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Engaging Multi-Talented Educator with 20 years Experience
Nicole M.

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132 hours tutoring

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Hello, and welcome! My name is Nicole, and I have 20 years teaching experience in Spanish, ELL/TOEFL, Anthropology, Sociology, History, Geography, and Proofreading. I have traveled and lived most of my life outside of America, although I'm a native English speaker. Therefore I have a unique cultural perspective in the acquisition of a language, as well as, a variety of subject matters. Owing to the fact of having learned three languages fluently and am currently studying a fourth one, I am...

Hello, and welcome! My name is Nicole, and I have 20 years teaching experience in Spanish, ELL/TOEFL, Anthropology, Sociology, History, Geography, and Proofreading. I have traveled and lived most of my life outside of America, although I'm a native English speaker. Therefore I have a unique cultural perspective in the acquisition of a language, as well as, a variety of subject matters. Owing to the fact of having learned three languages fluently and am currently studying a fourth one, I am extremely well-versed in language acquisition. It also provides me with a unique perspective when it comes to History, Geography, Anthropology and Sociology.

My level of proficiency as an educator is with children as young as kindergarteners to adults, My lessons are centered around the use of humor, utilization of realia, Total Physical Response, cultural aspects of the subject being taught, and, in addition, real-word examples for each topic.

What inspires me to work as a teacher is the joy of a student once he/she/they has correctly mastered a new concept; and she/he/they being able to feel completely competent in the subject.
Additionally, I hold a TEFL certificate from Trinity College Cambridge, England, with both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Spanish and Intercultural Communications (=cultural anthropology).

Again, if you have any questions about my teaching style and what I can provide you, please feel free to contact me with any questions or doubts.

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Education

Sewanee The University of the South
French, Spanish, Anthropology
UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
Masters
Trinity College, Cambridge University
Other

Additional Languages

French
Spanish

Policies

  • Hourly Rate: $40
  • Rate details: For multiple lessons in a week or classes longer than an hour, I am willing to work with you on a discount.
  • Lesson cancellation: 2 hours notice required

  • Background check passed on 8/8/2020

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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Approved Subjects

Anthropology

Anthropology

As a cultural anthropologist with both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in the subject, I have extensive knowledge of a great variety of cultures due to having lived in England, France, Norway, Switzerland, Mexico, Spain and Guatemala. In addition, I have published several papers regarding medical anthropology in the highlands of Guatemala. I also focus upon the importance of geography in the development of cultures, and how geography determines how and where people live, the foods they eat, and clothes they wear, among other pertinent topics.
Elementary Science

Elementary Science

I have worked as an Science teacher for the previous 5 years years in a bilingual (Spanish and English) school. My specialty is including an experiment with each concept being studied, so that students are able to have a hands-on experience with science in order to cement the material learned and to garner student interest in the subject. This is done as a means to put into practice or cement the material being covered.
English

English

As a sociologist and cultural anthropologist with both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in the subject, I have extensive knowledge of geography and a great variety of cultures due to having lived in England, France, Norway, Switzerland, Mexico, Spain and Guatemala. In addition, I have published several papers regarding medical anthropology in the highlands of Guatemala. I also focus upon the importance of geography in the development of cultures, and how geography determines how and where people live, the foods they eat, and clothes they wear, among other pertinent topics. In addition, I have worked as an ESL and English teacher for the previous 30 years with kindergarteners through adults, especially as an English instructor for non-native speakers in math, science, psychology history, reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension.
ESL/ESOL

ESL/ESOL

I have worked as an ESL and English teacher for the previous 20 years with kindergarteners through adults, especially as an English instructor for non-native speakers in math, science, history, reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension. In addition, I am currently teaching the IELTS.
Geography

Geography

As a Geographer and cultural anthropologist with both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in the subject, I have extensive knowledge of geography and the variety of cultures and their geography due to having lived in England, France, Norway, Switzerland, Mexico, Spain and Guatemala. In addition, I have published several papers regarding medical anthropology in the highlands of Guatemala. I also focus upon the importance of geography in the development of cultures, and how geography determines how and where people live, the foods they eat, and clothes they wear, among other pertinent topics.
Grammar

Grammar

I have worked as an English teacher for the previous 20 years with kindergarteners through adults, especially as an English instructor for non-native speakers.
Handwriting

Handwriting

I have 15 years experience working with K-5 students with an emphasis on hand-writing and language acquisition.
Literature

Literature

I have worked as an English teacher for the previous 15 years with kindergarteners through adults, especially as an English instructor for non-native speakers. My specialty is World Literature.
Proofreading

Proofreading

I have worked as an English teacher and English as a foreign language instructor for the previous 30 years with kindergarteners through adults, especially as a subject specific English instructor for non-native speakers in the United States, Mexico and Guatemala.
Reading

Reading

I have worked as an English teacher for the previous 15 years with kindergarten through adults, especially as an English instructor for non-native speakers, specializing in Reading and Writing.
Sociology

Sociology

As a sociologist and cultural anthropologist with both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in the subject, I have extensive knowledge of geography and a great variety of cultures due to having lived in England, France, Norway, Switzerland, Mexico, Spain and Guatemala. In addition, I have published several papers regarding medical anthropology in the highlands of Guatemala. I also focus upon the importance of geography in the development of cultures, and how geography determines how and where people live, the foods they eat, and clothes they wear, among other pertinent topics. In addition, I have worked as an ESL and English teacher for the previous 30 years with kindergarteners through adults, especially as an English instructor for non-native speakers in math, science, psychology history, reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension.
Spanish

Spanish

I have worked as a Spanish teacher for the previous 30 years with kindergarteners through adults, and as Spanish/English interpreter; so I am fluent in the language. In addition I have lived in Spanish, Mexico, Ecuador, and Guatemala.
TOEFL

TOEFL

I am a native English speaking TOEFL teacher with 20 years experience with kindergarteners through adults, especially as an English instructor for non-native speakers, specializing in reading, writing and speaking. I am also currently teaching IELTS.
Vocabulary

Vocabulary

I am a native English speaking teacher with 20 years experience with kindergartens through adults, especially as an English instructor for non-native speakers, specializing in reading, writing and speaking. I am also currently teaching IELTS.
World History

World History

I am a native English-speaking World History and Cultures teacher with 30 years experience with kindergarteners through adults, with a specialty in Latin American, European, and Russian history. I have lived in Norway, France, Spain, England, Switzerland, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Mexico.

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Knowledgeable and patient tutor!

Nicole is a fantastic tutor with extraordinary patience! She took dense and challenging topics and distilled them for me in an easy-to-understand manner. She has extreme patience and clearly articulates complex issues into real-world scenarios (so you don't forget the material). I will definitely use her services again!

Craig, 4 lessons with Nicole

Knowledgeable

Nicole has excellent knowledge of guiding students in learning the subject. She is also great at helping edit essay writing. She is knowledgeable and patient. I would recommend her to my friends.

Tami, 2 lessons with Nicole

Prepared and inquisitive

Nicole did a great job prepping for our first session and was eager to understand my level and what I wanted out of our Spanish tutoring sessions. I look forward to our future sessions.

Ely, 3 lessons with Nicole

Nicole was great tutor on our first lesson

She understood exactly what are my needs and hopefully together we will reach my goals. Looking forward to our second class! She is a very talented tutor and she motivated me more as she is learning now her 5th foreign language !!! Respect

Grigoria, 4 lessons with Nicole

Patient, respectful and insightful

Love having these lessons with Nicole. She tailors each lesson to my fields of interest and she brings it every single time. Look forward to many more sessions with her

Brian, 8 lessons with Nicole

Utilitarianism understanding at it’s finest

Nicole was knowledgeable about what it is I wanted through her listening skills. Nicole let me explore what I wanted to talk about and did not make me feel stupid.

Joanna, 2 lessons with Nicole

Knowledgeable, inspiring, and gentle

We have worked on my assignments and conditional sentences. She helped me with correcting my pronunciation and resolving the common mistakes as a Farsi speaker.

Masoumeh, 3 lessons with Nicole

Great tutor!

Nicole was very flexible and made sure that we were focusing on what I want to learn. She made the lesson fun and was very personable. The quickly was able to assess my level of Spanish and work on content that was appropriate for what I need.

Justin, 12 lessons with Nicole

Excellent Tutor all around!

My daughter was in bad shape with online schooling and then an injury that led to her struggling to catch up in her Spanish class. Nicole was kind and calm and patient with her and stayed on task for several weeks. Now she is not only caught up by thriving with top scores on all of her work and a renewed confidence in her own abilities! She has a grasp of the language and concepts and can speak with a perfect accent. I highly recommend Nicole!!

Nanci, 9 lessons with Nicole

Success!!!

Nicole is an excellent tutor. She helps me learn Spanish through conversation. She creates a custom lesson for me based on what I would like to work on. She is always prepared, patient, and easy to work with. I am becoming so much more comfortable speaking conversational Spanish since I started working with her. I highly recommend her service.

Christina, 25 lessons with Nicole
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