Award-Winning ACT Tutors in Fairfield, CT

...students of various ages, genders, and nationalities. I have been working as a Psychology tutor at my university for over 1 year. I have also worked as an elementary school tutor in reading with the America Reads Challenge. Both of these experiences have taught me the skills that are essential in facilitating a helpful and efficient tutoring session. I hope to pass on unique skills and techniques that will help each student succeed in their...

...solutions that translate into meaningful and measurable improvement for my clients. Hi..I'm Craig Lanzoni, a former corporate finance guy who was introduced to teaching when a colleague asked me to present a lecture on International Finance to his business class at The Westchester Business Institute (now The College of Westchester). That was in 1988. Since that time I've dedicated my career to teaching. At the college level, I've spent over 25 years teaching undergraduate college...

...have my masters degree in Experimental Psychology. With over 3 years of experience teaching elementary, high school, undergraduate and graduate students, I specialize in tutoring many subjects, mostly in the humanities and social sciences. I also tutor in Mandarin Chinese. As a native speaker in Chinese, I love to teach Chinese because the language relates to my background and specialty. I can also tutor areas in social sciences, include statistics, biostatistics, psychology, etc. I am...

...University and double majored in college in biology and history, receiving a Bachelor's of Science, with honors in history. I continued my education by earning a Ph.D. in genetics, and now work as a researcher. I have extensive experience tutoring math, science, and history, both high school and college level. I was a teaching assistant for organic chemistry labs as an undergraduate, and a teaching assistant for developmental genetics courses as a graduate student. I...

...College and the New York University School of Law, where I recently received my J.D. I have extensive experience tutoring and teaching both academic subjects and test preparation courses. In my experience, students can do extremely well on tests like the SAT, the ACT, the LSAT, and the GRE once they understand how the test works and what each type of question is asking them to do. Whether a student is new to a test,...

...from Boston University Business School and a Bachelors of Science degree from Fordham University majoring in Business Administration. At Brooklyn Technical High School, I was on the Math Team and actively participated in many competitions, such as the AMC and the Moody's Mega Math Challenge. During my high school and college years, I tutored math and taught piano. I currently teach classical piano privately. As a tutor, I can relate to the mind of the...

...courses for seventeen years. I earned my Bachelor's degree in English from NYU, and I went on to complete a Ph. D in English at Stony Brook University. I am extremely passionate about my subject. I love interacting with my students, and helping them to feel more confident in their reading and writing skills. I have been helping students to navigate the college admissions process, including preparing for standardized tests and writing the college essay,...

...application process (earning admission to multiple "T14", top fourteen, schools with academic scholarship offers, including Georgetown Law) and will be completing the MBA application process over the next year. I plan within the next few years to earn both the JD and MBA degrees. I was designated as gifted early in my academic career based on scores I earned on aptitude tests. I started volunteering as an academic tutor from a young age and continued...

I enjoy working with students of all ages to build their skills, grow their confidence, and help them achieve their educational goals.... I best help students become independent learners by presenting study strategies that can be transferred from the tutoring session to the classroom. Praise and encouragement are also important. Positive reinforcement can inspire students to "keep at it" and, as I have seen firsthand, often changes students' entire attitudes toward learning, no matter what the subject. Helping students become self-motivated will also create independent learners.