school they utilize the Systematic Multisensory Approach to Reading. I have worked with students with ADHD and autism in the area of spelling focusing on phonetic sounds utilizing a variety of listening activities, games, and incorporating spelling as a part of creative writing.
Study Skills

Study Skills

During the 25 years I spent in the classroom as a special education teacher I frequently used written and visual schedules to help students with the organization of their day. We worked on organizing work areas and keeping up with personal materials all a part of study skills and organization of time by using a timer. I assisted students that I tutored with setting personal goals, developing awareness of attention to task and possible distractions. I recently took an online course on Teaching the Child with ADHD which provided ideas on developing Study Skills with children with ADHD.
Vocabulary

Vocabulary

During the time I was teaching as a part of the Reading First Initiative I received training in teaching vocabulary skills to students in the primary and special needs classes. With students (specifically with autism) that I taught in self contained classroom I utilized a variety of visual supports to expand background knowledge and vocabulary as it related to communication skills. Recently I volunteered and occasionally substituted at the Cloverleaf School of Atlanta. Here I assisted a few students with vocabulary development (oral and written) through a variety of means - expanding background knowledge through actual experiences, books, music, games, and direct instruction.

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Carol is kind and very knowledgeable

It has only been a few sessions, but I’m starting to understand the keys on the piano. My knowledge is building from lesson to lesson. I would definitely recommend Carol to any who needs a piano teacher.

Cedric, 175 lessons with Carol
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Thank you for your kind and positive feedback!

Great tutor

She really spends time to prepare and schedule for each tutoring section. She has good strategy to get my daughter's attention to cooperate. We really happy and appreciate for her quality tutoring work.

Shitong, 18 lessons with Carol
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Thank you for positive feedback.

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