Does your kid need a tutor? Do you need a teacher or a coach?

One of my students recently asked why we couldn’t meet for 5 hours a week instead of 30 minutes. Frankly, I agreed with him—and so did his classmate.

I teach and coach writing of all kinds, including languages, essay writing, fiction, and poetry.

I also teach grammar and languages (most often Russian, Hebrew, and beginning Latin). I tend to teach in a comparative frame, so if your kid already knows any Spanish, or any other language, we’ll use that to make the other language we’re working on make sense. We’ll use English, too. If your kid is at all open to it, we’ll geek out together! I like to teach kids how to think about language and languages in a way that will make it easier for them to learn any language they take up at any point in life. We start with pronunciation, and we keep going…and going. 

And yes, I have an affinity for geeky kids and adults. 2E, PG, EG, etc.? I have a lot of experience. ADHD? Not a problem when we’re working one-on-one or even in small groups.

As a parent with 14 years of experience in homeschooling, I can also coach parents through figuring out how to design a program to the needs and interests of their kids.

These are some of the topics I teach:

• Languages: I teach Russian, Hebrew, and Latin, and usually teach my students to understand how language in general works and how to think about language at the same time.
• Poetry. If I’m leading a workshops, we’ll listen closely to each other’s work, appreciate what’s working, sense the inner rhythms of the poem, and offer respectful suggestions on how to make it work better.
• Fiction. Fiction workshops include workshops on character development using tools you’d never expect to see in a writing workshop; plot development; NaNoWriMo preparation, and editing.
• Essay writing. I teach organization, flow, and the art of the seamless segue.
• Editing. I’ve been working as an editor for decades, and can share tricks of the trade with you.
• I like to teach grammar by looking at as many languages as we can muster. Grammar makes more sense when we look at it in the context of real sentences and compare the different ways that various languages convey the same meaning. We’ll diagram the same sentence using two different systems and whatever languages make sense for our group.
• Getting your writing done. Do you need help and encouragement to finish your dissertation or other opus magnum? I can coach you through this. Get in touch!

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