English Tutoring Services and Tutors
English Tutoring
Our tutors are expert writers that will work with your student to understand the processes of reading and writing.
To write well is to think well, and so, no matter the student’s age, our tutors start with the basics and build up in order to give students a fundamental understanding of language. We see reading as an integral part of academic success across the board, and try to help the student see even the most complex written structures as made up of parts, to recognize the parts in reading, and to build them in writing.
English Tutors
Location:
Philadelphia
Daaiyah A. Green
My name is Daaiyah Ali Green and I was born to teach! I am a results driven teacher with eighteen years of teaching experience. I believe that every person has the ability to learn. I enjoy helping students discover how they best learn. Through the use of best practices and differentiated instruction I help students make notable academic growth.
Teacher of Record, PFT Building/Union Representative, AVID Site Coordinator/ Elective Teacher, Grade Group Leader, Math Teacher Leader, and Mentally Gifted Teacher
9/2000 - Present Elementary School Teacher, Philadelphia, PA
- I was nominated and elected by my colleagues to serve as the Building/Union Representative for the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers. I served in that capacity for four years. As the Representative for Morrison staff, I facilitated monthly meetings with the staff and follow-up meetings with administration to address union issues and information unique to our building. I created and distributed monthly newsletters to ensure PFT members were updated with union information. I also represented PFT members in conferences with administration.
- I am currently serving as the Mentally Gifted Teacher, the Mathematics Teacher of record for grade 6 and the Sixth Grade Chair Person. I have spent the bulk of my career teaching middle year mathematics. As a Mathematics teacher, I have helped students make notable gains on standardized assessments. In 2014 I taught writing to students in grades K – 8. My administrator created and appointed me to that position to have me implement AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination college preparatory program) strategies to our community of learners. For the past several years, I was the AVID Site Coordinator and Elective Teacher. As a result of me maintaining current student/teacher artifacts and providing up-to-date data, Morrison was able to become an AVID certified school. I have also prepared and facilitated professional development at Morrison for the past five years to ensure that my colleagues were thoroughly prepared to implement current best practices. As a teacher I have also hosted several student teachers from Temple University and the Urban Seminar. I served as the Seventh Grade Chair Person. As the Chair Person of my grade group, I served as the liaison between the principal and the seventh grade team. I scheduled, planned and organized meetings, conferences, assemblies, after school programs and trips involving parents, students, and teachers daily. Since January of 2000, I have been employed by the School District of Philadelphia. I have taught every grade from K - 8. My major responsibilities involve planning and implementing rigorous lesson that are aligned to the Core Curriculum. I am also responsible for preparing students to perform with proficiency in the various content areas and moreover on standardized assessments. I have also taught Intervention Math Clubs, Saturday School, Power Hour, and Summer Institutes.
- 2008 – Recognized as A Great Teacher from the Great Books Foundation Chicago
G.E.D. Test Examiner
1/2006 - 2007 Health and Welfare Fund, Philadelphia, PA
- My responsibilities as a G.E.D. Test Examiner involved administering and securing a battery of tests.
Location:
All of Philadelphia, and portions of Montgomery and Delaware counties
Cathy G.
I love helping people of all ages to move from "I can't" to "I can" when it comes to academic challenges. I use students' strengths, 25 years of teaching experience, age-appropriate praise, and attentive observation to replace students' cloudy understanding with joyful confidence in their knowledge of the subject matter and ability to learn.
- Current SDP substitute teacher with 5 years experience
- 5 years of academic and test-prep tutoring experience
- 3 years as Academic Success Coach and Parent Engagement Coordinator
- ESL & SAT Instructor for Accel Academy 2012-16
- Youth and Adult Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Certified
Location:
Within 5 miles of 19148.
Katharine C.
I've been studying Spanish for 16 years, and I enjoy teaching it to learners of all ages. I meet students where they are, design lessons to fit their needs and learning styles, and support them in setting and reaching goals.
- 16 years experience studying the Spanish language.
- International travel, work and volunteer experience in Spain, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Chile and Ecuador have enabled an understanding of country-specific grammar, accents, and vocabulary.
- 10 years experience tutoring Spanish to a broad range of learners, while encouraging the pursuit of long-term language study and cross-cultural experiences.
- High school Spanish teaching experience in Philadelphia Public Schools
- Elementary Reading, Writing, and Math teaching experience with Philadelphia Freedom School
- GED test prep and ESL teaching experience with Congreso de Latinos Unidos
Location:
West Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, Center City, Temple University.
Mandy Gutmann-Gonzalez
I hold a Poetry MFA from Cornell University. Currently an adjunct in Temple University's English Department teaching academic writing, I have also designed and taught courses in Spanish language, literature, film, and multi-genre creative writing at Cornell University, Temple, CCP, and Palampore Writers, a non-profit I co-founded.
- Published La Pava: a novel (Ediciones Inubicalistas, 2016)
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Adjunct Instructor, Temple University—Fall 2016-present
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Adjunct Instructor, Community College of Philadelphia (CCP)—Fall 2016
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Lecturer, Cornell University, Department of English, 2012-2015
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Co-Director and Workshop Leader—Palampore Writers—2011-2014
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McNair Scholars Mentor—August 2012-May 2013
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Editor and Co-Founder, Fourth and Verse Books—Winter 2012-Winter 2013
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Administrative/Project Assistant and Editor, Center for Teaching Excellence, Cornell University—April 2016-July 2016
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Editor at Large, Epoch Magazine—Fall 2011, Spring 2012
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Fiction Editor, Catch Magazine—Fall 2009, Spring 2010
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Fluent in Spanish.
Location:
South West Philly and anywhere accessible by public transit.
Nicholas Gareca
I am a recent graduate of Temple University where I studied English, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese. I have over five years of educational experience, having taught elementary school students in the US, China, and Taiwan. I look forward to a career as an educator to promote a love of language.
- Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grantee, Taitung, Taiwan (Malan Elementary School)
- Academic Writing Tutor and English Conversation Partner, Temple University Writing Center
- Spanish/Chinese Language Counselor, Concordia Language Villages
- Selected to present at TESOL International Convention in March, 2018
Location:
West Philadelphia and Lower Merion
Zoe Schlanger
Becoming a great reader or writer requires confidence and creative problem solving. My goal as a tutor is to help students re-learn these academic skills and turn them into practices of self expression.
- Oberlin College Art History Writing Associate, September 2015 – May 2017
- Oberlin College Speaking Writing Associate, September 2015 – May 2017
- Oberlin College Writing Center Associate, February 2015 – May 2015
Location:
Within 30 miles from 19125 Philadelphia.
Raluca Urea
I have been teaching children and adults from the ages of 3 to 53 since 2008. After this experience, I can say that my goal is to guide my students into discovering their own learning method and how to enjoy themselves while they are gaining knowledge.
-2008-2014-Acting trainer for "The Viennese Theatre for Children", Bucharest.
-2013-2014-Acting trainer for "Ingenious After School Centre", Bucharest.
-2013-2014-Acting trainer for "Inlingua Language Centre", Bucharest.
-2014-Acting trainer for "Evangelical Kindergarten", Bucharest.
-2014-2017-Directing and Acting Lecturer for "Media University", Stuttgart.
-2015-2016-Acting trainer for "Stagecoach Theatre Arts School", Bucharest.
Location:
Greater Philadelphia
Robyn Gurnari
My name is Robyn Gurnari and I am studying the speech-language-hearing sciences at La Salle University looking to pursue a career of speech therapy with all ages upon graduation. I specialize in sciences but can work with most subjects. My philosophy is that all subjects can be learned by varying teaching and learning methods. Adaptation is the key to success.
- Supplemental instruction leader in Anatomy and Physiology (2 years)
- High School Class Salutatorian; Dean's List (2010-2012)
- Special Olympics Volunteer; Day Care Volunteer (La Salle Organization for the Caring of Kids)
Location:
within 15 miles of 19104
Lydia Tanenhaus
I just moved to Philadelphia after working at a charter school in Bridgeport, CT for three years. There I tutored middle-schoolers in Fountas and Pinnell's Leveled Literacy Intervention, a reading program designed to bring students to grade-level reading, and eventually began coaching other tutors. I have a BA in Psychology from Grinnell College.
- Bachelor's degree in Psychology
- Two years full-time English Language Arts tutoring and one year supervising English Language Arts tutors at Great Oaks Charter School in Bridgeport, CT
- Private tutoring experience
Location:
Within 5 miles of Center City
Katherine Taylor
I have a graduate degree in environmental writing and have taught ESL, literacy, and writing since 2005. Writing, reading, and speaking are three skills that are crucial for personal success, and I enjoy working one-on-one with all ages and abilities.
- TESOL Workshop Certification through UPenn to improve my ESL tutoring skills
- 5+ years ESL tutoring experience with IOR Global Services, ESL in Philly, LADO, and as a Peace Corps Volunteer
- 10+ years youth education experience, with Tree Frog Treks and the Discovery Museum
- Currently teaching non-native students about American cities and culture at Peirce College/Learning Across America
- Served in Americorps twice in community development roles in Oregon and Montana
- Published my own writing in the following books and journals: Square One (U of Colorado/Boulder), Camas (U of Montana), Journal of Perinatal Education, Poems Across the Big Sky, and Staying Home: Reflections of Food, Farming, and Place
- Volunteer since 2016 with the Center for Literacy in Philadelphia
- Learned French while living abroad, and helped secure funding for girls to continue schooling in W. Africa
Location:
Greater Philadelphia
Per Faaland
In my 20+ years as an educator, I have enjoyed working with students and helping to guide them to turn confusion into clarity, inability into mastery, and intimidation into confidence. I have enjoyed assisting and coaching students across ages, levels and abilities to attain these objectives in many diverse subjects.
- University Instruction for 3 years
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College Instruction (learning disabled) for 3 years
- College Instruction (non-learning disabled) for 3 years
- Adult Education Instruction for 2 years
- Elementary, Middle and Secondary Instruction and Leadership for 12 years
Location:
I serve the NW area of Philadelphia.
Monica Harbison
I'm a certified Reading Specialist and English teacher with experience teaching students from kindergarten to high school. My title as an Improvement of Reading teacher has given me the expertise to prepare lessons for individual and small group instruction. I'm also a concerned community member who volunteers on Saturdays tutoring students at the neighborhood recreation center.
- Designed remedial and supplementary instructional lessons focusing on English, writing, and reading skills.
- Delivered individualized and small group instruction to elementary, middle, and high school students.
- Assessed students' reading proficiency levels at beginning, middle, and end of school year using various tools in addition to on-going evaluations.
- Monitored students progress and adapted instruction to support academic achievement.
- Maintained on-going records of students' work and assessments.
- Recorded individual student progress on report forms.
- Collaborated with colleagues in planning and implementing lessons using classroom and supplementary materials.
Location:
Center City, North Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, generally Philadelphia County
Vince McNeil Jr.
I graduated from Temple University and studied mathematics and linguistics. I'm multilingual with proficiency in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and some ASL. I'm well-versed in mathematical reasoning and Hispanic linguistics. As an adult educator, I've taught language to teachers parents in Philadelphia & I've been music director for an adult choir out of Villanova University.
- Spanish Teacher - Norris Square Children's Center, Philadelphia, PA
- Create lesson plans for second language acquisition for post critical period adult educators
- ESL Teacher - Norris Square Civic Association, Philadelphia, PA
- Create lesson plans for second language acquisition for post critical period parents of Head Start program students
- Focus on linguistic phenomena that present themselves in second language acquisition from Spanish to English such as orthographic errors due to phonology and lack of usage of helping and modal auxiliary verbs.
- Setup language scenarios to be spoken through in order to prepare for interviews
- Music Director - The Graduates - Villanova University, Radnor, PA
- Drama Teacher - Christian Art and Music Program, Hamilton, NJ
- CIT - Pennsylvania Masonic Youth Foundation
- Community Outreach and Skill Workshop Coordinator - Insomnia Theater - Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- Holiday Charity Drive Coordinator - Support Center for Child Advocates, Philadelphia, PA
- Intern - Project Shine, Philadelphia, PA
- Guest - Real Faith TV, Bordentown, NJ
- Treetender - Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia, PA