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Testimonials
Dr. Jan Emerson worked with my son during the 2017-2018 academic year. She is a brilliant educator and was able to make my son excited about improving his reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing. Thanks, Dr. Emerson!
Erica L
Parent, New York
Jan Emerson is energetic, brilliant, talented, sophisticated, likeable, and most of all she genuinely cares about student success. She is simply incredible!’
Sean Dolcy
Assistant Principal, High School for Math, Science, and Education, New York, NY
Dr. Jan Emerson
"If your child is struggling, or if you want your child to advance more quickly, I can help. I know that as a tutor I can do what a teacher with 30 students in a classroom cannot do: I can tailor every lesson to the unique needs of each student. I teach students the academic, test taking and writing (short response, paragraph, essay), and executive functioning skills they need to improve scores and become better thinkers and writers. As a specialist in 4th-8th grade, I am familiar with public (ELA, Specialized High School), private (ISSE, SSAT), and parochial (COOP, HSPT, TACHS) entrance exams, as well as AATG German achievement tests. I have administered and graded state ELA tests, and helped design state language standards in Oregon."
Dr. Emerson earned a Ph.D. from Brown University in German, a Masters in Education from Pace University, a Masters in German with a concentration in Medieval Languages from the University of Massachusetts–Amherst, and a B.A. in English and German from Indiana University. She directed the German Language Program at the University of Oregon and taught at Reed College. She also taught for the NYCDOE, and has been among the most qualified private English tutors in Manhattan for the past six years.
"If your child is struggling, or if you want your child to advance more quickly, I can help. I know that as a tutor I can do what a teacher with 30 students in a classroom cannot do: I can tailor every lesson to the unique needs of each student. I teach students the academic, test taking and writing (short response, paragraph, essay), and executive functioning skills they need to improve scores and become better thinkers and writers. As a specialist in 4th-8th grade, I am familiar with public (ELA, Specialized High School), private (ISSE, SSAT), and parochial (COOP, HSPT, TACHS) entrance exams, as well as AATG German achievement tests. I have administered and graded state ELA tests, and helped design state language standards in Oregon."
Dr. Emerson earned a Ph.D. from Brown University in German, a Masters in Education from Pace University, a Masters in German with a concentration in Medieval Languages from the University of Massachusetts–Amherst, and a B.A. in English and German from Indiana University. She directed the German Language Program at the University of Oregon and taught at Reed College. She also taught for the NYCDOE, and has been among the most qualified private English tutors in Manhattan for the past six years.
Experience
Background in Humanities Core Curriculum: World Literature, History, Philosophy, Gender Studies, Medieval Studies, German, Teaching Methodologies, Poetry, Painting
Education
2007 - Masters in Secondary Education / English, Pace University
1990 - Ph.D. in German / Medieval Studies, Brown University
M.A. in German, University of Massachusetts
B.A. in English and German, Indiana University
Publications
Anthology: Imagining Heaven in the Middle Ages: A Book of Essays.Article: "Harmony, Hierarchy, and the Senses in the Vision of Tundal
Testimonials
Dr. Jan Emerson worked with my son during the 2017-2018 academic year. She is a brilliant educator and was able to make my son excited about improving his reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing. Thanks, Dr. Emerson!
