Katy L.
Private tutor in Santa Cruz, CA
Education
M.A. in English Literature, GPA: 3.84 Sacramento State University '11 B.A. in Literature with Honors UC Santa Cruz '09
Experience
I've always loved helping other people with their writing and reading, and I've been doing it professionally as a tutor for the past 5 years. As an English Literature graduate student at Sacramento State University, I worked at the University Writing Center, assisting undergraduates with reading and writing assignments. I learned a lot from my first tutoring job, and I worked with students with varying backgrounds and academic majors, including ESL learners and students from STEM fields. Later, while studying in the Comparative & World Literature graduate department at San Francisco State University, I worked at the Learning Assistance Center. At the LAC, I really cultivated a love for helping other university students with their writing projects and reading assignments. After an initial semester of tutoring drop-in students, I taught multiple weekly writing workshops to college freshmen in English composition courses. I also saw students one-on-one for weekly tutoring, usually those who needed extra help in lower-level composition courses. Seeing the same students every week gave me the privilege of witnessing their progress over the course of the semester, which I loved. After leaving my job at SFSU, I taught 10 reading classes per week to groups of 15-25 K-12 students and adults through the Institute of Reading Development. At IRD, I learned how to teach to every grade level and the standards to which each one is held. Now, I work part-time in admissions at an independent K-8 school on the westside of Santa Cruz. I would love to fill my free time with tutoring opportunities. If you are struggling with writing or reading, let's work through it together! I'm eager to help you become a better reader and writer.
Subject Expertise
PSAT Critical ReadingCLEP Analyzing and Interpreting LiteratureCLEP College CompositionGraduate Test PrepGRE Analytical WritingGRE Subject Test in Literature in EnglishHSPT Language SkillsHSPT ReadingIntroduction to PoetryIntroduction to FictionLiterary AnalysisLiteratureMedieval LiteraturePersuasive WritingPoetry WritingCLEP English LiteraturePSAT Writing SkillsReadingSAT Critical ReadingSAT Subject Test in LiteratureSAT VerbalSAT WritingShort NovelVocabularySummer TutoringCAHSEE EnglishCOMPASS ReadingCOMPASS Writing SkillsCreative WritingSATACT ReadingWritingWorld Literature10th Grade Writing10th Grade Reading11th Grade Reading11th Grade Writing12th Grade Reading12th Grade WritingACCUPLACER Reading ComprehensionACCUPLACER Sentence SkillsACCUPLACER WritePlacer9th Grade Reading9th Grade WritingACT EnglishHSPT VerbalACT with WritingACT WritingAmerican LiteratureAP English Language and CompositionAP English Literature and CompositionBritish LiteratureCollege EssaysEnglishEssay EditingExpository WritingGrammar and MechanicsGMAT Analytical Writing AssessmentCLEP American Literature
Availability
Mon/Wed/Fri after 1PM
Can Meet
Up to 25 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
My hobbies and interests include reading nonfiction, hiking, and photography. I enjoy learning new things in my free time. RIght now I am interested in creating art or jewelry from found objects, like sea glass and microplastic. Taking a pottery class and learning how to surf are also on my list! I love talking to people with different interests because I find that I learn new things from their experiences.
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