Bianca R.
Private tutor in Yonkers, NY
Education
I am an English Honors Major with a concentration in Creative Writing at Herbert H. Lehman College. I also have a minor in Middle and High School Education. I have a major GPA of 3.6 , a minor GPA of 4.0 and an overall GPA of 3.4. I will be graduating in May of 2016.
Experience
As an aspiring English teacher and educational policy maker I believe that the key to literacy in all subjects begins with English. I am also aware that not all students learn the same therefore I believe in shaping my lessons around the student's strengths and weaknesses. I am currently a reading and writing tutor at Lehman College's Academic Center for Excellence. I have also privately tutored elementary school children, one of which had ADHD. Working with him was an amazing experience because I developed teaching methods that would assist me in making literacy interesting and interactive for ADHD students. I have worked with a wide spectrum of students who have learning differences such as dyslexia and autism. I turn no students away because no matter what the challenge I am willing to work towards the success of the student. At Lehman, I have taken a course entitled Teaching English and it has provided me with the necessary tools to teach English to middle and high school students. I have also taken a wide range of English courses such as Fiction Writing, American Literature, British Literature, and Advanced Poetry just to name a few. Most excitingly, I recently just wrote a fifty page thesis on the effects of writing on depression. It involved extensive research and a strict writing schedule but in the end it was a success.
Subject Expertise
ACT Writing1st Grade math12th Grade Writing12th Grade ReadingAdvanced PlacementAmerican LiteratureAP English Language and CompositionAP English Literature and CompositionAP PsychologyAP Spanish LanguageASPIRE Reading1st Grade mathACT ScienceACT ReadingADHDCLEP Introductory PsychologyCollege EssaysCOMPASS Writing SkillsCOMPASS ReadingFiction WritingIntroduction to Fiction9th Grade Writing4th Grade3rd Grade3rd Grade2nd Grade Writing2nd Grade math2nd Grade math2nd Grade Reading8th Grade Writing8th Grade ReadingACT English5th Grade Reading1st Grade Writing1st Grade Reading11th Grade Writing11th Grade Reading11th Grade Reading10th Grade Writing10th Grade Reading11th Grade Reading12th Grade Reading11th Grade Writing
Availability
Monday in the morning, Tues/Thurs in the afternoon, Tues/Thurs in the morning, Monday in the morning, Weekends at any time, Wednesday in the afternoon, Wednesday in the morning
Can Meet
Up to 10 minutes away at my regular hourly rate
Hobbies
During my free time I am a volunteer mentor for the Urban Male Leadership Program on Lehman's campus. I have been with the Urban Male for four years now and have had a total of six mentees, all who continue to academically succeed in their collegiate studies. I am also an avid reader, writer and photographer. I believe that creativity is the key to learning and so I maintain a creative eye.
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