Elizabeth R.
Private tutor in Portland, OR
Education
North Carolina State University - BA, Language, Writing, and Editing DePaul University- MA, Writing (focus on Media and Pedagogy) DePaul University- MA, New Media Studies (focus on Digital Authoring and Publication) School of the Art Institute of Chicago- MFA, Writing (focus on Fiction and Illustration)
Experience
> Please visit my LinkedIn Profile for details on my educational credentials and relevant work history (not listed in full below): https://www.linkedin.com/in/elrossman >> After 15 years working with students and faculty in higher education (as a peer education trainer, learning consultant and faculty development consultant), I am seeking to transition out of the institutional setting while still remaining involved in teaching and learning. Tutoring Experience: >Peer tutor during high school >Writing Center tutor during graduate school (thoroughly trained in Writing Center Theory and Pedagogy) >Volunteer writing tutor at Orr Academy in Chicago >Volunteer reading/writing tutor with In2Books for younger ages --- Relevant Courses: >DEPAUL UNIVERSITY -- ENG 426 ESSAY:HIST/THEORY/PRACTIC, A -- ENG 409 TOPICS:LANG,RHETRC/WRITNG, A Topic: WRITING NON-FICTION NARRATIVE --ENG 483 COMPOSITION THEORY, A --ENG 490 WRITING FOR MAGAZINES, A- --ENG 404 HISTORY OF RHETORIC II, A- --ENG 474 TEACHING LITERATURE, A- -- ENG 409 TOPICS:LANG,RHETRC/WRITNG, A Course Topic: WRITING & TECHNOLOGY -- NMS 509 SPECIAL TOPICS/ NEW MEDIA ST, A Course Topic: Screenwriting --NMS 509 SPECIAL TOPICS/ NEW MEDIA ST, A Course Topic: MULTIMEDIA DOCUMENTARY I -- ENG 482 WRITING CNTR THRY/PEDGOGY, A -- ENG 480 TEACHING WRITING, A- --ENG 492 WRITING FICTION, A- --ENG 409 TOPICS:LANG,RHETRC/WRITNG, A Course Topic: TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANG >SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (SAIC) --> note, no grades are assigned at the graduate level of this university -- Two Graduate Projects (Writing Studios) each semester, successfully completed (fiction focus) --Graduate Writing Workshop, successfully completed --Art of Place Workshop, successfully completed -- Graduate Writing Workshop (Novel/Long Narrative Form), successfully completed -- Graduate Writing Workshop (Grimm Variations), successfully completed --- >Relevant work history: GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT, DePaul University: >>Center for Writing-based Learning, Writing Tutor, 2006 • Acted as a reader, helping students to develop their ideas globally, and understand how an awareness of audience can help them clarify and connect their points • Helped students for whom English is a 2nd or 3rd language • Helped students acclimate to using technology and Internet research issues • Offered feedback on questions about document design; helped students understand the expectations that U.S. colleges and businesses have for written communication • Helped students deal with technology and Internet research issues >>Office for Teaching, Learning, Assessment, Research Assistant and Content Writer, 2006 • Researched and contributed to teaching handbook covering the “nuts and bolts” of teaching at DePaul's College of Commerce • Worked with Student Affairs Committee in developing content for potential learning web site --- >Publications: Rossman, Elizabeth, et al. English for Job Interviews: An English for Specific Purposes Course for the Chicago Federation of Labor. Chicago: Chicago Federation of Labor, 2007. Rossman, Elizabeth C. "Product Placement." Further Persons Imperfect. Ed. Paul McComas. iUniverse, 2007.55-66. Rossman, Elizabeth C. "Mesh." First Person Imperfect. Ed. Paul McComas. iUniverse, 2003. 29-30. Rossman, Elizabeth C. "Reflection." First Person Imperfect. Ed. Paul McComas. iUniverse, 2003. 31-34.
Subject Expertise
EnglishVocabularyReadingPersuasive WritingOtherOtherIntroduction to FictionIB Extended EssayHSPT ReadingHSPT Language SkillsHomeschoolGiftedFiction WritingExpository WritingEssay Editing10th Grade WritingCreative WritingCollege Essays9th Grade Writing9th Grade Reading8th Grade Writing8th Grade Reading12th Grade Writing12th Grade Reading10th Grade Reading10th Grade Reading11th Grade Reading11th Grade Writing10th Grade Writing
Availability
Weekdays in the morning, Weekdays in the afternoon
Can Meet
Up to 5 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
Topics and causes that matter to me: •Animal Welfare •Arts and Culture •Education •Environment •Human Rights •Science and Technology PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM CURRENTLY ONLY LOOKING FOR ONLINE TUTORING OPPORTUNITIES; PLEASE DISREGARD THE "I CAN MEET" INFORAMTION UNDER AVAILABILITY.
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