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Audie S.

Private tutor in Chicago, IL

Education

M.F.A. from University of Washington in Seattle, WA. Creative Writing: Fiction. B.A. from University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. Bachelor in General Studies, With Distinction. Focus on English and Cultural Anthropology. TESL certification from Oxford Seminars.

Experience

During my undergraduate years at the University of Michigan (U of M), and my time in Ann Arbor after graduation, I worked extensively with the Sweetland Writing Center at U of M: as a face-to-face tutor, an online tutor and dispatcher, a writing tutor for the Dental School (I’ve spent more hours than I’d like to admit poring over powerpoints with uncomfortably large images of rotting teeth), and as a course assistant for three Introduction to College Writing classes. I also volunteered for 826michigan, a community writing and tutoring center, where I facilitated a weekly creative writing group for teens. Through the Prison Creative Arts Project at U of M, I facilitated writing workshops in prisons and juvenile detention centers around Michigan, edited an anthology of creative writing by Michigan prisoners, and worked as a liaison to create mentorships between community artists and artists returning home from prison. I have also tutored high-schoolers in AP English and a whole host of fifth-through-eighth-grade Korean students in English as a Second Language. During my time in the MFA program at the University of Washington I had the opportunity to teach four quarters of composition and two quarters of creative writing to undergraduates. In both of these classes (and in all of my teaching), I have three main goals for my students. I want them to learn to think critically and creatively about the world they live in and their place in that world. I want them to learn how to use language to say what they mean. And I want them to leave with the confidence and self-awareness to continue developing and expressing their own ideas. Writing is a powerful and useful tool in this world. I want my students to take their own ideas and stories seriously and understand how to present these ideas and stories in such a way that others will take them seriously too.

Subject Expertise

6th Grade Reading 5th Grade Writing 6th Grade Writing 7th Grade Writing 8th Grade Writing 9th Grade Writing ACT with Writing ACT Writing 4th Grade Reading 5th Grade Reading 4th Grade Writing 7th Grade Reading 8th Grade Reading 9th Grade Reading ACT Reading PSAT Critical Reading Reading SAT Critical Reading ESL/ELL Creative Writing AP English Language and Composition English Writing SAT Writing PSAT Writing Skills Technical Writing Persuasive Writing Fiction Writing Expository Writing Advanced Placement 10th Grade Writing 10th Grade Reading 11th Grade Reading 11th Grade Writing 12th Grade Reading 12th Grade Writing 3rd Grade Reading 3rd Grade Writing

Availability

Any day at any time

Can Meet

Up to 15 minutes away for no additional charge, Up to 1 hour away for a flat fee

Hobbies

I just moved back to the midwest from Seattle, WA, and I'm having a great time exploring the city (and all of the wonderful parks here!). I enjoy a great many things, including reading, writing, coffee, coffee dates with friends, playing cards, and hiking.

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