Specialties & Services
Individual Tutoring
Our Writing Table offers Online Individual Tutoring to the West Coast and throughout the United States:
Online Individual Tutoring, Washington
Online Individual Tutoring, California
Online Individual Tutoring, Oregon
Online Individual Tutoring throughout the United States.
At times, we all need help to free up our thoughts so they can be expressed in writing. Often, we can discover what we think by the simple act of writing our thoughts down on paper or on a laptop screen. Writing may not be simple all the time, but it can clarify our thinking. It’s valued in school and is considered an essential tool for career preparation.
Writing is a form of communication with ourselves or with others. It doesn’t need to cause us headaches or feelings that we are lacking in something only others know how to do well. However, if it does, talking about that with a tutor can help you deal with it and turn the situation into something much more enjoyable—maybe even fun.
Writing skills influence thinking skills and vice versa. I help student writers feel understood and to orient themselves on the page by emphasizing their needs, including attention to detail (word choice, grammar, style formatting, and spelling, for example). I also read and observe through a more global lens as students organize and revise an assignment to completion, looking at the structure and meaning of the full piece of writing.
Small Group Tutoring
Our Writing Table offers Small Group Tutoring, Vancouver, Washington, and throughout the United States.
Below are examples of learning through collaboration, creativity, and inquiry:
Designing a mobile phone app
Exploring cultural diversity
Designing a sustainable house
Developing a business plan
Researching the effects of negativity in the media
All members of a problem-based learning project can benefit from effective small group tutoring. Our Writing Table LLC provides guidance and feedback as an outside source. I help to keep the channels of communication open and clear among members.
As an observer of the group’s communication, I can also aid students in developing standards and details for research and problem solving. I respect individuality and aim to keep individuals functioning at their best group effort. Mediating disagreements may also be helpful.
Finally, I can help students stay on track with instructions, responsibilities, and deadlines. I may also help individuals and the group make important decisions. Small group tutoring can elevate each student’s performance and contributions to the group effort.
College Admission Essay Coaching
As a Common Application Essay and Supplemental Essay Tutor, I am an active, thoughtful listener and reader.
As a College Application Essay Tutor, I offer College Admission Essay Coaching, including Supplemental Essay Online Coaching (California, Washington, Oregon, and all states).
Our Writing Table also offers Common Application Essay Online Coaching and College Essay Online Coaching.
I encourage students to present their best selves for the occasion.
Experience has taught me the most important aspect of a college application essay is that it should represent and show the student’s unique story. An authentic personal statement can serve as a guide and as proof of the student's experiences, interests, relationships, and goals which reflect their viability as a contributor to the institution.
If you are a family member with a child who dreams of college, coaching for the college application essay can help the teenager in your life clarify their potential contributions to the school and to inform the Admissions Committee.
Perhaps your child has already attempted to write the college application essay and seeks additional motivation to complete it. College Admission Essay Coaching may enhance the quality of their final effort.
Central to the process of writing the essay is linking the student’s past, present, and future stories so the personal statement or essay becomes manageable and on point. Coaching provides a unique opportunity for establishing a personal profile from which to work.