Tutor with a Massachusetts Department of Education Academic Educator Licensure: Elementary Grades 1 to 6; Special Education: Moderate Disabilities Grades Pre-K to 8 is available to teach people aged 2 years-old to senior citizens.

Duer McLanahan teaches English, ESL, Mandarin Chinese, listening comprehension, verbal skills, literacy development, reading, and writing and will tutor students in Grades Pre-K to 8 in English, Social Studies, guitar playing, folk-rock and children’s songwriting, singing and harmony singing. Please contact: duermclanahan@gmail.com or cell-text 617- 817-3440. Resume and business cards available at parents’ and tutees’ request.

Do you ever feel frustrated with your child? Find yourself shouting often and imposing punishments or rewards in reaction to challenging behavior? Do you wish you had a more effective parenting approach that also helps to build a better relationship between you and your child? Think:Kids Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) approach, based in MGH’s Department of Psychiatry, provides parents with concrete tools to better understand and parent their kids in the face of day-to-day challenges – e.g., getting to school, homework, screen time, bedtime – and more serious challenges. It’s based on the understanding that many kids lack the skill, not the will, to behave well – specifically skills related to problem solving, flexibility and frustration tolerance.

Parents who attend the CPS overview learn to:

• Shift their thinking and approach to foster positive relationships with their child
• Reduce their child’s challenging behavior
• Solve problems collaboratively and proactively
• Help their child develop skills related to self-regulation, communication and problem-solving

For more information and to register for 2016 classes in Newton, please visit: http://www.betheparentyouwanttobe.weebly.com

Parent – Teacher conferences and progress reports are upon us. Next Level Up has the professional writing and math coaches to help any level student succeed. They strive to assess and address each student’s individual strengths and weaknesses and their coaches provide direct one on one instruction in your home with the goal of having your child become more solid in the Writing Process, math fundamentals, or advanced math concepts.

They also aim to assist and inspire every student to become the best version of themselves that they can be by establishing and encouraging positive study habits, solid time management and organizational skills, strong, consistent effort, and the perspective to help students see the big picture.

To learn more, contact info@nextleveluptutoring.com or 781-540-1123. Please visit the website: www.nextleveluptutoring.com.