Tara S.

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Private tutor in Vancouver, WA

Education

Washington State University Vancouver; Vancouver, WA; 2007-2008 Western Washington University; Bellingham, WA; 2008-2012 Bachelor of Arts Spanish, Western Washington University, 2012 Minor, Psychology, Western Washington University, 2012 TESOL minor/certificate, Western Washington University, 2012 Cumulative GPA: 3.24

Experience

1 year tutoring high school students in Spanish, 2009-2010 3+ years tutoring/mentoring school-aged children grades 5-7, 2009-2011 2 years teaching English as a Second Language, 2012-2014 Experience teaching GED for summer youth program, summer 2013 Big Sister, Big Brother Big Sister Program, 2009-2012 I would like to be a tutor because I enjoy teaching and helping students better understand subject material that they struggle with. I also find that by teaching something, you learn it better, which in turns makes you a better teacher and learner.

Subject Expertise

3rd Grade Reading Creative Writing Expository Writing Fiction Writing Handwriting SAT Writing Writing 10th Grade Reading 11th Grade Reading 12th Grade Reading 1st Grade Reading 2nd Grade Reading COMPASS Writing Skills 4th Grade Reading 5th Grade Reading 6th Grade Reading 7th Grade Reading 8th Grade Reading 9th Grade Reading COMPASS Reading Reading SAT Critical Reading Psychology GED 11th Grade Writing AP Spanish Literature and Culture SAT Subject Test in Spanish SAT Subject Test in Spanish with Listening Spanish Spanish 1 Spanish 2 Spanish 3 Spanish 4 ESL/ELL Algebra 1 10th Grade Writing AP Spanish Language 12th Grade Writing 1st Grade Writing 2nd Grade Writing 3rd Grade Writing 4th Grade Writing 5th Grade Writing 6th Grade Writing 7th Grade Writing 8th Grade Writing 9th Grade Writing

Availability

Weekends at any time, Mon/Wed/Fri after 6PM, Thursday after 6PM

Can Meet

Up to 15 minutes away for no additional charge, Up to 30 minutes away for a flat fee

Hobbies

I am currently working at a local community college, running my own bookkeeping business, and attending graduate school full time! I keep very busy! In college I studied abroad in Seville, Spain and have fallen in love with traveling and learning about other cultures and languages. I have a sweet tuxedo kitty named Jack that I have had since college.

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