Cynthia Alliston

I communicate directly with parents to determine their child's learning goals, and develop a plan to achieve them.  We would work together weekly as mutually agreed upon to achieve their child's learning objectives.  We can adjust our tutoring plan as needed to accommodate the child's evolving learning needs.

I have a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Business Management, a prior professional leadership career in Human Resources and Organizational Development, and professional tutoring experience in English, Reading, Grammar, Language Comprehension, and Writing skills. 

My current tutoring rate is $40.00 per hour for an hour long (60 minutes) tutoring session in my clients' homes. If desired, 45 minute sessions are $35.00 per session. 

If a family may have 2 children requiring tutoring services, I typically recommend 45 minutes per child, for a total of 1 & 1/2 hours with both children. My current rate for 2 adjacent sessions totalling 1 & 1/2 hours is $60.00.

Note: Rate Schedule Updated: September 2022

In my prior Human Resources and Organizational Development career, most of my positions included training and educating executives, managers, and employees on various HR/OD initiatives, policies, practices, and programs. After retiring from my Corporate HR/OD career in October 2015, I thought extensively about the type of work that I would like to do on a part-time basis. I have always enjoyed communicating with children. Given the adverse educational impacts resulting from the COVID pandemic, it was clear that there is a major need for tutors to work 1:1 with children of all ages and grade levels. I have have strong ELA (English Language Arts) skills, and was subsequently drawn to ELA tutoring.

Since June 2021, I have been actively tutoring children between the ages of 5-14 years old. Through my tutoring efforts, I have been able to improve my clients' reading and ELA test scores significantly. I use praise, recognition, and reinforcement techniques to reward positive outcomes. My tutoring style is engaging, fun, energetic, and collaborative.

I also firmly believe in keeping parents informed regarding their child's tutoring progress, and will make adjustments as needed to accommodate the evolving needs of my clients.

Currently, I am working with children and pre-teens between the ages of 5-14, in Kindergarten through 9th grades. 

In addition to tutoring Kindergarten through High School students, during 2021, I worked with college age young and older adult students to assist them in researching and writing both Bachelor's and Master's degree program coursework, essays, and papers.

I am also available to tutor adults who may desire to improve their business and/or personal writing skills, memoirs, etc. Adult ELA objectives may include improving one's grammar, spelling, reading comprehension skills, etc. Objectives are focused on what may be required to improve the  adult's writing skills.

There have been many rewarding experiences while tutoring my clients over this past year. Some of the most rewarding events are when I receive feedback - either directly or indirectly - that my students really enjoy and have fun working with me, have expanded their ELA knowledge, learned new things about themselves, improved their ELA test scores, or positively navigated new school or social situations. Sometimes non-ELA conversations may occur during our 1:1 ELA tutoring sessions, and when they occur, they present opportunities to coach and mentor my students. 

I strongly believe that every child and adult has great worth, specific gifts and traits that make them unique individuals, and personal attributes and strengths to share with others as they go out into the world to contribute their talents in society and eventually, the world of work.

Many of my students' parents have expressed deep appreciation for not only my tutoring efforts and results with their children, but also for the informal coaching and mentoring that I may provide with their child, as their curiosity, concerns, and questions may arise regarding social or school situations they may encounter ( e.g. bullying, socially fitting in, making new friends, etc ) . I am happy to coach and mentor my students as such situation or concerns may arise. 

Let's meet, determine if there's a good fit re: working with your child/ren, and begin working together! 😊📚📖

- What ELA subjects is my child struggling with? 

- What have my child's recent test scores revealed (areas of strength and areas for improvement)? 

- What tutoring efforts (if any) have been tried? What tutoring methods worked or may not have worked for your child? 

- What learning methodologies will the tutor use with my child? 

,- Inform the tutor of any special needs, learning issues, the child's motivators, special interests, sports they like, etc.