"Thank you for your interest in my tutoring services. I am a licensed teacher and formerly worked as a certified English Language Arts teacher for grades 7–12 in Vermont. I double-majored in English Literature and Fine Arts—Music at St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont.

For the last few years, I have tutored mostly college students. My support has been for various courses, centered on reading, writing, and executive functioning / organization / study skills.

I also freelance as a copy editor with Wiley on a medical science journal.

Previously, I worked at a top Vermont high school as a tutor in its Learning Center—a place where students would come for assistance in any subject. I have helped many students on topics in English, including giving grammar help for SAT testing; doing literary analysis and proofreading essays in Advanced Placement Language and Literature; editing short stories in Creative Writing; and helping students write essays—from five-paragraph essays to college and medical school admission essays.

I am educated in the Orton-Gillingham instructional approach, which is "intended primarily for use with individuals who have difficulty with reading, spelling, and writing of the sort associated with dyslexia," and "has been rightfully described as language-based, multi-sensory, structured, sequential, cumulative, cognitive, and flexible" (Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators). (Note: I am not certified in OG as I did not go through a practicum.)

I love literature and language. I've taken classes in St. Michael's College's Master's degree program of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). I come from a family with bilingual heritage—I have a deep appreciation of multiculturalism. I worked frequently with English language learners (ELLs) in my former high school position.

I'm here to help students to succeed, and, I hope, to enjoy the reading and writing journey.

Sincerely,

Michael" less...