Award-Winning ACT Writing Tutors serving Washington Park, IL

...toward preparing the students for the nationally standardized MAP tests. During my 2 years with UrbanFuture, I was able to develop different teaching methods and styles dependent on the student I was teaching. Everyone has their own special way to learn, it's my job to help you find that! From UrbanFuture, I proceeded to tutor...

...tutoring approach takes a hands-on style that lets students work through problems with assistance first, and then on their own. This style allows the student to become confident in his/her knowledge of the material and face new problems with that same confidence. Each student is different and I do my best to quickly learn what...

...cherished memories growing up was watching "Reading Rainbow." One of the most satisfying things to witness is when someone realizes they have new skills in sounding out words (ESL/elementary reading) or now-found confidence to take on the ACT! I do appreciate the learning styles of children as I currently share time each week at a...

...from Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Cabo Verde, and Mozambique over the course of a 2 year period. My passion is language (Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, and English), but truly I enjoy working with all fields of study (with a sweet spot for history, of course)! I have worked as a substitute teacher in Utah for grades K-12,...

...bring to others an approach to history, economics, philosophy, and civics which views each of these seemingly separate subjects as parts of the greatest story ever written: the ever-evolving narrative of the human experience. Throughout my undergraduate career in Political Science at Truman State University, I allowed my interest in the lived experience of peoples...

...with study abroad students in an Intensive Spanish Language program. In El Salvador, I taught in a K-9 school as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Most recently, I spent two years as an English Lecturer at the Institute of Language and Culture Studies, Royal University of Bhutan. Because of the wonderful experiences I've had abroad, I...

...moved back to St. Louis from New York City, where I was Associate Director of Analytics for a digital advertising agency. Math, statistics and economics have always been the subjects I enjoyed learning about the most and in which I excelled. This has led me to a career in the analytics field (though in varying...

...a focus in translation and international business. I’ve lived, studied, and worked in Ecuador on and off since 2012 with stints that include an internship at a Fair Trade cooperative, volunteering on organic livestock and produce farms, and teaching and tutoring rural students. In my free time, I enjoy creative writing, reading historical fiction, riding...

...was invited to begin working at a private test prep company. My age and affable nature helped foster the relationship between younger, unruly students and their adult instructors. I received my Bachelor of Science in Physics from Florida Atlantic University and began tutoring college students, many of whom were returning to their education after taking time...

...I love to work with students on an educational plan so that they can reach goals and mark their progress. I am a firm believer that all students can excel in and out of the classroom by setting healthy goals and working towards them. Outside of academia, I enjoy hiking, swimming, and cooking with my...

...individualized approach to tutoring that caters to each student's strengths and weaknesses. It is important to identify what learning style best fits a student, and tailor tutoring sessions to their needs. I also believe that with the right amount of patience and determination, no subject is too difficult to learn or to teach.

...they learn is key to success in any subject. In addition to my experiences as a tutor and a mentor, I was a teaching fellow at an intensive teaching fellowship called Breakthrough Collaborative in San Francisco in which I learned specific teaching strategies such as strategic questioning, thought process verbalization, sentence starting, role reversal, etc....

I am a rising junior at Washington University in St. Louis studying Economics and Strategy and Marketing specializing in ACT Test tutoring. I have over 5 years of experience in ACT tutoring and have earned a 35 Composite on the ACT test.

...summer to support students that need the extra push to retain their skills and to help prepare for the next school year. I usually ask to have sessions for these students a minimum of two days a week over the summer in order for greater retention of lessons and homework assignments that I assign. I...

...geometry, and Chinese at all levels. My favorite subject to teach is the GMAT exam because the level of required logical deduction really challenges thinking to new heights. Data sufficiency in the quantitative section provides a unique twist in solving math, and I always feel happy whenever I help someone understand an easier way to...

...in working one-on-one with students and with the screenwriters from my workshops. The college classes I designed and taught ranged from developmental writing classes and freshman level rhetoric classes to specialized creative writing classes, senior-level classes business writing, and capstone classes in public policy. I firmly believe that putting the material in cultural and historical...

Hello, my name is Joey and I am a sophomore Business Administration student at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. I enjoy playing tennis, soccer, and musical instruments. I really enjoy helping student understand concepts and learn how to enjoy learning new things.

...they understand big concepts, so I constantly try to show students how big concepts tie into real world experiences that they care about. I have been doing small group tutoring for over two years now with students at my school and prefer to tutor in the areas of math and test prep. I draw on...

...I can also help them develop their abilities and strengthen their conceptual grasp of a more difficult field. I find I get the strongest improvement in the reading and math sections. For STEM subjects specifically, my dual major allows me to communicate math ideas better than most other tutors. I also enjoy working on essays,...

...my TEFL certification. In the last few years, I have also been instructing chess and yoga lessons. These are activities that I believe support the mind and the educational process with rigor as well as healing. I love to use cross curriculum teaching methods. I strive to not only teach a student information, but to...