Joseph R.
Private tutor in Minneapolis, MN
Education
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities University Honors Program Sophomore 4.0 Majors: Spanish/Portuguese Studies Global Studies (Global Cultural Analysis & Latin America) French Studies
Experience
Volunteer French Tutor University of Minnesota – Twin Cities January 2015 – May 2015 • Made myself available 4 hours a week for French students at the University of Minnesota to receive tutoring help • Helped students with learning vocabulary and grammar concepts, as well as editing and revising homework assignments and papers ACT - 30 [31 reading, 30 english, 29 - math, 28 - science, 10 - writing] AP World History - 4 AP U.S. History - 5 AP Macroeconomics - 4 AP U.S. Government & Politics - 5 I would personally like to be a tutor because I love academia and what I study and would love to be able to share that with other people and benefit them in the process. Currently, my plans for the future involve going to graduate school and I am strongly considering teaching or education as a potential career path. Youth Leadership Intern Concordia Language Villages – El Lago del Bosque (Spanish Immersion Camp) Summer 2012 • Prepared and directed weekly lessons and activities for children to guarantee language acquisition • Managed the camp’s candy shop in an organized, helpful and courteous manner • Worked with other counselors and periodically spoke with the Dean about my progress to develop leadership skills Lead Counselor Concordia Language Villages Twin Cities Day Camps (Spanish Immersion) Summer 2016 • Work with other staff to create a daily language and culture curriculum • Participate in large and small group instruction
Subject Expertise
SAT Subject Test in United States HistoryFrench 3French 4GeographyLatin America HistorySAT Subject Test in FrenchSAT Subject Test in French with ListeningSAT Subject Test in SpanishSAT Subject Test in Spanish with ListeningFrench 2SAT Subject Test in World HistorySpanishSpanish 1Spanish 2Spanish 3Spanish 4ACCUPLACER ESLFrench 1FrenchESL/ELLCLEP SpanishCLEP History of the United States II: 1865 to the PresentCLEP History of the United States ICLEP FrenchCLEP American GovernmentAP World HistoryAP United States HistoryAP U.S. Government & PoliticsAP Spanish Literature and CultureAP Spanish LanguageAP French Language and CultureAP French
Availability
Any day at any time
Can Meet
Up to 15 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
Reading/Literature, TV/Movies, Music (in many languages): Some of my favorite books have been young adult series like Harry Potter and literary wonders like Brave New World; some of my favorite TV series have been Lost, Dexter, OITNB, and Sense8 Studying new languages (on top of speaking English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French I have studied American Sign Language, Italian, German, Japanese, Russian and Finnish to varying degrees!)
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