Award-Winning ACT Reading Tutors in Des Plaines, IL

Throughout my tutoring experience, I have loved connecting with students to understand their best learning methods and to work with them to make their learning successful. I look forward to doing so to continue a student's improvement!

...finished a season where I was the Director of Programming for a summer camp supporting kids with speech disorders. In my free time I enjoy playing basketball, writing, listening/telling stories, and playing board games. I enjoy seeing students suddenly "get it," particularly in the areas of math, writing, and reading (for school and/or standardized tests). I believe learning and teaching should be done in a way that makes the subject APPLICABLE to our real lives.

...on perceptions of sexual misconduct on college campuses. I have a long history of tutoring and mentoring children and teens. As a teen myself, I mentored children on the autistic spectrum. To this day, I still work with special needs children, teens, and young adults. I also have experience mentoring low-income undergrads at Loyola to help them gain admission into graduate programs. While I can tutor many subjects, I am most passionate and equipped to...

...27 years, I have educated students ranging in from age 5 through adulthood, including those at the graduate level. I am a certified educator in Illinois and Florida and hold a doctorate in Educational Leadership from Florida Southern College, and a Master of Arts in Reading Education from the University of South Florida. In addition, I am a published author in association with Kappa Delta Pi, an honor society for educator. Literacy has become my...

...am well-versed in leadership, presentation, and public speaking. In May 2017, I will be obtaining my MFA in Acting from Brown University. On top of acting and performance, I love to write, read (when I have the time), and create. I am an actor/director/theatremaker first and foremost. I believe in the power of the voice and that everyone has a right to be heard. I love watching people emerge from behind the walls we all...

I have taught math at 8 different colleges. I have taught every course in a math major as well as lower level courses such as pre-algebra. I have written math textbooks for junior high and high school. I have also taught math at a boarding school for high school students with ADD.

...of her honors thesis on Virginia Woolf's last novel published in the next issue of the Madison Journal of Literary Criticism! Grace loves working with young people and has been teaching drama and tutoring students in writing and test prep for the past five years. In college, one of her favorite activities was volunteering as a teaching artist with Seesaw Theatre, a company she helped found that creates multi-sensory theatrical experiences for individuals with Autism...

...tutor is writing because it allows me to really get to know my students and see their unique perspective on a topic. My teaching method is very student specific. I talk to the student and figure out what learning style they work best with and I go from there. My goal is to help the student to reach their goal. I love working with kids; in my free time I babysit my two nephews and...

...am very passionate about tutoring in reading and writing. As a lifelong reader and writer, these are where my passions lie. Additionally, I am a strong math student, and look forward to problem solving together. In math, understanding the process to achieve an answer is what we will be emphasizing in sessions together. Taking it step by step, and understanding how to use patterns has been an effective tool in my own math career. I...

...years of experience teaching algebra I & II, economics and Spanish, but also love to assist students with ACT, SAT, LSAT and GMAT test prep. One of the greatest investments you can make is in improving your college/grad school aptitude testing skills, as just a couple hours of study per week can yield enormous results in admittances and scholarships. On the weekend you might find me running with my dog, playing board games with my...

I am a seminary grad who has spent the majority of my life in higher education. I am deeply committed to the success and development of students in whatever field they need most.

...teaching. I have served as a graduate teaching assistant for U of I's Introduction to World Music course for two years. Before attending graduate school, I worked as a certified substitute teacher for K-12 general and special education in Michigan. I also volunteered as a literacy tutor with the Family Learning Institute in Ann Arbor, MI. While I am comfortable tutoring in a wide range of humanities and language arts subjects, I am most passionate...

...graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a finance degree in 2016. Education has played a central role in my life, from early youth until today. The first lesson learned was how to be disciplined. I learned how to put in the time and mental effort to be successful, and this work ethic has helped me in any venture I've pursued. I also learned how to deal with not being successful. Even the...

...for underprivileged middle schoolers, volunteered as a classroom aid, and worked with young children on literacy skills through a program called Jumpstart. I love teaching, which is why I pursued a position as a counselor at a German immersion summer camp. It is currently my third summer, and I have learned so much about immersive teaching and learning language through games and activities. I mostly teach German to children, but I have worked with people...

...degree in math and an Illinois teaching certificate, I taught high school math for 5 years and tutored all sections of the ACT for a national standardized test preparation company. Now I'm a stay-at-home mom looking to tutor during the evenings and weekends. I have experience and enjoy working with all types of students, including students working on remedial and advanced material and students with learning difficulties. My thorough explanations help students understand their work,...

...also co-taught in social studies and science classrooms. I have a Master's in Education & Curriculum, a Master's in Educational Leadership, and a Master's in Literacy Education. I have worked as an Illinois state-certified high school reading specialist for the past several years. My daily classes involve working with struggling readers as well as preparing students for the reading portion of the PSAT/SAT/ACT tests. I also have extensive experience teaching students how to read text...

...tutoring experience and teaching experience as a Supplemental Instruction leader in Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, as well as Biology. My main tutoring focuses are for the MCAT, which I studied and took in 2018. I also tutor topics in medical school classes. My hobbies include running, lifting, listening to music and playing video games. I was on a competitive dance team while in college as well. I look forward to working with all students!

...positive relationships is essential in engaging a student in academic work. Math can be a tough subject to master, I like helping students see that arithmetic is not so scary. In fact, they can love it like Cady from Mean Girls, because it's the same in every language. When it comes to language arts, I know how hard it can be to understand that I comes before E, except after C and other instances. The...

...an example for my students. I graduated from Wheaton College with a degree in Music History with a minor in Mathematics. I have a track record of excellence in academia overall, and have done well in math courses well beyond calculus. I have tutored mathematics and taught voice lessons on a freelance basis for the past year. I have enjoyed the experience of helping students achieve their goals. Over the summer, I helped an adult...

...students with the skills to truly understand the subject material, as well as the confidence level and understand to tackle the most difficult of questions with ease. My favorite subject to tutor is writing. I find that a large portion of students struggle with feeling that they aren't very skilled at writing. I firmly believe that is untrue, and that everyone has their own unique style and skillset to bring to the table. My goal...