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Deborah E's Bio
What I Teach
- ACT (Reading, Grammar, Math, Science, Grade 8-12)
- AP Tests (French, Biology, English Language and Composition, Grades 9-12)
- Biology (Grades 1-12)
- CCAT (Pre-K -12)
- COGAT (Grades PreK-8)
- CTP-ERB (Grades preK-12)
- ELA (Grades K-12)
- ESL/TOEFL (Grades 1-12)
- FLI (PreK-1)
- French (basic/intermediate, Grades K-12)
- GATE (Grades preK-6)
- General Academics (Grades K-12)
- Grammar (PreK-12)
- HSPT (Grades 6-12)
- Hunter (Grades PreK-3)
- Hunter College Prep (Grades 3-6)
- Hunter High School Entrance Exam (Math, ELA, Grades 5-6)
- InView (Grades 2-10)
- Iowa (Grades preK-12)
- Iowa/IBTS (Grades K-8)
- ISEE (Grades preK-12)
- KABC (Grades K-3)
- KBIT-2 (Grades PreK-3)
- LAUSD (Grades preK-8)
- MAP/NWEA (Grades K-8)
- NNAT (Grades PreK-8)
- NYC G&T (PreK-2)
- NY Regents (Literature, French, Algebra, Geometry, Biology, US History, World History, Earth Science)
- OLSAT (Grades PreK-8)
- PSAT (Grades 8-10)
- Reading comprehension skills
- RIAS (K-8)
- SAT (Reading, Writing, and Math, Grades 6-12)
- SAT-10 (K-12)
- SCAT (Grades K-12)
- SHSAT (Grades 7-10)
- Social Studies (Grades 1-12)
- SSAT (Grades 1-12)
- Stanford-Binet/SB5 (PreK-12)
- State Standards ELA (preK-12)
- Terra Nova (preK-8)
- Thinking and Engagement (PreK-8)
- Torrance/TTCT (PreK-8)
- WISC-V and WISC-IV (Ages 6+, PreK-12)
- Woodcock-Johnson (Grades PreK-8)
- WPPSI (Ages 3-7, Grades PreK-1)
- Writing (Grades PreK-12)
😇 Fun Fact
I have seen all 8 planets with a telescope, and enjoy stargazing trips with astronomy groups. I have a fun collection of origami animals along with my real puppy!
📚 Favorite Quote
“Into the woods, each time you go there’s more to learn of what you know.”- Stephen Sondheim
How I Work With Kids
I approach each lesson with humor and make the material relatable to the students. I approach the questions as fun “puzzles,” and “brain games,” not as parts of “tests.” After all, I am a puzzle lover myself!
Educational Background, Degrees, Licenses
- B.A. French Language
- ESL Certificate, Literacy Assistance Center
Experience
- Tutor – 10 years (Pre-K–Adult)
- ESL Teacher – 9 years (grade 5–Adult)
- Volunteer and Organizer of Volunteer Groups to teach ESL, SAT/ACT Classes, Computer/Job Prep Skills – 10 years
- Content Question Writer for SAT and SHSAT
What Parents Say
- “She enjoyed her lesson and appreciated it very much.”
- “Thank you for your support. I have seen (student’s) confidence grow through this process.”
- “(Student) passed with 97%.”
- “We are very happy, and my daughter wants me to sign her up for more sessions.”
- We've been using Testing Mom and working with two different Testing Mom tutors to prepare my 6th grader for standardized testing she will need to apply to some academically competitive local high school programs. Testing Mom has been one of the most effective tools we've used to prepare her, and it was a great experience working with her tutors. She worked with Ms. Deborah for Language Arts, and Deborah is a very gifted teacher. Deborah particularly excelled in focusing on the areas that needed strengthening and assigning homework perfectly targeted to those skills. With a lot of hard work and help from her tutors, my daughter went into her test with a lot of confidence. We were thrilled with the results -- she scored in the 97th percentile, which was an improvement from her score earlier in the year of 87th percentile. We plan to continue our formula for success and are grateful for the Testing Mom resources and her wonderful tutors.
- Deborah is the home run tutor we’d been looking for for Mia!! Such clear explanation of work Mia isn’t fully comprehending and support of that which she is beginning to do so. Listening in on their session yesterday and how relaxed Mia is to study with Deborah reinforced our decision to try a tutoring service. Please let Deborah know how grateful we are for her skills and knowledge to help Mia move forward in her learning.