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Meeting needs. Fostering confidence. Inspiring a love of learning.
Meeting needs. Fostering confidence. Inspiring a love of learning.
"[Joanna] exhibited a rare combination of charm and knowledge, and the students responded to her with an energy I'd never seen."
Grace Schulman, Former Distinguished Professor of English, Baruch College/CUNY
Teaching Methods and Philosophy: An Overview
As an award-winning educator and writer, I have worked privately with diverse students middle school through graduate school, served as an assistant professor at both Penn State and Franklin & Marshall, and designed and taught workshops as a visiting writer in 2nd–12th-grade classrooms. Regardless of grade level or skill set, I aim to create a trusting environment where learners gain confidence and accomplish academic goals with pride. Adapting my teaching methods to effectively align with individual student learning styles while inspiring self-motivation are my highest priorities and I believe my most meaningful contribution to education.
Before tutoring begins, I meet with parents and students to learn about the student's needs and get a sense of their personality.
Each session includes follow-up summaries of the material covered and progress made, with students and parents encouraged to reach out between sessions for clarification or additional support. Also, all students are provided with a dedicated website where they can access helpful, personalized resources, reminders, and tips at their convenience.
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Tutoring: Areas of Instruction (5th grade through adult)
Writing (sentence-, paragraph, and essay-level)
Inferencing
Textual Analysis/Interpretation of Literature
Research writing
Creative Writing
SAT Reading and Grammar sections
ACT English
AP English Language
AP English Literature
Skills Gained
Verbal expression and synthesis of information
Reading comprehension (imagining, predicting, questioning, associating, summarizing, paraphrasing, inferencing)
Paragraph building (organization of thoughts; topic sentences paragraph unity, coherence, and cohesion; )
Essay construction (thesis sentence for essays that persuade, argue a point, describe an event or scene, narrate, compare or contrast)
Syntax (types of sentences, sentence variation, grammar, punctuation, conventions)
Individual and group courses, as well as camps, are offered in creative writing. For adults, group retreats can be arranged.
"Joanna Goodman has a unique way of inspiring new material, and of encouraging all her students, at all levels of ability and experience."
Linda Miller, Teacher Center Director
Bronxville/Eastchester/Pelham/Tuckahoe Teachers' Consortium
"[Joanna} trusts her instincts with the students and they with her. She creates an atmosphere in her class that encourages and facilitates a real exchange of ideas and feelings...She has a talent to immerse her students in dialogue, actively engaging them in an immediate and real learning process."
William Mclellan
Professor of English
City University of NY
"Ms. Goodman is an exceptionally talented teacher. This [college composition] was one of the best classes I have ever seen."
Claude Taylor
Professor of English
City University of NY
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