Award-Winning ACT English Tutors serving Springfield, MA

...the classroom as a Jumpstart Corps Member taught me to adapt my teaching style to each childs needs. While some learned better through mnemonics and letter-to-word associations, others preferred to process information and teach content back to me themselves. The greatest lesson I've learned as a tutor is to first step back and let a...

...be relevant to their lives! When tutoring Latin, I like to focus on using various strategies to help students "read with expectations, " meaning that students engage in linear reading (reading left-to-right, without skipping around), and approach texts with a notion of what makes a sentence complete. More generally, as a tutor, I am very...

...junior at Johns Hopkins University studying biomedical engineering and applied mathematics. I have tutored elementary through high school students in my area in some capacity for the past four years. I am most passionate about math and science (particularly chemistry), though I am well versed in a broad range of subjects. In my spare time,...

...about teaching; my mother said my brother was able to skip kindergarten because I taught him everything I was learning at school! I am a graduate of the University of Connecticut, where I earned a bachelor's degree in English; I also am a 15-year homeschooling "veteran." Most recently, I have worked in a private school...

...experience assisting friends and family academically as I've balanced pursuing an Ivy League undergraduate degree. Writing has been a lifelong strength of mine, and I've enjoyed taking on positions where I've helped others improve their writing. The most prominent example of this would be serving a year as a staff editor, then two more years...

University of Massachusetts Amherst, B.S. Biochemistry and Neuroscience Candidate. I've been a tutor through my University for several years as well as a Guitar teacher. I enjoy tutoring Math, Chemistry, and test prep. I love linguistics and I'm on my University Mock Trial team!

...will take to tutoring these subjects. Every time I experience a new subject, I develop a passion for spreading this knowledge to other people. As I prepare to be a teaching assistant for chemistry in the fall, as I was selected out of 500+ students to be, I want to execute this and therefore use...

I strive to find balance in my life through personal and academic success, while being able to make a difference in my community and inspire my students to be more than they thought they could be through positive energy.

...topics. Additionally, during my junior and senior years of high school, I served as a facilitator in my school's Diversity Day programs (the student one and the faculty one). I helped to organize the entire day's events and facilitated conversations on issues of diversity within out community, educating my peers on issues that were relevant...

...was a graduate student. My passion for tutoring came from my year of being a writing tutor at Hillsborough Community College. There, I gathered a variety of skills to really tailor my approach to individual students. I assisted many bilingual and international students, students with disabilities, and non-traditional students (adults returning to education, veterans). In...

...from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, with a major in psychology and a minor in computer science. There, I have worked as a writing mentor and a statistics tutor. While I tutor a wide range of subjects, I especially enjoy tutoring psychology, mathematics, statistics and writing. I can also help you prepare for...

...students to think critically and creatively, and I bring topics alive by discussing real-world examples. I offer tutoring in test prep (SAT and ACT) and writing (such as college essays), and I most enjoy tutoring writing. When students better understand writing concepts and strategies, they can more skillfully articulate their ideas, and they make remarkable...

...graduate of Mount Holyoke College with a B.S. in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics. More recently, I have graduated from Springfield Technical Community College with an A.S. in Biology. While working as a teaching assistant and supplemental instructor in my previous schools, I discovered a love of helping students to not only learn...

...just completed my undergraduate degree in mathematics at Cornell University, with a minor in computer science. I will be pursuing a Master of Science in computer science at Cornell for the next two years. Teaching has always been a passion of mine, as has mathematics - and I am always eager to share this excitement...

...writing and working with her older students on their college essays. However, she also deeply enjoyed tutoring in English, History, Social Studies, Government, and Reading for her younger students. Isabella is very passionate about the Humanities, and the critical role they play in juvenile development. Fostering a love and comprehensive understanding of these subjects is...

...and have enjoyed reading and editing my peers' and siblings' essays for as long as I can remember. I am interested in teaching English at the high school or university level in the future, so I hope to begin to cultivate my teaching skills and give back to the community through tutoring for Varsity Tutors....

...work at Varsity Tutors, I also currently work as an educator and content writer for online learning platforms. I'm passionate about teaching, engaging with students, and helping them build confidence in their studies and become eager to learn. I'm a big believer in meeting the student where he or she is and going from there....

I am a dedicated student of English literature and other disciplines within the humanities. I love being able to interact with people who are looking to study subjects that I am passionate about. Additionally, I have studied French for more than five years.

...award-winning teacher with over 40 years of experience. I have a bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree in Spanish, and have studied, lived and traveled in the Spanish-speaking world. I love it when my students improve their Spanish with my help, and am even more thrilled when they catch some of my love for Spain and...

...private prep school, the Ivies for undergraduate and graduate degrees -- but my outlook on education is not conservative. I see success in terms of curiosity that grows throughout a lifetime, and reaches into new domains. Confident, creative thinkers are always in short supply, so it feels good to collaborate with Varsity Tutors to encourage...