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Subject:
Literacy (including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension), writing and spelling.
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Yoffee |
Experience: MA in education with a specialty in reading from Lesley University, 1975. BS in education from Boston State College, 1973, with concentration in kindergarten-primary education. (Boston State became part of the University of Massachusetts.) Certified in reading and reading recovery (Lesley University).
Experienced in direct service as a reading or literacy specialist, former reading recovery teacher (five years) and eight years as a literacy coach (including five years as the reading first reading coach at the Neighborhood House Charter School in Dorchester, 2003-2008.
Literacy coach, 2008-2011, for pre-school and kindergarten children at the Boston Renaissance Charter School in Hyde Park. Expertise includes diagnostic assessments in literacy and using the data to guide literacy instruction.
I mentored new and veteran teachers in reading instruction in my coaching positions. I am trained in several pertinent computer-based programs, including Lexia, Voyager and the Read Naturally reading-intervention programs. I have also worked on the Testwiz website to gather data for use in reports to the school headmaster.
Cost: $70 an hour
Web site: www.literacycoach.net
References available: Yes
10/1/11
Subject:
Spanish (language, literature and culture), presentation skills and public speaking, writing for college essays.
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Lokos |
Experience: Ph.D. and M.A. from Harvard University in romance languages and literatures (1983,1988); a second M.A. from Middlebury College in Spanish (Madrid, 1981); and a B. A. in Spanish from Oberlin College (1979).
Assistant and associate professor at Harvard (1989-1997) and more recently at Bentley and Boston universities (2010-11). I taught high school at Concord Academy and tutored students of many ages and skill levels. I tailor sessions to individual needs and learning styles, teach those who have struggled to learn a language and provide enrichment for greater fluency.
I offer tutoring to bring students to speed on class work, support for AP Spanish language or literature and SAT II, and help in improving Spanish for work or travel.
Certificates of distinction in teaching, Harvard-Danforth Center for Teaching and Learning; travel-study prize, 1987, for best teaching fellow across five languages.
Experience living, studying, and working in Spain. Interpreter and on-camera Interviewer for Spanish TV (1980-81). Executive coach, leadership and presentation skills, Madrid (1980-81), Boston (2009-present). In-depth training as a professional actor.
Cost:$90 an hour
References available: Yes
Subject:
Reading/Spelling
Tutor/teacher
Karyn Ginsburg, 781 862 1357
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Ginsburg |
Experience: MA in Education from the Tufts University Department of Applied Child Development, 1985; Tufts BA, magna cum laude, in applied child development, 1984. State-certified teacher of early childhood K-3 and young children with special needs.
Orton-Gillingham trained at the Carroll School in 2007. RAVE-O Trained at the Tufts University Center for Reading and Language Research in 2006. Trained as a SENG (Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted) parent group facilitator in 2011.
Orton-Gillingham is a phonics-based, systematic, multi-sensory approach to reading instruction. RAVE-O is a comprehensive, fluency-based reading-intervention program. I use both approaches, depending on the needs of the child.
I tutor privately in Cambridge and from my office in Lexington Center. I have tutored in the Carroll School in Lincoln, Shady Hill School in Cambridge, and Cambridge Montessori School, where I am a learning specialist. I taught and consulted at Eliot Community Mental Health Center therapeutic primary program in Concord and Community Nursery School in Lexington. I was an admissions evaluation specialist in the Milton Academy lower school, 2004-2006.
Cost:$70 an hour
References available: Yes
Tutor/teacher: Marcia Gitlitz, 858 722 3922 Location: Sudbury, MA, 01776 |
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Marcia Gitlitz |
Experience: B.S elementary education, Central Connecticut State U., 1979. M.S elementary reading, Central Connecticut State U., 1975.
I have more than 30 years experience working with students in a variety of settings. I taught grades K-2 in Bloomfield, CT; 1973-1980; substitute taught in Sharon, MA, 1986-1990, and taught third grade and preschool at the Striar Hebrew Academy of Sharon, 1990 - 1994. I was also director of the preschool.
In San Diego, CA, I substitute taught K-5 1998-2000. Other experiences include working as a tutor through Huntington Learning Center in San Diego and overseeing homeschooling students K-12 as an education specialist with Riversprings Charter School in Riverside, CA. I helped families choose curriculum and individualize their programs, advised in teaching methods, recorded student learning and proctored testing. I helped grade students' work when necessary. I was at Riversprings for 10 years, until my return to Boston.
Positive reinforcement and finding fun in learning is the approach I use to help motivate students.
I lived in San Diego for 16 years and recently returned to Boston to care for my elderly mom. Education has been a huge part of my adult life and my passion.
Cost: $55 an hour
References available: Yes
Posted 10/06/10
Subjects:Biology, chemistry, math
Tutor/teacher: Dianna Queheillalt, 617 529 5066
Location: Lexington, MA, 02421
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Dianna Queheillalt |
I am a wildlife biologist and mother who has experience mentoring and teaching students in basic biology, statistics, and field ecology at the college level.
Prior to becoming a parent, I worked for the US Forest Service, California Department of Transportation, and East Bay Municipal Utility District on several endangered species projects.Currently, I volunteer for Massachusetts Audubon and The Trustees of Reservations. I have a solid science background and love working with kids of all ages, especially older children.
I have flexible hours for tutoring in Lexington, Arlington, Belmont or Winchester.
Cost: $65 an hour.References available: Yes.
Posted 07/19/10
Subject: Reading, writing and math |
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Meghan Ryle |
Experience: BA in psychology, 2001, UMASS Lowell. M.A. in early-childhood education, Salem State College, 2005. State certified to teach pre-kindergarten — second grade.
I’m going on my fourth year teaching in Wilmington. I taught kindergarten in Tyngsborough and Franklin for a year each and have tutored privately for two.
I do not have special-needs training, but have an inclusion classroom. Students with special needs come to my classroom for periods based upon their IEP. I teach based upon the kind of learner a child is and use hands-on activities. I would travel to Dracut, Lowell, Methuen, Wilmington, Woburn, Reading, Tyngsborough, Andover, Chelmsford, and Westford.
Cost:$50 an hour.References available: Yes
Posted 05/17/10
Subject: Spanish
Tutor/teacher Maria Sira, 617 921 9820
Location: Lexington, MA, 02421
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Maria Sira |
Experience: B.A. in French literature, 1995, University of Massachusetts Boston with a certificate to teach grades 5 - 12. M.A. in Spanish literature, 2000, Framingham State College with a certificate to teach grades 5 - 12.
I teach seventh- and eighth-grade Spanish in the Concord schools. I have taught in Concord for twelve years and tutored middle-school and high-school students in Concord and Arlington for five years. I am open to tutoring in towns as far as Cambridge. Cost:$60 an hour.References available: Yes
Posted 11/04/08
Subject:
Special education, reading (decoding and comprehension skills), writing (grammar, spelling and organization). |
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Bressner |
Experience: M.A. in Education from Columbia University [Teachers College] 2001; B.A. in Psychology from Clark University, 1999.
Massachusetts state-certified in moderate special-needs K-6; certified in NY state as well. Over a decade of tutoring experience and seven years as a classroom teacher, working primarily with students with special needs, including: learning disabilities, developmental delays, hearing/visual impairments, autism and ADD/ADHD. Trained in Lindamood-Bell multisensory reading process.
Cost:$75 an hour
References available: Yes
Subject:
Reading (Orton-Gillingham trained), writing and spelling.
Tutor/teacher
Eileen DelRossi, 978 494 3425
Location: Lowell area, MA, 01850
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DelRossi |
Experience: BA psychology and education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2004. Coursework completed and awaiting MA in special education from Fitchburg State College, 2008. Orton-Gillingham training from the Institute of Multi-Sensory Education in Birmingham, Michigan, 2008
I have been a special-education teacher at the Lowell Community Charter Public School since 2006. I do pull-out services for small groups of social/emotional and specific-learning disabled students in kindergarten and first grade. I am determined in teaching students to read, believing that all students can read. I take pride in watching my students go from non-readers to reading. Will travel in Lowell, Dracut, Chelmsford, Westford, Wilmington, Tewksbury, Billerica and Andover.
Cost:$40 an hour
References available: Yes
Subject:
Math, Physics |
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Whitney |
Experience: B.S.E. cum laude electrical engineering and physics, Princeton University, 1980. Ph.D. materials science, MIT, 1986.
1986-1988: Research scientist, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Basic Research Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan. 1988-1998: development engineer, Director of Engineering, Optical Amplifier Products for telecommunications, Lasertron, Inc., Bedford, MA. 1998 - present: Co-founder and chief scientist, Axsun Technologies, Billerica, MA.
I worked as a teaching assistant for undergraduate science classes while at MIT. I have 20 years engineering and management experience applying basic math and enginering principles to real-world problems and more than 15 years mentoring and training young technicians and engineers. Now in my second year of offering individual math and science tutoring. I love the subject, and am equally comfortable with honors students and students who need help with basic concepts.
Cost:$70 an hour
References available: Yes
Subject:
Pre-algebra through calculus, SAT & MCAS math, learning skills |
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Palma |
Ages/grades accepted: Grades 7 - 12 and college.
Experience: Experience: MA in mathematics from Boston University, 2001, and a MA in teaching and a BS in math from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., 1996. I am a Massachusetts-certified middle-school and high-school mathematics teacher with more than seven years of teaching and years of tutoring. I taught three years at the Francis W. Parker charter school in Devens, MA; three years at Mansfield Middle School in Storrs, CT and one year at Shenendehowa High School in New York. I also worked with school districts, the State of Connecticut, and EDC as a math curriculum consultant.
I am taking a few years off to raise my own children. I tutor because I miss working with students and find this a great way to keep active with my passions of teaching and mathematics. Students tend to find me approachable and say that I present math in a way that makes them understand. Many have said I have helped make math come alive.
Cost:$50 an hour.
References available: Yes.
Posted 02/23/06 Subject: History,
Political Science, English as a Second Language (ESL)
Tutor/teacher
Robert Donayre, 617 547 0818.
Location: Cambridge, MA, 02138.
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Donayre
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Experience: M.A. in History from the California State University Sacramento, December, 2002. B.A. in History, honors, with a minor in German, from the University of California Santa Barbara, December, 2000.
As an undergraduate, I specialized in 20th-century affairs, with emphasis on modern German and European history, as well as history of US Foreign Policy. I studied in Germany on the UC Education Abroad Program, concentrating on European history and politics.
While earning an M.A., with emphasis on modern World and European history, I was a teaching assistant, presenting lectures to large groups of students, review for smaller groups, and working with individual students. I was also a substitute teacher, K-12, in two California school districts. I was a Peace Corps volunteer for two years in Moldova, where I taught English and courses including Civilization of English-speaking Peoples, English Conversation, English for Computer Information (IT), American Literature, and Mass Media. For these endeavors, the school I was attached to awarded an honorary doctorate to me. In July, 2005, I relocated to Cambridge, Massachusetts.Cost:Weekly: $65/hour, $120/2 hours, $150/3 hours.
References available: Yes.
Posted 11/20/05
Subject: Math. |
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Schneider |
Experience: Experience: B.A. in math, history and theatre in 2001 from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. Graduated magna cum laude and elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Tutoring since 1996 in courses ranging from pre-algebra to calculus. For the past four years, a math teacher at the Millbrook School, a private boarding school in New York. Developed new algebra II and pre-calculus curriculum at the school. Awarded the Butz and Allen Prizes for exceptional skill in mathematics.
Working in theatre and music helps me reach students
who have different ways of seeing mathematics. I will work with a child
in: pre-algebra, algebra I, geometry, algebra II, and precalculus. Will
tutor anywhere in the greater Boston area. Recommendations include:
"Students often remarked that in a single session, Patrick was able
to demystify their problems and assist them in working through their
long-standing struggles with math." (Heather Lake, Academic Dean, Millbrook
School).
Cost:$55 an hour.
References available: Yes.
Posted 10/13/05
Subject: Language arts, computer skills, social studies.
Tutor/teacher
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Location: Lexington, MA, 02420.
Ages/grades accepted: All ages.
Experience: 34 years teaching in the Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School English dept. and years teaching computer skills to adults in the adult-education and teacher-training programs. Junior-college teaching and English Dept. chair at the former Andover Institute of Business. More information at www.lexingtontutoring.com.
M. Ed. Cambridge College, 2001. Graduate work in English, U of Massachusetts, Amherst. B. A. in secondary English, State U. of New York at Oneonta, 1964. Massachusetts state certified.
Cost:$85 per hour within 8 miles of Lexington. Travel time added for locations outside our area.
References available: Yes.
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| Subject: Reading and comprehension.
Spelling and handwriting will be included.
Experience: B. S. psychology, UMass Boston, 1971. Massachusetts teaching certification with 16 years experience. Orton Gillingham trained, Mass General Hospital, 1994. Coursework at Regis College. Experience with students with language and learning challenges, Tourette's syndrome, ADD/ADHD, autism, selective mute, Asperger syndrome, developmental disorders and trichotillomania. As a Sister of St. Joseph, and later as a lay teacher, taught grades
2 - 4 in parochial schools. Taught older children 1990 — 1999 at
Learning Prep in Newton, a school designed to help children with language-based
disorders. Tutoring five years in Somerville. Cost: $50 an hour. |
Subject: English, grades 6 through 12: reading comprehension and expository writing,
MCAS and SAT essay writing, grammar and usage. ESL and French, levels 1
through 4. |
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Experience: Ed.M. in human development and psychology, Harvard University, 1993-94; M.A.T. English certification, Tufts U., 1988-89; B.A. French and English, Tufts, 1986; Diplome Etrangere, Sorbonne, Paris. 1984-85. Eleven years teaching seventh- and eighth-grade English in Brookline public schools. Taught French for four years at North Andover High School. Taught ESL summers 1989 - 1998.
Cost: $70 an hour.
Two students @ $40 each. Three students $35 each or $105 total.
References available: Yes.
Posted 06/14/05
Subject: Reading (decoding and comprehension), writing, organizational
and study skills. |
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Cost: $60 per hour.
References available: Yes.
Posted 11/17/04
Subject: Reading/Writing (Orton-Gillingham certified).
Tutor/teacher: Laura
Hector, 508 740 5673
Location: Brighton, MA, 02135.
Ages/grades accepted: Kindergarten through fifth.
Experience: B.A. in psychology and communications, Randolph-Macon
Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia (1996);
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I am interested in tutoring your elementary-aged child, possibly 2-3 times per week. I will tutor at your home.
Cost: $70 per hour.
References available: Yes.
Posted 12/23/04
Subject: Math, science, MCAS and SAT prep. |
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Cost: $30 per hour.
References available: Yes.
Posted 9/20/04
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Subject: Science, math, MCAS and SAT prep, and organization and study skills. |
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Ages/grades accepted: Grades 7-12; ages 10-18.
Experience: MSc, U of Cincinnati 1971; MBA, Suffolk U 2003. More than 30 years teaching and tutoring experience. Inducted into the Massachusetts Hall of Fame for Science Educators. Teaching awards including Outstanding Biology Teacher in MA. Author of Girls Can Succeed in Science! (Corwin Press, 1999).
Cost: $35/30 minutes.
References available: Yes.
Posted 5/2/04
Subject: Reading,
writing, and math.
Tutor/teacher: Rachel
Johnson , 508-361-0368
Location: Waltham, MA, 02453.
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Experience: Second grade teacher, Sharon, MA, 2002-present, Project Success-Literacy, Sharon, MA, summer 2005, Simmons College, Master of Arts in Teaching, 2003, MA professional level certification, 2003, Simmons College, BA, 2002, America Reads program coordinator at Simmons College, 2001-2002, America Reads program facilitator, 1999-2001, America Reads program tutor 1998-1999.
I can help your child become a great reader. After an assessment, I can determine your child's greatest needs and the focus of tutoring sessions. Most elementary-aged children require support with decoding strategies such as using sounds, picture and context clues to read an unknown word. Most struggling readers also need support with comprehension strategies such as making connections and predictions, asking questions, visualizing, and inferring. A love of reading and discussing books is emphasized.
I am also trained in and experienced with math programs, including TERC Investigations and Everyday Math. In addition to reviewing/previewing the math program at your child's school, we focus on developing fluency with math facts, learning problem-solving strategies and building confidence in math skills through games.
Cost: $50 per hour or
$35 per 45-minute session.
References available: Yes.
Posted 7/06
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Subject: Preparation for SAT and PSAT, math portion, math. References available: Yes. Posted 2/04 |
Subject:Reading,
writing and math. |
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Subject: Reading,
writing, math |
Subject:Math, reading, humanities, especially for children with
learning disabilities, ADHD, dyslexia. |
Subject:
English -- Writing skills, grammar instruction, reading skills. |
Subject:Reading and studying and test-taking skills. |
Subject:
Reading/Writing -- Orton-Gillingham trained. |
Subject:
French, Spanish, reading, writing and preparation for SAT and MCAS. |
Subject:
Math. |
Subject:Reading,
writing and math. |
Subject: Reading,
writing, math. |
Subject:
Pre-reading, writing, and Math. |
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Subject: Elementary.
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Subject: Reading
and writing. |
Subject:
Piano |
Subject: Math-enrichment
group for third- and fourth-grade girls. |
I provide caring teaching and musical
discipline in a small, student-centered environment.| Click on an underlined name to send email directly to that tutor or teacher. If a name is not underlined, the person prefers to use the phone. |
Subject: Math
and middle-school MCAS writing preparation. |
Subject:
English, writing, social sciences. Also phonics, study tactics and techniques,
college psychology and swimming. |
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