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CLRC Tutoring

Many CLRC teachers offer private tutoring. Tutoring is available in a wide variety of subject areas and can be either teacher-directed or student-directed.

CLRC Offers both Supplemental Tutoring and Tutoring for Private Course Instruction
All CLRC tutors are knowledgeable in their area of study (most have advanced degrees in their subject area) and are experienced educators.

Teacher Directed Tutoring

Private Course Instruction
For students who wish to take a full class one-on-one with a qualified instructor and are looking for:

A fully developed course geared to your specific goals, learning style, and pace
A subject area not offered in your local school or homeschool
All grading done by teacher
Credit for a completed course
One-on-one private course instruction
Flexible scheduling

Student Directed Tutoring

Supplemental Tutoring
For students currently enrolled in a course with CLRC, another provider, co-op or homeschool who are looking for:

Assistance in areas of difficulty
Extra practice
Preparation for tests
One-on-one focused instruction
Supplemental ungraded course work in an area of interest
Flexible scheduling

All tutoring and private course instruction are provided via live video conferencing in Zoom or Adobe Connect. All course sessions are recorded and provided to students and parents upon request. Lessons can be reviewed at any time.
CLRC Teachers set their own tutoring fees which range from $25 - $60 per half hour.

The following instructors are available for tutoring. If you are interested in tutoring services please contact Anne Van Fossen.

Marie-Luise Reinhard earned her Master’s in Education in both Latin and French from Mainz University in Germany and Tours University in France. She is a native German speaker and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Tor Vergata University of Rome where her work focuses on effective methods for Latin instruction. She has won numerous awards and scholarships. She is also an experienced educator at all levels, having worked with children at the elementary, middle school, and high school level as well as several universities including John’s Hopkins, two universities in Italy, and the Polis-Institute in Jerusalem. She is personable, enthusiastic, and an outstanding scholar - not to mention a professional opera singer!

Dimitra Salavasili was born and raised in Volos, Greece. She graduated from the Pedagogical Department of Primary Education, University of Thessaly, Greece, and completed a Postgraduate Program on learning environments and production of teaching material at the same university. She also completed a postgraduate program in special education at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. She has been teaching students of all ages for the last 10 years. Her great love besides mathematics is the etymology of words, which reveals all the richness of the language and the culture of people.

Patricia Slatin received her Ph.D. in Classics from the University of California at Berkeley in 2005, with a focus on ancient philosophy, particularly Platonic metaphysics and theology. Thereafter she served as visiting assistant professor at Georgetown University (2007-2009) and postdoctoral teaching fellow at Stanford (2009-2013); recently she taught history and Greek at St. John’s Orthodox Academy in San Francisco and Biblical Greek at the San Francisco Theological Seminary. Beyond teaching, Patricia enjoys spending time with her cat, walking in the hills of western Iowa, and volunteering at a local nature preserve.

Anne Van Fossen spent seven years working with her husband, John, to found a Christian Classical K-8 school in California. Anne was the Director of Program and Curriculum Development and head of the Ancient Languages Department. She has over 15 years of experience teaching classical Greek and Latin to all ages from Kindergarten to adult. Anne earned her Master’s degree in Classics from the University of California at Santa Barbara where she was awarded the Keith Aldridge Memorial Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in the Classics and taught Greek Mythology, Classical Archaeology, Greek Civilization, and Greek Tragedy as a teaching assistant for four years. Anne earned her bachelor’s degree in Physics and Chemistry (summa cum laude) from Mount Holyoke College and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi Societies. Anne lives in Naples, Idaho where she homeschools her three sons with her husband. She loves reading, running, and romping with her boys.

Dr. Christi Williams is a classical school educator who lives in Houston, TX. She got her PhD in philosophy at Baylor University and has been teaching for 15 years. She teaches and tutors in great texts, philosophy, literature, history, Latin, and art. She has two teenage daughters, and enjoys reading, mentoring students, book clubs, conversations at coffee shops, and taking walks at the arboretum.

Lawrence Wray has taught writing and literature for over thirty years. As a homeschooling parent, teaching in an education cooperative in Pittsburgh, Lawrence helped students develop their understanding and facility with the personal essay. His teaching experience includes writing courses at Pennsylvania State University, a Graduate Teaching Fellowship at Duquesne University where, among other things, he studied the poetry of women writers at the end of the eighteenth century. Prior to this, Lawrence studied philosophy and comparative literature at Binghamton University where he taught writing-intensive courses. His undergraduate degree—English, creative writing, and Classical literature with an emphasis in Latin—was completed at the University of Arizona. Lawrence is a member of the Connecticut River Poetry and Poetics seminar, an annual meeting that emerged from the Frost Place Advanced Poetry Seminar, and publishes poetry in journals such as Coal Hill Review, St. Katherine Review, Presence, Relief, and Poetry Salzburg Review.