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I tutored at Mt. Hood Community College for over 5 years in the GED program and in the Learning Success Center.
About Me
About me: I have worked with high school and college students, as well as younger students.
For four years, I tutored 7 grade school-age students at their family homes and at public libraries in Portland. Each of my students had individual academic challenges in school and their native language were Spanish and Vietnamese. These young students' challenges ranged from having trouble expressing their thoughts on paper, understanding social studies and the implications of history, having trouble concentrating on books, and challenges with vocabulary. Two of my students in particular were bored with school because they were very gifted academically. As you can see, these students all had specific needs, so I needed to be creative to bring them to the point where they were confident students, and they all surpassed my goals for them.
I have tutored Bachelor of Nursing students, adults looking to pass a specific employment-related test, college students who fell behind on computer-based assignments, students needing to pass the GED tests, international students learning English and writing skills and many more.
Experience: I have tutored in the Peer portland">Tutoring and Adult Basic Skills departments of the local community college for over 5 years. I am active in my community as an advocate for education.
Approach: I believe in introducing content to students in small pieces, thereby breaking down difficult tasks into manageable chunks. Students' confidence and academic performance will improve if they can have small successes, when they learn to take usable notes and when they can have content delivered to them in a variety of ways.
Oregon State University
Agriculture Bachelor of Science -now called Agri-Business
Southern Oregon University
NonProfit Management certificate
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