Supplemental education services in St. Louis since 2011. To my students, I am equal parts tutor and mentor. Greetings! I have a B.A.
My name is Christen, and I've been tutoring K-12 students in English, SAT, and ACT since 2011. in Communications, a decade of studying learning types, and a passion for helping students excel. During my years in education, I have come to specialize in encouraging teens to lead their own education. In our first tutoring session, I have a broad conversation with to understand his/her academic streng
09/29/2021
What drives an innovator: The belief that I am the master of my own fate and that I can make decisions that will make a difference.
Words adapted from this book by . Fantastic text.
What skills do children need to be masters of their own lives?
09/28/2021
Warm thoughts to these children and the adults who are supporting them 💕
“Nooooooo!” is my reaction when a student doesn’t try writing assignment 😭 And then we jump into it! Because the best way to stop overthinking is to start doing ✨
I know my students can do it! I know you can do it!
08/17/2021
Who was your favorite teacher growing up? What if you could call them when you were having a tough learning moment?
I personalize my lessons with these questions in mind. I consider my students personality preferences - Meyers Briggs, Enneagram, DISC. And I adjust our class exercises.
Next week I’m sharing these exercises for critique. Thankful for my knowledgeable friends in the personality realm 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
08/13/2021
It was Winter 2019. We had no idea what was coming.
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Work from home. E-learning. Masks. Distancing.
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We lived life and loved each other and I miss youuuu!!!
08/08/2021
Let your imagination run free. What’s your biggest, boldest dream? Put words and an image to it.
^ This is one of my favorite conversation starters with a student. I get a glimpse into their world, their flame — and that fuels our sessions 🔥🔥🔥
07/30/2021
Give yourself a high-five today. Finish your day, look yourself in the mirror, and say job well done 👏🏻👏🏿👏🏽
07/28/2021
Hey, it’s me. Talking personality and learning types with my internet friends. Always a solid time. 👯♀️❤️✨
07/26/2021
Step 1: Celebrate your abilities and honor your limitations
Step 2: Make adjustments based on ^^Step 1^^
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Teens come to my tutoring sessions expecting to conform to MY way of teaching. I prefer to ask about their experience and for them to shape our lessons.
“How was our class workload last week?”
“Good.”
“Good like you managed it? Good like it was easy? Good like you got it done but put other things aside? Good like you finished it and it was just whatever?... How was your experience last week?”
And so the conversation goes until I can understand how they’re thriving and how they’re struggling. When a struggle comes up, we have a conversation about priorities, and I ask my students to draw a boundary in their life.
It’s often a SMALL boundary - around the way that they use their time, emotional energy, or physical space - that will make a key difference in their stress level.
07/22/2021
A, age 9, contributing to my worksheet design.
In my lessons, I want exercises to be simple enough for a 3rd grader to do, but with nuances that bring up realizations for my teen students.
07/16/2021
Set a personal goal. Craft your own project. My tutoring sessions are encouraging and free range and challenging.
07/14/2021
Middle school study session ✨
| Monday | 2pm - 8pm |
| Tuesday | 2pm - 8pm |
| Wednesday | 2pm - 8pm |
| Thursday | 2pm - 8pm |
| Friday | 2pm - 8pm |
| Saturday | 8am - 2pm |
| Sunday | 8am - 2pm |