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Malyn L

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Kind, Experienced Tutor for Math and Other Subjects
Longmont, Colorado
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Tutor in Longmont, Colorado

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I’ve been working in education for almost my entire adult life, either as a tutor, a substitute teacher, or a classroom teacher. Tutoring was my first love, and remains something I deeply enjoy to this day. It was my early tutoring experiences helping students in Pre-Algebra and Algebra that made me think I wanted to be a teacher. It turned out I didn’t enjoy teaching; the parts I loved most about tutoring were sadly absent from my experiences as a teacher--the one-on-one care that makes such a difference for those students who have lost their confidence and their faith in their ability to learn and do well, and the ability to try different approaches until I find the one that works for each student. So I left teaching to return to the focused, in-depth experience of tutoring. When I tutor, I most enjoy working with those students who need help the most: those who need to close gaps not just in their learning, but in their self-confidence as well. The students for whom, like me, the classroom is not an ideal fit. I find I see the greatest results with those students who are afraid they can’t succeed--because I show them that they can. I show them that it’s safe to take the risk of trying something that is difficult--because if they make a mistake I don’t judge them for it. They aren’t wrong; they are a work in progress, like any of us. And once a student learns that they can risk a mistake, they not only learn more effectively, but they enjoy it more as well. Once we hit that point, I know they’re going to do just fine. I don’t give up on my students. I believe in my students before I even meet them, and I keep believing in them until they can believe in themselves (and afterward, too, of course). If this sounds like something you’d like to get in contact with, please shoot me an email telling me a bit about yourself and the student I’d be working with, and we’ll chat a bit to make sure we’re a good fit for each other before I send you a link to let you schedule a session with me. On a practical note: I have the most experience (7 years and counting) with Mathematics tutoring, particularly 6th grade math, Pre-Algebra, and Algebra, but I also have a Bachelor’s degree and some tutoring experience in English, and have experience tutoring in a smattering of other subjects, including preparing for the SAT. I prefer to tutor in person, and I’m willing to meet anywhere within an hour’s radius of Longmont, CO, but I’m also open to tutoring online using the video-conferencing service Zoom.

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