Dustin K.
Private tutor in Collingswood, NJ
Education
Millersville University of Pennsylvania, BSE in education with a major in technology Education and a minor in English, 2011-2014. Montgomery County Community College, undeclared, with a focus in Secondary English Education and Digital Filmmaking, 2009-2011.
Experience
- Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Millersville Univeristy, always made Dean's List, maintained over a 3.70 throughout my college career - Currently work as a teacher's assistant and one-to-one aide at a private school that teaches students with disabilities, ages 5-14. - In student teaching, taught students in grades 9-12 Energy, Power, and Transportation, Technology and Society, and Electronics and Robotics. - Pre-professional bloc (semester before student teaching), taught middle school students in a class called Introduction to Technology. - Before switching to technology education, I was an English education major and I tutored high school and college-level aged students. I helped them develop their reading and writing skills. - Taught woodworking at a summer camp to campers, ages 8-16. Some relevant classes I've taken: - Student Teaching - Foundations of Modern Education - Psychological Foundations of Teaching - Content Area Literacy for a Diverse Classroom - Secondary Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Settings - Differentiating Instruction in the Classroom Related to English: - Seminar in Teaching Writing - Seminar in Teaching Reading - Introduction to Language Study - Literary Research and Analysis - Advanced Composition - World Literature - Shakespeare - Milton - Fundamentals of Speech
Subject Expertise
Literature9th Grade WritingComputer SkillsCreative WritingDigital MediaElementary AlgebraElementary MathFiction WritingGeneral BiologyGrammar and MechanicsGraphic Design9th Grade ReadingLinguisticsLiterary AnalysisMiddle SchoolMiddle School MathReadingSAT Critical ReadingSAT MathSAT MathematicsVocabularyWriting7th Grade10th Grade Writing11th Grade Reading11th Grade Writing12th Grade Reading12th Grade Writing6th Grade6th Grade math6th Grade Reading6th Grade Science6th Grade Writing10th Grade Reading7th Grade math7th Grade Reading7th Grade Science7th Grade Writing8th Grade8th Grade math8th Grade Reading8th Grade Science8th Grade Writing
Availability
Weekdays after 4PM, Weekends in the morning, Weekends in the afternoon
Can Meet
Up to 20 minutes away at my regular hourly rate
Hobbies
I am always looking for new, exciting, challenging, and rewarding teaching opportunities. I am currently working at a school that serves students with disabilities, ages 5-14 and have worked with students between the ages of 5-21 since I started tutoring and teaching almost three years ago. I graduated with a BSE from Millersville University with a major in Technology Education (formerly Industrial Arts) and a minor in English in December 2014. I think that I have a very unique skill set, one that is balanced by my technical abilities, reasoning skills, and organizational skills with my ability to think abstractly, creatively, and outside of the box. I am an avid reader and enjoy everything from science fiction stories to the Harry Potter series to texts regarded as "the classics." I am a movie buff as well and I think that it pairs nicely with my love for books and has really helped me become a better reader, writer, and teacher. I enjoy exercising, keeping in shape, and (trying) to eat healthy. I love to cook and I enjoy following a recipe the first time I make a dish, but modifying it the second time around... I get very mixed results. While I enjoy all of the things above, my favorite thing to do is to create things in my "wodshop." I have made everything from Shaker-style furniture to reclaimed wood pallet coffee tables to yo-yo's and picture frames. Like cooking, I very rarely go off of someone else's plan and I love the thrill of tinkering and figuring things out on my own.
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