Award-Winning ACT English Tutors in Albany, NY

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...Global History Regents. I love history and hope to share my enthusiasm with students! I have extensive experience tutoring for the SAT and for the New York State Regents exams. My students typically see significant point gains. Outside of teaching, I enjoy music, movies, reading, writing, cooking dinner with my husband, and playing with my cat. I hope to be able to help students achieve their goals on tests and in school.... Teachers should be able to explain information in an interesting and understandable way to student.

...more confident test takers. Most importantly, I believe the tutoring experience should provide students with relevant skills that will make all future education more successful. Learning is a skill all its own and there are so many ways to master it. As a teacher, it is my goal to help students discover the methods and techniques that best lead to their understanding, not for just one assignment, but moving forward as a perpetual learner.

...and in grant proposals, so I can go beyond helping your student learn scientific material by coaching them in the art of technical writing. I pride myself on adapting to students’ needs and thinking of creative ways to teach biological concepts. Additionally, I love helping students develop standardized test taking strategies for AP exams and the ACT to build confidence and complement their knowledge. Years applying to various programs and funding agencies have also helped...

...education by building confidence, voice and academic empowerment. My primary focus is on student engagement and building a tutor-student relationship based on trust, honesty and open-mindedness. I see student success beyond just comprehension or memorization. I help students to truly synthesize the skills and concepts they need to feel confident in their internalization of the knowledge as they reach their goals. I am available throughout the week, including summer! Let me help you help yourself!

...I have completed Multivariable Calculus at the college level and several college level biology (currently majoring in) and chemistry courses and have taken writing intensive college literature courses. I have been tutoring geometry-calculus through my high school years and have experience in each subject in order to provide the best assistance. The same goes for my science and English tutoring capabilities. I truly enjoy the tutoring process and the ability to help students find their...

...strategies to help them become better test takers for life. I am an outstanding math tutor because I hated math as a student and know what it's like to have to work hard to succeed at it. I didn't start to love math until I started teaching SAT prep and learned test taking tips and strategies to help me understand how it all worked together. Math isn't hard, you just haven't been taught it the...

...whatever goals they have in mind, be it an SAT score, a better writing style, or a new approach to studying history. I have helped hundreds of students with SAT preparation, and have worked both around the United States and internationally as a private tutor and college counselor, so I am familiar with many different types of students, from a wide variety of backgrounds, and the various difficulties they face. In short, I work with...

...about two cows named Mona and Lisa. Working one on one with students, and helping them achieve their goals aligns perfectly with my drive to make learning fun and approachable. Test-taking is that much easier when you have a game-plan. I will help you build and execute strategies that will deliver. I am a highly experienced educator but when I am not teaching or learning, I enjoy spending time with my rescued animals including horses,...

...love of reading. I also taught at the National Building Museum as a museum teacher. Since graduating from my masters program I have worked in various DC museums doing public programming. My tutoring ranges from history, both US and world, English, writing, and grammar to elementary and middle school math and Algebra 1 and 2. I love to learn and want to share that with my students. Beyond helping my students better understand subject matter,...