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Warm and Patient English Language Arts Tutor, specializing in K-8
Maxine M.

223 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

Hourly Rate: $75

About Maxine


Bio

I am an experienced Language Arts tutor and Certified TESOL teacher with 15 years experience. I recently moved to the area from San Francisco where I worked with students in many of the Bay Area's premiere private and parochial schools. My teaching style is interactive and learner centered. Every student is different, I want to know what your goals are for your child, and to support them as they gain expertise. My own goal is to motivate and encourage all my students to work towards...

I am an experienced Language Arts tutor and Certified TESOL teacher with 15 years experience. I recently moved to the area from San Francisco where I worked with students in many of the Bay Area's premiere private and parochial schools. My teaching style is interactive and learner centered. Every student is different, I want to know what your goals are for your child, and to support them as they gain expertise. My own goal is to motivate and encourage all my students to work towards their highest possible proficiency and to enjoy their learning.

My work with young children is play-based, so kids have fun while they practice and learn. Children (and adults!) need to be motivated and engaged to learn. I strive to make a personal connection with my students and value the effort they put into their studies.

I am also a Certified Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages and member of CATESOL. I have worked with students from all over the world and have experience tutoring adults and children. I work with English Language Learners on Speaking, Writing, Reading Comprehension, Grammar and Pronunciation. I love getting to know my students, including their interests, hopes, talents and plans for the future. My work with adults includes assigning homework or practice periods after each session and periodic assessments to check in and re-focus goals. Our first meeting may include an assessment test so I can figure out your level, and your strengths and weaknesses.


Education

University of California, Santa Cruz
Women's Studies
Sarah Lawrence College
Masters
  • Licensed teacher

Policies

  • Hourly Rate: $75
  • Rate details: In Person Office Rate is $100 In Person Your Home Rate is $125 (10 mile limit) Online Rate is $75
  • Lesson cancellation: 24 hours notice required
  • Background check passed on 3/3/2016

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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Approved Subjects

ESL/ESOL

ESL/ESOL

Certified Advanced CTEOSL Degree from Transworld Schools
Grammar
Reading
TOEFL
Vocabulary
Writing
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Ratings and Reviews


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4.8 (62 ratings)
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Reviews

Nice and Patient Tutor

She is patient and understands your goals. Proposes you exercises and also open to every new idea to organize the hour of class. She will also give you homework which is good.

Amandine, 4 lessons with Maxine

Patient and fun tutor

Maxine spent several 3-hours sessions with my 11 yo kids and they really liked it! She has a great pedagogy for kids and uses different formats and exercises so that they stay engaged. Highly recommended!

Amaury, 3 lessons with Maxine

Patient and kind

Maxine has been working with my son, who is in the 4th grade. 4th grade being the challenging step up in the their educating lives. He like others has struggled with the new expectations at that level and Maxine has been providing the extra tuition and lesson breakdown needed. He has enjoyed the tutor sessions and has made good improvements in dealing with his school expectations and homework assignments. I've particularly been very happy with Maxine's flexibility with regard to changing tutoring locations when my schedule has needed it.

Ian, 27 lessons with Maxine

Patient and flexible educator

Maxine has really worked with us and his teachers to understand the needs of our 6 year old and how he can learn best. Spending a couple hours a week with Maxine has helped our child on the basics of reading and writing. We are still early days (only about 5 lessons so far) but it's been a really promising start.

Sumeet, 16 lessons with Maxine

Excellent tutor for kids

Maxine is an excellent tutor - this summer she is working with our eight-year-old son who is a perfectionist and writes very slowly. We can see that Maxine has a lot of experience working with kids, she makes her lesson an engaging game for our son, who is not always eager to cooperate with teachers. Maxine always comes on time and is very easy to communicate with. We feel very lucky that we have found Maxine and are convinced that her lessons will help our son to be more efficient with his writing next school year. Thank you, Maxine!

Jen, 3 lessons with Maxine

Fantastic Tutor

Maxine is everything you want for someone helping your child learn -- punctual, thoughtful, on top of the details, keeps us informed with the right amount of info and requests for input and most importantly, keeps my very energetic 1st grade son very engaged for an entire hour of reading and writing.

Scot, 6 lessons with Maxine

Great English lesson

I worked with Maxine during last week: she was a very good teacher with a big patience to explain me the rules about the pronunciation and the phonetic ( I'm from Italy and I have a very strong Italian accent) and I practiced with her the third conditional. It was very useful for me studied English with her.

Serena, 5 lessons with Maxine

Great teacher for Brazilians

Maxine has been helping me with my pronunciation and grammar. We had a lot of interesting conversations, which has helped me improve my english and my vocabulary. She is very smart, and knows all off the interesting subjects. She is very friendly and calm. She is also polite and encouraging. I like working with her very much.

Nathalia, 9 lessons with Maxine

Very experienced

Maxine is very experienced and patient with my six year old son. My son loves to learn English from Maxine.

Emily, 3 lessons with Maxine

Great tutor for an ESL student

Maxine's done a great job with my 7YO son, who's been struggling with his English in school. We see a lot of improvements already. I would highly recommend Maxine!

Nikita, 16 lessons with Maxine
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