Eve Chosak, MFAAs an academic coach and tutor with ADHD, I relate to the struggles many of my students face. I welcome the opportunity to help them realize that with a few key tools, they can achieve much more than they thought possible. I help each learner through the hardest tasks so they ace their studies and have time for fun. My specialty is coaching students who don’t otherwise thrive in school. I have helped the math-averse become confident students with an “A” average, I have aided students who think they can’t write papers learn to compose with confidence, and I have coached the organizationally challenged to track assignments, get their work handed in on time, and see their grades go up dramatically with little additional effort. Students with writers block are able to craft beautiful high school and college application essays that highlight their true passions and gifts, and bolster their application. Students who struggle on tests learn how to improve their scores without needing to work harder. Like a detective, I identify where there are gaps in a student's academic experience, and close those gaps so the student has what they need to excel. I also discover where each student is naturally brilliant, and use what they know and care about as a launching pad to guide them to new understanding. I stay with each learner through the hardest parts of a challenge, listening to what they say, as well as to what they are not saying. I notice when they get frustrated, and I extend compassion, praise effort, and appreciate what is valuable about their perspective.
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What I Do |
I have taught for 18+ years, tutored for 13 years, and have a background in educational theory and practice, as well as a passion for cognitive neuroscience. I create customized learning experiences for diverse learners. I find great satisfaction in helping others overcome barriers to understanding, and achieve beyond what they thought possible. I take pride in seeing that a learner has everything necessary to transfer learning into the classroom and beyond, by participating fully in the teams of educators, therapists, and parents who care about the success of that student.
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Clients |
I have provided academic coaching and tutoring to students attending the following
schools: Acalanes High School, Lafayette, CA Addison Elementary School, Palo Alto, CA Alameda High School, Alameda, CA Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, CA Bentley School, Lafayette, CA Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA Bishop O’Dowd High School, Oakland, CA Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA College of Marin, Kentfield, CA Corpus Christie School, Piedmont, CA Elon University, Elon, NC Encinal Junior/Senior High School, Alameda, CA Frank C. Havens Elementary School, Piedmont, CA Fusion Academy, Walnut Creek, CA Hamilton College, Clinton, NY Head-Royce School, Oakland, CA Hillcrest Elementary School, Oakland, CA Iroquois High School, Elma, NY Iroquois Intermediate/Middle School, Elma, NY Lick-Wilmerding High School, San Francisco, CA Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD The Marin School, San Rafael, CA Maybeck High School, Berkeley, CA Miramonte High School, Orinda, CA Nazareth Academy, La Grange Park, IL The Nueva School, Hillsborough, CA Oakland School for the Arts, Oakland, CA Oakland Technical High School, Oakland, CA Orinda Academy, Orinda, CA Orion Academy, Moraga, CA Park Day School, Oakland, CA Petaluma High School, Petaluma, CA Piedmont High School, Piedmont, CA Piedmont Middle School, Piedmont, CA Saint John's University, Queens, NY Saint Louis Priory School, St. Louis, MS Saint Theresa School, Oakland, CA San Francisco Friends School, San Francisco, CA Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY Tilden Preparatory School, Albany/Walnut Creek, CA University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO University of Idaho, Moscow, ID University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO Willard Middle School, Berkeley, CA |
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