Darlene

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Darlene is a veteran reading/ESL tutor and former Teacher of the Year with 32 years in classrooms. She holds a BS in French and an MAEd in Elementary Education with K–12 certifications in Elementary, French, Reading, and ESL, and specializes in engaging, multisensory literacy support for ADHD and diverse learners. Expect warm rapport, strength-based feedback, and steady growth. When not teaching, Darlene advocates for animals and dotes on her beloved pup.

Tuesday 9am-3pm Eastern Standard Time, Wednesday 9am-3pm Eastern Standard Time, Thursday 9am-3pm Eastern Standard Time

I meet students where they are in the learning process. I highlight strengths while addressing areas to improve in order to encourage student motivation and engagement. All students are welcome and valued.

I hold a B.S. Professional degree in French as well as a MAEd. in Elementary Education from East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. I am certified in the following disciplines: K-6 Elementary Education, K-12 French, K-12 Reading and K-12 English as a Second Language.

I tutored a student throughout the summer (2025). I have also tutored many students throughout my 32 years as an educator. Most tutoring has been in the areas of my expertise which are reading and English as a Second language.

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Darlene
$106.00 USD

Subject Expertise

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ELA
ELA
ESL
ESL
Handwriting
Handwriting
Reading
Reading
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Writing

Cognitive Diversity

How I adapt to students with diverse intellectual needs.

I have many years of experience working with students who have different learning styles. Those include students with learning disabilities, ADHD, etc. Upon initial assessment, I accommodate those learning styles accordingly with the appropriate approach(es) which may include various formats (visual, auditory, kinesthetic, reading/writing, drawing, incorporate technology, etc.) I try to combine several methods to ensure that I appeal to the various preferences of my learners.

I have worked online with students with ADHD. In order to keep the students engaged, I often have them talk to me using direct eye contact or a way that we come up with to let me know they are with me. I also like to include students' interests in my lessons. For example, I have worked with a student whose favorite hobby was hunting. Honestly, I know nothing about hunting, so I did my research and learned as much as I could about it so that I could use that bit of knowledge with that student. I used that knowledge and included it into our lessons whenever I could and that helped tremendously!