Patricia

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Patricia is an experienced early education tutor with a warm, student-led approach that emphasizes working at each child’s pace. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and a master’s in Curriculum Development, Education Philosophy, and Early Childhood Development. Since 2010, Patricia has tutored students both online and in person, helping children with dyslexia, ADHD, and autism build confidence through patience, creativity, and individualized instruction. Named Teacher of the Year by the Diocese of Buffalo, she believes children learn best when lessons are fun and personalized. When not teaching, she enjoys reading detective novels and sharing book recommendations with her students.

Monday 10am-3pm and 5pm-7pm Eastern Standard Time
Tuesday10am-3pm and 5pm-7pm Eastern Standard Time
Wednesday10am-3pm and 5pm-7pm Eastern Standard Time
Thursday10am-3pm and 5pm-7pm Eastern Standard Time
Friday No Availability
Saturday No Availability
Sunday No Availability

Work at the child's level. Work at the child's pace. Let them participate as much as possible. Create lots of activities. Have fun!

Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education; Master's degree in Curriculum Development and Education Philosophy and Early Child Development

I've been tutoring since 2010, one-on-one and with Teams. Both online and face-to-face.

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Patricia
$64.00 USD

Subject Expertise

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All-in-One
All-in-One
Civics
Civics
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Early Learning
Early Learning
Earth Science
Earth Science
ELA
ELA
Fractions
Fractions
Handwriting
Handwriting
History
History
Math
Math
Reading
Reading
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
Social Studies
Social Studies
Writing
Writing

My mission

My mission has always been to create student-led learning. We know what needs to be taught, but children know how they want to be taught, I don't believe in one method fits all and I strive to make sure that every child's needs are met.

My Story

I currently live in North Carolina. I was born in Buffalo, New York. Buffalo is where I did the majority of my classroom teaching. I was very shy as a child and was afraid to ask questions if I didn't understand something. So, I did poorly in Kindergarten and First Grade. My Second Grade teacher worked with me to help me overcome some of that shyness. That's when I decided to become a teacher. And after many, many years I'm still enjoying working with children.

Cognitive Diversity

How I adapt to students with diverse intellectual needs.

I've tutored children with Dyslexia, ADHD, Autism, and children who were behind in their classes. My approach has always been to work with children at their own pace. I don't want them to get frustrated, just do their best. For gifted children, I include them in the planning of each lesson.

Gifted children are my favorite students. I encourage them to help me plan the lessons, I add extra activities. I enjoy when I give them something to teach me and then have a lively discussion on how the felt doing the teaching.

I've never had the opportunity to teach a child who is profoundly gifted. I would need to do a little more research on the topic and adapt myself to what I've learned when tutoring them.

I've also worked with many ADHD children. Again, you need to center their classes around their favorite things. For example, dinosaurs, dogs, sci-fi, etc.

I've tutored several Autistic children. I find that you need to see what their mastery area is and gear the bulk of the studies to that mastery area. For example, if they are really good at math, but hate reading, you need to create the reading lessons around math word problems.

Children with Dyslexia need the tutor to be patient. They need to development a method to read and be comfortable with what they're reading without being embarrassed.

This more difficult when working online. I would want to work with the parents on what approaches have worked or not worked with their child.

This more difficult when working online. I would want to work with the parents on what approaches have worked or not worked with their child.

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