Meghan

I am a retired NC middle/high school math and ELA classroom teacher, with over 15 years experience in the classroom.  I primarily taught grades 5th-9th, but also taught grades 2nd-12th.  I have tutored my entire career, but have also been tutoring online for the last five/six years subjects and test  preps including:  math, ELA, study skills, inclusion classes (IEP's), and test preps (SAT, GED, PSAT, ACT, ASVAB, and others).  I have a BS from East Carolina University.

My Tutoring Style:

My sessions are fun, engaging, energetic, and interactive.  I believe in positive behavior incentive (PBIS) and immediate feedback.  Both of these help build and maintain a student's self-esteem and keeps them motivated.  I am data driven and share my data with my students.  This keeps their self-esteem and motivation high, as well.  I have the experience, skills, and resources to make sure my students succeed.  Respect is another important factor.  A tutor must give respect to get respect.  I make it a point to get to know my students and their learning styles, so they will excel in whatever subject/topic we are working on.

Success Story:

My favorite success story is about an entire class I was tutoring in preparation for their End of Grade  Math 1 exam.  Each student was a repeater, meaning they had already taken the exam once if not twice or three times.  I promised if they all passed I would shave my head.  The likely hood they would all pass was little to none.  Needless to say, I was shaving my head the beginning of June.  It was well worth it.  I had students and parents contact me with the utmost praise.  I replied, "it wasn't me, they did all the work."  I can't tell you how proud I was of them and how proud I was to sport my new haircut!

Hobbies & Interests:

When I am not tutoring, I love playing with my puppy I got for Christmas.  His name is Elroy, and he is a bully puppy.  He is so handsome and spoiled rotten.  He is black and white.  It looks like he has on a tuxedo.  I also enjoy watching TV:  The Vikings and GOT.

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