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Brita F.

Private tutor in Burlington, VT

Education

-Middlebury School of French: 1/4 summers to MA in French Literature and Pedagogy GPA 4.0 -Middlebury College: B.A. Literary Studies with French minor. Major GPA 3.98; Cumulative 3.78 -Graduated Undergrad Magna Cum Laude with Highest Departmental Honors -Completed the Literary Studies Comprehensive Reading List covering 107 works by 36 different authors; Received highest possible grade (4.0) on both Literary Studies Comprehensive Exam and Senior Honors Essay -Attended 1 semester at Université Bordeaux Montaigne through Middlebury College. Kept language pledge; all coursework in French

Experience

I was a classroom teacher for the last 3 years and am qualified to tutor both high school and college level French and English. I switched careers to a more social justice and community organizing occupation and want to tutor because I want to keep working with students, which was my favorite part of teaching! -Taught Levels 1-5 (grades 8-12) of French for two years at Stratton Mountain School as only French instructor 2016-2018. Created original curricula -Taught original literature elective in English for 2017-2018 school year -Privately tutored study skills an organization to an 8th grade student during 2017-2018 school year -Taught English as a foreign language in a high school in France for 2015-2016 -Privately tutored several students in English outside of school during that year -Worked as a Writing Tutor employed by the Middlebury College writing program while a student there -Was a teaching assistant for beginning French during my last two years in high school

Subject Expertise

9th Grade Writing AP French Language and Culture Reading TOEFL Study Skills And Organization Vocabulary Writing Shakespeare Literary Analysis Classics World Literature Literature British Literature AP English Literature and Composition American Literature 10th Grade Reading English French French 4 French 3 French 2 French 1 French 1 AP French 12th Grade Writing 12th Grade Reading 11th Grade Writing 11th Grade Reading 10th Grade Writing

Availability

Weekends at any time, Weekdays in the morning

Can Meet

Up to 20 minutes away for no additional charge

Hobbies

I really love learning, reading, and writing. I miss being a student and enjoy teaching, which allows me to both share my enthusiasm for learning with others and learn from my students as well. I see tutoring as an extension of this: an opportunity to help one or two students at a time develop their skills and knowledge in a more personally-focused way. I am happy to tutor students in subjects related to literature/English, French language and literature, and world literature in translation as well as in study/organizational skills. Outside of work, I read avidly and played rugby while I attended college. I love hiking, camping, and exploring nature. I do community organizing work with the Vermont Workers' Center and Resource Generation.

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