Maia D.
Private tutor in Bangor, ME
Education
Master of Arts in English Literature Graduated May 2015 from the University of Maine, Orono, ME Cumulative GPA: 4.00 Courses taken in English Literature, Composition Theory, and Gender Studies Bachelor of Arts in English (minor in Creative Writing) Graduated May 2011 from Stetson University, Deland, FL Cumulative GPA: 3.96 Courses taken in English Literature, Education, and Creative Writing
Experience
June 2016 – Present, Instructor and Tutor at Haworth Academic Center: Responsibilities include helping to instruct a morning program for homeschooled students (which involves developing lesson plans and assignments, leading discussions, and assessing the overall performance of students), as well as working one-on-one to tutor students of all ages from the surrounding school districts in reading, writing, and the humanities. June 2016 – Present, Instructor at the Eastern Maine Community College Summer Success Academy: Responsibilities include helping to instruct and tutor incoming freshman in order to prepare them for the Accuplacer and Writeplacer exams, as well as to help them develop the rhetorical and analytical skills necessary for college writing. August 2015 – June 2016, English Teacher at Hampden Academy: Responsibilities included developing lesson plans and assignments, leading class, and grading overall performance for students in grades 9 through 12. Special duties included teaching Advanced Placement Language and Composition and teaching English 102, a college-level course, offered through University of Maine, Augusta. September 2013 – May 2014, English 101 Instructor at the University of Maine: Responsibilities included developing lesson plans and assignments, leading class, and grading students’ overall performance. Also, I was required to complete ENG 693: Teaching College Composition, a seminar course in the theory and practice of teaching composition. September 2013 – May 2015, Writing Center Volunteer at University of Maine: Responsibilities included meeting with students for individual tutoring sessions to help them develop the rhetorical and analytical skills necessary for college writing, and developing and teaching workshops. August 2012 – May 2013, Writing Resource Center Instructor at Xavier University: Responsibilities included working one-on-one with students during weekly sessions (a required component of their ENGL 1000 course) to help them develop the rhetorical and analytical skills necessary for college writing, developing and teaching writing workshops, developing various resource materials, and assisting with the general management of the Writing Center and supervision of student tutors. September 2011 – May 2012, Learning Specialist at Daytona State College: Responsibilities included working one-on-one with students to help them develop the rhetorical and analytical skills necessary for college writing, developing and teaching writing workshops, and developing various resource materials. August 2008 – May 2011, Stetson University Writing Center Tutor: Responsibilities included working one-on-one with students to help them develop the rhetorical and analytical skills necessary for college writing.
Subject Expertise
7th Grade Writing10th Grade Reading10th Grade Writing11th Grade Reading11th Grade Writing12th Grade Reading12th Grade WritingAP English Language and CompositionACT EnglishAmerican Literature5th Grade Reading5th Grade Writing6th Grade Reading6th Grade Writing7th Grade ReadingWorld Literature8th Grade Reading8th Grade Writing9th Grade Reading9th Grade WritingACCUPLACER WritePlacerCLEP College CompositionACT WritingAP English Literature and CompositionBritish LiteratureCLEP English LiteratureCreative WritingEnglishLiterature
Availability
Any day in the afternoon
Can Meet
Up to 15 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
Creative Writing, Reading, Traveling, Hiking, Camping, Karaoke, and Cats
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