
Wendel
Certified Tutor
As will be seen by the list of subjects in my Varsity Tutor Profile, I am a multi-subject polymath with great and depth in what I teach who always places the needs, desires and dreams of students first. A Lifelong Scholar focused on Excellence, my praxis seeks to empower those I I teach by infecting them with passion for critical thinking and awakening and nurturing their "I know I can! Let's do it!" energies. Comfortable with technology, I strive to continually improve teaching and learning processes so my tutees become adept at turning information into knowledge. Champion, then, of scholars' growth both individually and communally/collaboratively, I guide them to learn where, when, how and why to take control individually and when to trust the team. At the core of my methodology is the ability to listen: My students, then, can become adepts at PEARLS (Partnership, Empathy, Apology/Acknowledgment, Respect, Legitimation, and Support), not only "listening to" but "hearing" interlocutors in this increasingly multi-vocal/valent world. Consequently equitable, suitable, ethical and sustainable solutions with clear benefits for all stakeholders in the learning transaction can emerge. And because "we" this includes me the Champion and Guide willingly created this result, "we/they" willingly accept and acknowledge the outcome, willingly "owning it." It is "our buck."
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Undergraduate Degree: University of Washington - Bachelor in Arts, Music
Graduate Degree: University of the Cumberlands - Master of Arts Teaching, English
Reading, studying and learning new things, listening to all genres of music, swimming, attending and performing in theater. going to the symphony and opera, travel, conversation with interesting people and cooking/baking international cuisines AND making any number of inventive objects out of supposed junk which I am re-purposing.
- Adult ESL/ELL
- Adult Literacy
- American Literature
- Business
- Business Analytics
- Business Ethics
- Business Writing
- College Business
- College English
- College Level American Literature
- English
- English Grammar and Syntax
- ESL/ELL
- Essay Editing
- GED Prep
- GED Reasoning Through Language Arts
- High School Business
- High School English
- High School Level American Literature
- High School Writing
- IB Design Technology
- IB Extended Essay
- IB Information Technology in a Global Society
- Middle School English
- Middle School Reading
- Middle School Reading Comprehension
- Middle School Writing
- Other
- Public Speaking
- Technology and Coding
- Test Prep
- Writing