www.percyzel.com                  858-481-1440              percyzel@gmail.com 

 If students can’t learn the way we teach, then teach them the way they learn.

Coaching Process: 

1.     Connect interactively (when possible) to the online curriculum.

2.     Get agreement on concrete goals.

3.     Cultivate the student’s trust to encourage taking risks.

4.     Leverage the student’s personal learning strengths.

5.     Liberate the student to express their unique voice.

6.     Encourage the student to work independently without a learning coach. 

Experience:

• • • Content support for university, college, and high school students:

      • • On-going class content, assignment, and study support.

        • Assist students with test, mid-term, and final exam preparation.

        • Guide students with thesis subject matter; edit essays and term papers.

        • Run study groups with university, college, and high school students.

    • Since 2013, completed undergraduate classes in History, English, Literature, Philosophy, Religion and Art History at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), San Diego State University (SDSU), and Mira Costa Community College

    • Retired from the hi-tech industry in 2013 to

      • • refresh knowledge and re-experience university with current student culture.

        • coach students by applying current academic content.

    • Systems solution consultant: employed for forty plus years by two top tier multi-billion-dollar technology firms.

    • Academic history:

      • • Concordia, Montreal, Canada: Bachelor's degree in history and philosophy.

        • University of California San Diego: Information Systems Certificate.

Family Background:

• • • From Montreal: married for 50 years to a certified reading teacher.

    • Living in Southern California since 1979.

    • With spouse, raised two daughters. One received her Master in Education from the University of Minnesota, and the other graduated from Yale Law School.