Patrick - English tutor - Royal Oak
1st lesson free
Patrick - English tutor - Royal Oak

Patrick's email address and phone number have been validated.

Patrick

  • Rate $50
  • Response 1h
  • Students

    Number of students Patrick has taught since their arrival at Superprof

    3

    Number of students Patrick has taught since their arrival at Superprof

Patrick - English tutor - Royal Oak
  • 5 (4 reviews)

$50/h

1st lesson free

Contact

1st lesson free

1st lesson free

  • English
  • Reading
  • Grammar
  • Creative writing
  • Essay writing

Experienced tutor in English in Royal Oak, Patrick offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

  • English
  • Reading
  • Grammar
  • Creative writing
  • Essay writing

Lesson location

    • At Patrick's house: Royal Oak

    • online

    • at your home or a public place : will travel up to 20 mi. from Royal Oak

Recommended

Patrick is a respected tutor in our community. They have been highly recommended for their commitment and the quality of their lessons — an excellent choice to progress with confidence.

About Patrick

I offer tutoring and academic coaching that focuses on holistic development of the student as the central agent in lifetime of learning. Of course success in specific classes and programs is important, but what is more important is developing an understanding of how concepts, skills, and academic approaches bridge and transcend disciplines. I want to work with you to help you better recognize your own potential while also helping you to see how even the most (seemingly) trivial of disciplinary skills can be connected to your larger world and applied towards future success.

I think that one of the most important and rewarding components of my approach and practice is helping students to recognize and begin to intentionally respond to the expectations placed upon them. These expectations come from parents, from teachers, from friends, from colleges, from assignment instructions, from society at large, and -- most importantly -- from the self. To speak bluntly and somewhat crudely, learning sucks when it is something the feels externally enforced and unfairly required...but it is amazing when it is something that you take control of for yourself.

I have a masters degree in teaching with an emphasis on gifted education.  I have a bachelors degree in English and history.  I have spent nine years as a middle and upper school teacher, eight of those as a soccer coach and homeroom advisor.  During that time, I have worked independently as a tutor for students from other area schools.

See more

About the lesson

  • All Levels
  • English

All languages in which the lesson is available :

English

I like to follow a three-step approach to determining fit and focus when working with a new student:

Preliminary Questions -- You and I share some basic information about what you are looking for, what I might be able to provide, and our respective availabilities.

Prologue Meeting -- We schedule an initial, uncharged meeting for student, parent(s), and myself, at which we can better get to know each other, paint a holistic academic picture, and then begin to develop a plan of approach.

Personalized Plan -- Following the prologue meeting, I will draft an initial plan of approach for our work together for the family to review and consider.  If the plan makes sense to everyone, then we begin!



I've worked with all sorts of students, including those labeled as gifted, twice-exceptional, and ESL.  I've worked with students who were "on top of their academic game" (so to speak), and I've worked with students who were trying really, really hard to completely check out.  If you know exactly what you want from school and life and just need someone to help you chart and maintain a path, I can be your guide.  If you happen to currently be raging against the academic machine, no longer able to see much point in even caring or trying, I am here to help you take the fight back to the man.  And if you fall somewhere in between those two extremes, in terms of what you want and what you feel, well then we'll figure out whatever personalized approach to success makes sense for you.

See more

Rates

Rate

  • $50

Pack rates

  • 5h: $250
  • 10h: $500

free lessons

This first lesson offered with Patrick will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.

  • 1hr

online

  • $50/h

Details

To keep thing simple while allowing for the broadest possible scope of approach, I charge $50 an hour for my time, regardless of how it is spent (e.g. in-person meetings, virtual check-ins, travel time, essay or work review, communicating with classroom teachers, attending an academic meeting at school, etc.).

Other tutors in English

SuperprofPrivate English tutor in Royal OakEnglish tutor in Royal OakReading tutor in Royal OakGrammar tutor in Royal OakCreative writing tutor in Royal OakEssay writing tutor in Royal Oak
See more tutors

Verified teacher profile

Patrick's email address and phone number have been validated.

levels

All Levels

All languages in which the lesson is available

English

Review

All of our reviews are collected by us and are 100% reliable. They correspond to a real experience lived by students with Patrick.

Évaluations

Les évaluations regroupent tous les avis certifiés
ainsi que les recommandations laissées sur Patrick

Recommendations

Recommendations come from relatives, friends and acquaintances of the teacher

free lessons

This first lesson offered with Patrick will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.

Report this posting

Describe the problem encountered on this ad

About
All Subjects
Cities
Blogs & Help
google playstore icon apple itunes icon