Geography Tutor for High School Students (AP, IB, iGCSE)
From 59.79 C$ /h
Kevin has worked in geography education during the last 20 years. He has been an official Exam Reader for the AP Human Geography Exam for over a decade and has taught the course (or its equivalent) in Austria, Tanzania, Switzerland and the United States. He knows how the exam works and the kinds of questions one can expect.
In 2019, Kevin was selected by National Geographic for the Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship. He is a recipient of the K-12 Distinguished Teacher Award from The National Council for Geographic Education (USA).
In 2019, Kevin was selected by National Geographic for the Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship. He is a recipient of the K-12 Distinguished Teacher Award from The National Council for Geographic Education (USA).
Location
Online from Spain
About Me
Kevin S. is a cultural geographer originally from Connecticut in the United States. He grew up in what he considers the borderlands between the suburbs and the rural; the Yankees and the Red Sox; the Pequonnock and the Housatonic; between New York and New England.
His research interests include memorial landscapes, mapping, walking, pilgrimage, geographic literacy and the geographical imagination. With a commitment to discussing geographical thinking in more public ways he has presented work in Spain, Austria, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Tanzania and the USA. He has also curated a photographic exhibition framed around small town America meeting small town Spain via images of the Appalachian Trail. In 2013 he walked the entire length of this 3,500 km. National Scenic Trail from Maine to Georgia.
He has taught at multiple levels—middle school, high school, college, university and in adult education—and has taught different subjects—geography, psychology, cartography, history, Spanish, English, and beekeeping—in multiple countries, including the United States, Bolivia, Paraguay, Spain, Austria and Tanzania.
He is the founding director of The Geographical Imaginations Expedition & Institute. Between 2014-2020 he hosted and produced the monthly radio essay program, Geographical Imaginations: Radio Expeditions into the Geographies of Everything and Nothing. In 2019 he was selected by National Geographic for the Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship and traveled to Arctic Svalbard. He is a recipient of the K-12 Distinguished Teacher Award from The National Council for Geographic Education.
His research interests include memorial landscapes, mapping, walking, pilgrimage, geographic literacy and the geographical imagination. With a commitment to discussing geographical thinking in more public ways he has presented work in Spain, Austria, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Tanzania and the USA. He has also curated a photographic exhibition framed around small town America meeting small town Spain via images of the Appalachian Trail. In 2013 he walked the entire length of this 3,500 km. National Scenic Trail from Maine to Georgia.
He has taught at multiple levels—middle school, high school, college, university and in adult education—and has taught different subjects—geography, psychology, cartography, history, Spanish, English, and beekeeping—in multiple countries, including the United States, Bolivia, Paraguay, Spain, Austria and Tanzania.
He is the founding director of The Geographical Imaginations Expedition & Institute. Between 2014-2020 he hosted and produced the monthly radio essay program, Geographical Imaginations: Radio Expeditions into the Geographies of Everything and Nothing. In 2019 he was selected by National Geographic for the Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship and traveled to Arctic Svalbard. He is a recipient of the K-12 Distinguished Teacher Award from The National Council for Geographic Education.
Education
National Geographic Educator Certificate, Fall 2018, National Geographic Society, Washington D.C., USA
TEFL course including Grammar Awareness, Business English, English to Young
Learners, English One-to-One, and Audio/Video Lessons (120 hours), February-March 2014
PhD Coursework (40+ credits), Geography, Fall 2008-Fall 2012, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, Irish-Gaelic Summer Intensive Language Study, June-August 2009, Oideas Gael, Gleann Cholm Cille, Eire/Ireland
Master of Arts, Geography, June 2008, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA
Advanced Social Sciences Program, Fall 1995, FLACSO, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, May 1995, University of Connecticut, Storrs,
Connecticut, USA
Language and Area Studies Program, Spring 1994, Universitat d’Alicant, Alicante, Spain
TEFL course including Grammar Awareness, Business English, English to Young
Learners, English One-to-One, and Audio/Video Lessons (120 hours), February-March 2014
PhD Coursework (40+ credits), Geography, Fall 2008-Fall 2012, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, Irish-Gaelic Summer Intensive Language Study, June-August 2009, Oideas Gael, Gleann Cholm Cille, Eire/Ireland
Master of Arts, Geography, June 2008, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA
Advanced Social Sciences Program, Fall 1995, FLACSO, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, May 1995, University of Connecticut, Storrs,
Connecticut, USA
Language and Area Studies Program, Spring 1994, Universitat d’Alicant, Alicante, Spain
Experience / Qualifications
Cultural geographer with over 18 years of experience in geography education. Designed, created and developed globally-focused, inquiry-based and experiential projects and curriculum while building relationships within both formal and informal communities of learning and with diverse publics. Mastery in human geography with specialization in radio production, creative nonfiction writing and mapping. Native English speaker with professional proficiency in Spanish and over 13 years living, teaching and studying internationally (i.e. outside USA).
Age
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Student level
Beginner
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Duration
30 minutes
45 minutes
60 minutes
The class is taught in
English
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