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Melissa A.

Private tutor in Portland, OR

Education

Ph.D. Theater Arts with focus on Literature in Performance, University of Minnesota, GPA 3.83; M.A. Education for Gifted, Creative Learners, University of St. Thomas with International Baccalaureate Teaching Internship, GPA 4.0; B.A. English Literature and Linguistics with an unclaimed minor in German Literature read in German, Iowa State University.

Experience

I have served IB World Schools by teaching DP English A Literature for five years, DP Theatre Arts for three years and English A Language and Literature for nearly a year. I have served a National Chinese private school affiliated with Nanjing Normal University by teaching IBDP English B, Higher Level, for two years and a Mandarin-English bilingual approach to TOK for over a year. Appointed in 2009, I have served IBO as an English A, Literature Examiner for Extended Essays and Paper 1. At my recent post, I taught IGCSE World Literature, years 10 and 11. Altogether, so far, I have taught internationally for seven years. I have also taught university freshman composition courses, initiated a creative writing program for "young authors" and taught for seven years with the Oregon Writing Festival, Portland State University. I enjoy helping students find their "sparks" and creativity. I am skilled at helping students integrate their creative with critical thinking as they write commentary. personal responses, various forms of essays and creative work. I enjoy seeing students realize their greater potentials. For example realizing an effective written work and understanding why and how other writers' creative works are effective.

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Availability

Any day after 12 Noon

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Up to 1 hour away for no additional charge

Hobbies

My postdoctoral research concerns poetic medicine or the soul-mending powers of literature. This research has been published. I am also an author of published poetry and fiction. I love hiking and exploring nature as well as cities and villages new to me. In conjunction, I have mentored others' travel writing. I love meditating and have offered various forms of meditation for my International Baccalaureate Candidates, including Moshe Feldenkrais "Attention Through Movement" practices so in demand from creative artists and people. I am a Chinese calligrapher and brush painter with galleried art works in China and the USA. For fun, I love photography and exploring various viewpoints toward a subject. For extracurricular activities, I have taught Butoh Dance, Noh Theater Arts, and Shakespeare's Theater Arts. I have directed Shakespeare's plays and experimental pieces. I supervised a director of a tri-lingual version of Beckett's "Waiting for Godot."

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