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Kristy C.
Private tutor in Portland, OR
Education
I received my BS in neuroscience from Temple University and I am completing my MS in academic advising from Kansas State University.
Experience
In 2011 I graduated from Temple University with a Bachelors of Science in the field of Neuroscience. As an undergraduate, I became really active in research, more specifically; I started investigating the effects nicotine has on learning and memory. By the time I graduated from Temple I had helped publish two peer reviewed journal articles. Both articles were published in the journal of Behavioral Neuroscience. Upon graduation, I was given the opportunity to teach classes on the research process and research ethics to undergraduate students. I also held workshops for these students on how to write a proper resume and personal statement for graduate school. I moved to Portland in 2012 because I was admitted into the Behavioral Neuroscience PhD Program at Oregon Health & Science University. After a year in this program, I realized that I missed working with and mentoring students and I decided to leave the program and pursue a Masters in Academic Advising from Kansas State University. I am currently a few months away from completing my masters degree and I am still living in Portland, Oregon (my degree is being completed online). I am currently working as a classroom assistant for blind students at Portland State University. I help students in the classroom and I tutor them outside of the classroom as well. I really enjoy working for the disability resource center and am very passionate about helping ALL students succeed in their academic endeavors. I believe that students all learn differently and what really helps one student learn a concept may confuse a different student. As a tutor, I try to assess how my students learn best and work off of their learning style. I also believe in working off of students’ strengths. For instance, if a student struggles with writing argumentative essays, I will start off by giving him or her an essay about a topic they are really passionate about. This way they can see that they can actually like the writing process. Once we establish that they can actually do the task I will ask them to write about something that they are not as familiar with or something that does not interest them as much. I think it is really important to not treat all students the same when it comes to teaching because everyone thinks differently! I tutor a wide assortment of subjects: Elementary/Middle school level math, Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, College level Statistics, Middle School/High School/College level English, college writing, ESL Writing/Grammar, Neuroscience/Psychology, and High School and Middle School science. I really enjoy teaching students about Psychology and the brain because I personally find it to be fascinating! I also love to help students with writing because I find it rewarding to see their progression over time. It makes me really happy when I see students’ developing more complex arguments after just a few tutoring sessions.
Subject Expertise
10th Grade math, 10th Grade Reading, 10th Grade Writing, 11th Grade math, 11th Grade Reading, 11th Grade Writing, 12th Grade math, 12th Grade Reading, 12th Grade Writing, 5th Grade math, 5th Grade Reading, 5th Grade Science, 6th Grade math, 6th Grade Reading, 6th Grade Science, 6th Grade Writing, 7th Grade math, 7th Grade Reading, 7th Grade Science, 7th Grade Writing, 8th Grade math, 8th Grade Reading, 8th Grade Science, 8th Grade Writing, 9th Grade math, 9th Grade Reading, 9th Grade Writing, ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension, ADD, ADHD, Anthropology, AP English Language and Composition, AP Statistics, CLEP American Literature, CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature, CLEP College Algebra, CLEP College Composition, CLEP English Literature, CLEP Human Growth and Development, CLEP Humanities, CLEP Introductory Psychology, CLEP Introductory Sociology, CLEP Natural Sciences, College Essays, Dyslexia, Essay Editing, Ethics, Evolutionary Biology, Executive Functioning, GED, History Of Science, Homeschool, Honors, HSPT Language Skills, Human Development, IB Psychology HL, IB Psychology SL, IB Social and Cultural Anthropology HL, IB Social and Cultural Anthropology SL, Medical Ethics, Neurobiology, Neuroscience, Persuasive Writing, Pre-Algebra, Probability, PSAT Writing Skills, Psychology, Reading, Statistics, Study Skills, Study Skills And Organization, Summer Tutoring, TOEFL, Writing