Personal Description:

I graduated with distinction with a Bachelor of Honours in English Language & Literature.

I have excellent communicational and interpersonal skills, as well as experience as a teaching assistant in multiple positions. I am a great teacher, and I am passionate about helping others, such as the students I tutor. My style is friendly, fun, and collaborative. I believe that engagement and rapport are of the utmost importance.

I am a highly driven, ambitious person, and I enjoy challenges and working with others.

I love reading, especially poetry and academic writing; my favourite topics are literature and philosophy. I also love writing, particularly poems and literary criticism.

Tutoring Experience:

Teaching Assistant
Windsor Police Service
The Safety Village

- Delivering safety programs and information to children
- Supervising children, monitoring behaviour, and resolving disputes
- Creating Powerpoint lessons

Volunteer Teaching Assistant (2011-2019)
Greater Essex County District School Board
Marlborough Public School

- Assisted teacher, early childhood educator (ECE), and developmental services worker (DSW) with classroom activities, supervision, and program delivery
- Engaged in educational play and conversation with individual students and groups of students
- Helped DSW deliver programs to students with special needs, including independent learning activities
- Learned about assistive teaching tools for students with special needs, such as the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
- Helped individual students deal with emotions and conflicts by discussing feelings, actions, and consequences, and by helping them create solutions

Tutoring Approach:

My personality is friendly, fun, and empathetic. I bring the same approach to tutoring. A positive relationship and a fun atmosphere significantly benefit a student's success, and patience and understanding are essential to fostering a student's learning.

I also believe that a session should be as collaborative as possible; students learn far less from having something dictated to them than they do from back-and-forth engagement. A tutor should not assume understanding or simply wait for questions to be asked, but should check a student's understanding at every step.

I prefer a more relaxed, conversational style, as I feel this leads to greater retention, but I maintain high levels of professionalism and content-delivery.

Lastly, I am not afraid of preparation! Your tutor should know the material and how they plan to supplement it before every session.