Seeking a Tutor

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We are an American family based in Taipei. Our child (13) will be applying for 9th grade boarding school entrance for Fall 2017 admission. We are applying to possibly 5-8 schools. We seek an experienced tutor in:
1> Assisting student to brainstorm and edit/proofread essays
2> Strengthening ready, writing works and preparing for SSAT (The student has done 10 weeks of tutor classes already)
3> The student is a native speaker but not to her grade level in reading and writing due to the fact the child was in Chinese school until 5th grade. The child is a current 8th grader and a straight A student at TAS.
4> The intensive period will be staring 12/1/2016 to mid January of 2017 when all the application materials are due.
5> We have all the study materials for SSAT. We have a list of books to read and general directions for writing essays.

Hours will be
Wed 4-5 pm
Saturday 10am-12noon
Enhanced days during winter break 12/17-12/23, 12/26-12/31 (possible 3-4 hours daily)

We seek a tutor who preferably has experienced in working with US boarding school applications, SSAT prep and also a focus on critical writing and reading.

Best personality and teaching style should be interactive and strong in grammar, diction, writing experience through somewhat "discussion style Harkness method" teaching. We do not seek a disciplinarian or a test prep expert with no depth and breadth of English literature and writing. We seek someone who is organized and can track the student's progress and devise quickly a study plan with parents.

Again: the tutoring has two parts:
Part I: Assisting student in applying to US boarding schools, especially in composition of essays, editing/proofing. ***Note: the student will prepare and all materials/content for essay writing. We are not looking for any ghost writer but someone who can help the student. This enhanced period of supervision will end early January 2017.
Part 2: On-going weekly reading and writing assignments continuing until end of May 2017.