Elizabeth V.
Private tutor in Sacramento, CA
Education
University of California-Santa Cruz - BA, Double - Legal Studies & Sociology , Santa Clara University - JD, Law
Experience
ESL Tutor - DeAnza College 1994; Teaching Assistant University of California, Santa Cruz from 1995-2007; Teaching Assistant in Legal Writing and Research, Santa Clara University School of Law 2002. I have taken SATs, LSAT, Defense Language Aptitude Battery, and completed Theses in both Sociology and Legal Studies. I have also worked with Junior High Students as a tutor in Organizational Skills and Reading Comprehension. I trained in Negotiation, Mediation and non-violent communication at the Strauss Institute for Resolution at Pepperdine University in 2010. I interned for two and one-half years with the Northern California Innocence Project, and won an innocent man his freedom from prison after 17 years. I sat for three years on the Board of Directors for Sierra School, a private K-12 school. I am a State Certified Domestic Violence Advocate, a licensed Attorney/Counselor, an Ordained Minister, and a Court Appointed Special Advocate for foster children. I love teaching! I have three children: boy age 19, boy age 16 (highly functioning Autistic), and a daughter who is 11. All my children are or have been GATE students, so I have familiarity with GATE programs. (Also, I am kind of a Grammar Nut, so any child I work with will be expected to use proper grammar with me, and in all assignments.)
Subject Expertise
1st Grade mathVoicePSAT Critical ReadingGEDGATE/ TAGIB Language A: Language and Literature HLPSAT Writing SkillsSingingOrganizationStudy SkillsWriting3rd GradeHomeschoolSummer TutoringCivicsIB Psychology HLPsychologySociologyCivil ProcedureEthicsFamily LawLegal WritingTort LawIB Theatre HL
Availability
Weekdays after 11AM, Weekends in the morning
Can Meet
Up to 20 minutes away for a flat fee
Hobbies
One of my favorite hobbies is singing. I also knit, crochet, embroider, sew, cook and bake. I believe that cooking and baking are excellent skills that any child can learn, and these give the child not only skills for life, but make them feel good about themselves. I also work with teens on issues around bullying, self-esteem, and learning to know whom to trust. These are skills that will serve them well in the workplace. I also work with my teens to help them learn to think "outside the box" when organizing their papers and essays. The feedback I get from them is that this kind of approach makes it easier for them to complete their assignments.
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