"After almost seven years of tutoring on Wyzant with hundreds of students and nearly 900 teaching hours, I now dedicate myself exclusively to writing and SAT instruction. I have found that I am effective in working with students in writing, not only because of my legal training, but also because I have actively pursued refining my writing skills during my 35+ years as an attorney. Similarly, my continued work with students on the English portions of the SAT has enabled me to identify fundamental strategies to significantly increase scores through sharing key insights regarding the test’s structure and an understanding of the most efficient techniques to answer the various categories of questions.

My relationship is with each student as an individual with specific needs and interests. I have an informal tutoring style and collaborate with my students at least as much as using formal instruction. Whenever possible, I focus on students’ areas of knowledge and interests and incorporate abundant examples.

I often continue lessons beyond one hour to reinforce comprehension

or to complete a task to facilitate maximum understanding.

WRITING:

I teach all levels of writing skills and work with students on a variety of specific topics based upon their particular objectives. I also work with each student to enhance their skillset based upon their current performance. Please see specific skills taught under separate "Writing" subject description.

SAT READING AND WRITING:

I teach both key test-taking strategies to increase test scores and essential skills related to the most common types of SAT Reading questions and SAT Writing questions. Please see specific skills under separate "SAT Reading" and "SAT Writing" subject descriptions.

My credentials also include:

- Attorney since 1989

- Doctoral degree in psychology (GPA 4.00).

- Master of Science in Education (GPA 3.98)

- BA (GPA 3.94, honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude, Pi Sigma Alpha)." less...