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ELISA

5 (4 reviews)

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Number of students accompanied by ELISA since their arrival at Superprof
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Number of students accompanied by ELISA since their arrival at Superprof

5 (4 reviews)

RM204/h

1^st lesson belanja

Spanish

Experienced tutor in Spanish in Smyrna, ELISA offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

Spanish

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About ELISA

Welcome to Ms. CuzCuz Educational Services, where personalized learning meets exceptional expertise!

As an Independent Educational Consultant and World Languages Specialist with multiple general and special education certifications and over 15 years of successful experience, I offer a comprehensive range of services.

From tutoring, remediation, and intensive intervention to homeschooling and homebound support, my tailored approach ensures each student achieves their educational goals.

I proudly serve learners of all ages—including K-2, upper elementary, middle school, high school, and adults—across a vast array of subjects:

* Literacy & Language Arts: Systematic and sequential phonics instruction, vocabulary, morphology, grammar, syntax, reading comprehension, and writing geared to the learner’s specific needs and goals.

* STEM & Social Studies: All sciences, Mathematics (up to Algebra II), and Social Studies.

* Languages & DLI Support: Dual Language Immersion (DLI) Spanish literacy, DLI content support, Spanish, Italian, and English as second languages centered on second language acquisition theory and proficiency.

* Technology: Computer literacy.

With a deep commitment to empowering learners, I am dedicated to fostering more than just academic growth. I focus on developing the vital study skills and self-confidence that will serve students long after our time together.

In fact, my ultimate goal is for my students to no longer need my support. I want them to graduate to a place where they only return for situational "tune-ups," occasional support on specific tasks, or reviews for major assessments.

Yes, that means they will eventually "fire me"—and that is exactly as it should be! Their success allows me to welcome new students to their own journeys.

Second only to seeing my students thrive, there is no better feeling than hearing that a prospective family found me through a referral from a former student or guardian who credits their success to our work together.

I look forward to being a part of your educational journey!

In learning,

Elisa

Ready to unlock your student's full potential?

Let’s connect! Contact me today to schedule a consultation and discuss how we can build a customized learning plan tailored to your student's unique needs.

I started tutoring and teaching when I was at university (late 1990’s and never stopped: I love sharing what I know and how to learn how to learn something we know knowing about that I have been returning to graduate school periodically to gain new skill sets that would enable me to meet the needs of my students.

In addition to my science and math background and being trilingual, I studied neurobiology at university (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy), I completed two comprehensive graduate programs: one on teaching sciences and one on second language acquisition, I am currently enrollled in a third one focussed on reading instruction and remediation for students with language based differences (LD/SLD), and I am trained on the Wilson Reading System and Learning without Tears (formerly Handwriting without Tears).

Last, I maintain GA teaching certification in the current fields:

-Biology

-Broad Field Sciences

-Mathematics

-Special Education General Curriculum

- Special Education Science & Math

- Spanish

- Italian

- ESOL Endorsement.

About the lesson

For all subjects I teach, before I even commit to the assignment, I always set up an initial meeting at NO CHARGE during which I take the time to discuss my prospective student needs and goals, break the ice, make sure we are comfortable working together but most importantly, that I AM indeed the best fit for them.

TEST PREP - Free initial mock test to assess prior content knowledge and identify areas on which to focus first.

ALL WORLD LANGUAGES - During our initial meeting, discuss my approach to teaching my languages, share resources that compare ‘my approach’ to second language acquisition and the ‘traditional approach’, share samples completed by students I have taught/I am teaching (students’ identification witheld) to demonstrate how and why teaching languages is different from teaching math, science, or even English Language Arts.

I spend some time on the front end to do this because I want my students to ‘trust the process’ (aka trust themselves!): I want them to be confident that, akin to how we ALL learnt our first languages, our focus will be on understanding the new language first and production will start later (Teaching Communicative Language, Teaching with Comprehensible Input, Natural Approach to Language Acquisition) but this doesn’t mean that they aren’t LEARNING anything... We would never dream of asking a toddler or even a preschooler to conjugate verbs, recite vocabulary lists, or give a presentation on a cultural tradition, why should we expect it when WE are learning a second one?!

I want ALL my students to realise that language acquisition is attainable, even those of you that always believed “they were not good at languages”!

When I used to be in the classroom, we had classroom rules: my most important one was “come to your lessons with an open mind and do your 50% (listen carefully)”. The next one would have been to “trust the process”: know that our ability to use our first language has prepared our brains to learn new ones and enabled us to do so in a fun and relaxed setting! So sit back, listen carefully, and ENJOY the journey!

SPANISH & ITALIAN -

I offer all my prospective students an initial (complimentary) language assessment and interests survey to ensure that, from our very first meeting, we can focus our work together on their needs and goals.

ESOL - I am provider with Oxford University Press and I utilise their testing platform to offer my prospective students an initial (complimentary) language assessment and ensure that, from our very first meeting, we can focus our work together on their needs and goals.

I have worked with students of all backgrounds (traditional, non-traditional, homeschool groups, individually homeschooled, hospital homebound support, and virtual/on line school support), levels (preschool to high school, college, adult learners, and busy professionals), and in a variety of settings (private, small group, homeschooling groups, homeschooling coops, ad hoc math and science enrichment days/half-days) and even remote instruction when the logistics called for it.

My advice to anyone who is looking for a tutor for themselves or someone in their care is to ensure the professional they select doesn't just provide them with the content knowledge but is also able to communicate with them, understand their needs, and be responsive as they adapt their instruction to that knowledge.

I ask you that you take time to interview the professional you are considering, ask a lot of questions, make sure the two of you (or your student and the pro) "gel": look for empathy, love for learning, and enthusiasm!

Learning is a life long endeavour (even more so when the goal is language acquisition) and you want to make sure the time you spend on it the will lead to positive learning experiences that will nurture curiosity, interest, and feeling of accomplishment!

A few things worth thinking about before reaching out
Q1: What is your role as a teacher/tutor?

My job is not to transfer information to my students but to help them understand how knowledge empowers them when they are willing to go for the ride of a life time to discover that critical thinking, problem solving, and resilience are more important than always being always correct or getting the correct answer at the first try.

Q2: What is your end goal as a teacher/tutor?

My goal is for my students to become independent and curious learners; in other words, for them to NO LONGER NEED MY HELP but feel that our time together was well spent and, because of this, I count on them to recommend me to their friends and families that may need help or want to learn a language!

Last, make me a proud teacher to whom they will send random texts/emails with pictures of them as they experience life milestones!

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Belinda
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Perfect! Great experience, and very professional, responsive and very helpful, however I’ve decided I don’t want to learn via join.me. I’ll continue to look for opportunities near me for a one on one experience.
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Belinda

Perfect! Great experience, and very professional, responsive and very helpful, however I’ve decided I don’t want to learn via join.me. I’ll continue to look for opportunities near me for a one on one experience.
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Samaha

Elisa has been a great help to my 5th grader. She helps him think through his Math strategies and steps and uses language and examples he can understand. In addition to math, she helps with science, spelling and social studies and helps prepare him for any upcoming quizzes or test. Elisa has been a great asset to our family.
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Samaha
Elisa has been a great help to my 5th grader. She helps him think through his Math strategies and steps and uses language and examples he can understand. In addition to math, she helps with science, spelling and social studies and helps prepare him for any upcoming quizzes or test. Elisa has been a great asset to our family.
Tracy

Elisa has been an amazing tutor to our homeschool. The children have learned so much in the time they spend with her. She is creative in her lesson delivery and really keeps the children engaged in what’s going on in the world around us - and it’s all done in Spanish.
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Tracy
Elisa has been an amazing tutor to our homeschool. The children have learned so much in the time they spend with her. She is creative in her lesson delivery and really keeps the children engaged in what’s going on in the world around us - and it’s all done in Spanish.
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I LOVED how she was able to reiterate different methods of strategy to be certain that I understood what she was explaining to me. There was not anything that she could not solve or figure out. She’s a genius! I was extremely satisfied with her & her ability to be so well-rounded with the variety of subjects we were studying. I passed my Nursing Entrance Exam after tutoring with her for months & I would gladly recommend her & even tutor again with her in the future!
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I LOVED how she was able to reiterate different methods of strategy to be certain that I understood what she was explaining to me. There was not anything that she could not solve or figure out. She’s a genius! I was extremely satisfied with her & her ability to be so well-rounded with the variety of subjects we were studying. I passed my Nursing Entrance Exam after tutoring with her for months & I would gladly recommend her & even tutor again with her in the future!
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