Norma
Patient Piano and Spanish Teacher, 15 years experience
I am a professional Piano, ESL, Spanish and Pilates teacher. I am classically trained in Piano and music theory and I enjoy teaching to students of all ages and levels. I have taught elementary, middle school, high school and College. My students say my classes are dynamic, creative and motivating. I have good interpersonal skills and try to make learning fun for my students. I majored in Education in college, I obtained my ESL teaching certification and I studied piano since I was...
grammar
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
Spanish
English
ESL/ESOL
Adobe Photoshop
economics
I taught Economics 101, Macro and Micro-Economics at a community college for a few years and also in high school for 12th grade students. I have many years of corporate work experience and a good understanding of the way modern economies function/operate and what factors affect the economy. I also majored in Business and I had to take many finance, economics and financial math/statistics classes. I love the academic environment and really enjoy working with students of all backgrounds and ages. I would be happy to assist you with your Economics courses.
TOEFL
elementary (k-6th)
piano
ADD/ADHD
Throughout my years of teaching children and youth, I have worked with many students that were diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. As a result, I worked/partnered with their parents and the school psychologist to put together special program with assignments to meet the students' learning needs. I have been successful working with ADD students and I have helped them improve their coursework and grades.
marketing
fitness
business
Leslie G. from Ann Arbor, MI
Norma was very helpful and flexible with her time, in helping me with a PowerPoint presentation. I had never used PowerPoint before and needed to give a presentation for a job interview within a week. I received great reviews on my presentation, so I am so thankful for Norma's help!
Tanishia N. from Belleville, MI
Today I really like the way she went away from the text and tested our skill. We are slowly but surely learning the things we need to know. Not a bunch of non relevant stuff. We think she's great!
Anastasia M. from Ann Arbor, MI
Norma is a professional tutor! She has a friendly attitude to her students. She always picks those exercises that help me practice and we combine the book with videos and speaking. That's very helpful and keeps me involved and allows me to stay interested and enjoy each 1.5 hour class! I appreciate her work with me and I see a huge improvement in my Spanish. I highly recommend Norma to both beginners and people with some knowledge of Spanish.
Petra M. from Ann Arbor, MI
Norma seemed very knowledgeable and experienced in her field - would have loved to have picked her brain a little, but the location she chose had poor internet service and I was unable to access my computer or my phone. Her computer was affected also, so we did not have much of a chance to work on what I had planned to. Since I was under a time constraint, I couldn't meet again, but did end up figuring out most of what I needed to at home. If I need further help in this area, I would certainly be interested in connecting with Norma again - but maybe at a different location.