"Hello there, I'm Rebecca! I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Music Education with a specialization in Elementary General Music. While I loved my time teaching in both public and private school settings, I found the most joy in my one-on-one music lessons. It was a chance to dive deeply into my time with students, tailoring my instruction to them for their greatest academic success. I will bring this same approach to our time together; my desire is to be your guide towards achieving all your academic goals!

I structure a typical lesson with three main sections: Review, Teach, and Support. I will start every lesson with a check-in on your current skills. This review will combine questions to help you formulate and share your perspective and skill-based examples so I can see exactly where you are at. We will then quickly move into learning new skills. I teach new information in a scaffolding approach--building from known to unknown through repetition, guided examples, and supported, student-led practice. With the last 5-10 minutes of our time, I focus completely on you and your educational needs. I will do a final check on your comprehension and confidence before leaving you with a list of advice or extended practice. This last part sets you up to retain the information we covered while also giving you a solid reference to return to between our meetings.

I offer tutoring for: General Music, Beginning Music Theory, Trumpet, and Elementary-Level Math, Science, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, and Study Skills. I also offer Knitting and Proofreading services!

I have free consultation meetings for new students so we can get to know each other and set out our goals for tutoring. I ask that you please give me at least 12 hours cancellation notice if you need to miss a tutoring session for any reason. I check my messages every weekday and will do my best to respond within the hour. Please reach out with any additional questions, and I hope to schedule a lesson with you soon!" less...