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Casey K.

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I’m an Illinois-licensed educator with 15 years of classroom teaching experience. I hold a B.A. in Sociology with a minor in Communications, completed 24 graduate credits in education through New Jersey’s Alternate Route Program, and currently hold an Illinois Professional Educator License with endorsements in Elementary Education (1–6), Social Science (5–8), and Social Science (9–12).

For 12 years, I taught at a private school serving students with literacy-based learning disabilities,...

I’m an Illinois-licensed educator with 15 years of classroom teaching experience. I hold a B.A. in Sociology with a minor in Communications, completed 24 graduate credits in education through New Jersey’s Alternate Route Program, and currently hold an Illinois Professional Educator License with endorsements in Elementary Education (1–6), Social Science (5–8), and Social Science (9–12).

For 12 years, I taught at a private school serving students with literacy-based learning disabilities, primarily in grades 6–8. I taught Social Studies, Math, and Language Arts in small classes and worked closely with students who benefited from multiple explanations, visual models, structured writing strategies, and additional processing time. Earlier in my career, I also taught in a self-contained seventh-grade classroom for students with behavioral needs. In addition to classroom teaching, I have experience tutoring students one-on-one, both independently and through a tutoring company.

My tutoring style begins with listening. I ask students to show me how they are thinking about a problem or assignment so I can identify what they understand, where they are getting stuck, and what kind of support will help most. I can help with middle-school math, reading comprehension, written responses, essay structure, homework, organization, and study skills. I often use a student’s current schoolwork as the basis for our sessions, allowing us to address immediate needs while building skills that transfer to future work. My goal is not simply to help a student finish tonight’s assignment, but to help them develop stronger habits, greater confidence, and more independence over time.

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Education

Indiana University Northwest
Sociology
New Jeresey City University
Graduate Coursework
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  • Tutor’s lessons: In-person
  • Hourly Rate: $95
  • Travel policy: Within 5 miles of Crete, IL 60417
  • Lesson cancellation: 24 hours notice required

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ADHD

ADHD

I have 15 years of classroom teaching experience, including 12 years working with students with literacy-based learning disabilities and related academic challenges. In my teaching and tutoring work, I have supported students who benefit from help with attention, organization, task initiation, self-monitoring, and breaking larger assignments into manageable steps. I use clear routines, patient explanations, visual supports, and individualized strategies to help students stay engaged and complete their work more successfully. My focus is on academic support and helping students develop strategies they can increasingly use on their own.
Algebra 1

Algebra 1

I have 15 years of teaching experience and have taught and tutored middle-school mathematics, including algebraic concepts. I help students understand variables, expressions, equations, inequalities, graphing, and the relationships between different representations of mathematical ideas. My approach emphasizes understanding why a process works, using visual models and multiple explanations when needed before moving into repeated practice. I also listen closely to students’ reasoning so I can identify misconceptions and help them correct the point where their thinking went off track.
Elementary (K-6th)

Elementary (K-6th)

I hold an Illinois Professional Educator License with an Elementary Education endorsement for grades 1–6. Over 15 years as an educator and tutor, I have helped students strengthen foundational skills in math, reading, writing, and general academic organization. I am especially comfortable explaining concepts in multiple ways and using visuals, models, and step-by-step instruction when a student needs a different approach. I aim to build both understanding and confidence while helping students become more independent learners.
Elementary Math

Elementary Math

I hold an Illinois Professional Educator License with an Elementary Education endorsement for grades 1–6 and have extensive experience teaching and tutoring math. I help students build strong foundations in number sense, operations, fractions, decimals, ratios, and other essential skills. I especially enjoy using visual models, concrete examples, and multiple explanations to help students understand what mathematical processes mean rather than simply memorize procedures. Once students understand the concept, I help them build accuracy and fluency through guided practice.
Executive Functioning

Executive Functioning

Throughout my teaching and tutoring career, I have helped students develop strategies for organization, time management, task initiation, self-monitoring, and completing assignments efficiently. I often use a student’s actual homework and school responsibilities to teach these skills in a practical context rather than as isolated exercises. My approach includes breaking larger tasks into smaller steps, establishing routines, identifying obstacles, and helping students recognize which strategies work best for them. The long-term goal is for students to internalize these habits and rely on them more independently.
Prealgebra

Prealgebra

I have 15 years of classroom teaching experience and have taught middle-school math in addition to tutoring students one-on-one. I can help students with number sense, fractions, decimals, ratios, integers, expressions, equations, variables, and introductory geometry. I place a strong emphasis on conceptual understanding, using visual models and multiple explanations to help students see what the numbers and operations are actually doing. Once a concept makes sense, I help students build accuracy and fluency through guided and independent practice.
Reading

Reading

I have 15 years of teaching experience, including 12 years at a school serving students with literacy-based learning disabilities. I help students strengthen comprehension by identifying main ideas, making connections, interpreting questions, and returning to the text to locate relevant evidence. I also teach students how to explain their thinking clearly and support their answers with details from what they have read. My goal is to help students develop strategies they can apply independently across English, Social Studies, Science, and other subjects.
Social Studies

Social Studies

Social Studies was my primary teaching responsibility for 12 years, working primarily with students in grades 6–8. I also hold Illinois Social Science endorsements for grades 5–8 and 9–12. I help students understand historical and social-science content while strengthening the reading, writing, research, and evidence-based reasoning skills needed to succeed in the subject. I can also help students organize longer assignments, interpret primary and secondary sources, and construct clear written responses supported by evidence.
Study Skills

Study Skills

Throughout my teaching and tutoring career, I have helped students develop practical strategies for planning, organization, time management, studying, and completing assignments. I work with students to break larger tasks into manageable steps, monitor their own progress, and identify which strategies and supports are most effective for a particular assignment. I often teach these skills through the student’s actual schoolwork so they can immediately see how the strategies apply. My goal is to help students become more efficient, confident, and independent in managing their academic responsibilities.
Writing

Writing

For 12 years, I taught at a school serving students with literacy-based learning disabilities, where reading and writing skills were integrated throughout the curriculum. I help students understand prompts, organize ideas, construct strong paragraphs, support claims with evidence, and develop multi-paragraph essays. I regularly use strategies such as RACE, Restate, Answer, Cite, & Explain, to give students a repeatable structure for written responses. My goal is to help students become clearer, more organized, and more confident writers across English, Social Studies, Science, and other academic subjects.
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