Award-Winning AP English Language and Composition Tutors serving Minneapolis, MN

...school in Louisiana. I believe that tutoring sessions should be educational and skills increased, but it should also be fun, and if a student’s confidence in a subject area increases, then I feel I am succeeding. Once confident in their ability to achieve their goals, I find students are more likely to put forth the effort and eventually achieve their goal. In addition to teaching and tutoring, I like running, yoga, reading, scrapbooking, and generally...

...academically and/or artistically, and more broadly in their lives. I offer knowledge, experience, supportive challenge, and the mentorship students need to achieve their goals and potential. I encourage my students to "make it their own" by nurturing a feeling of ownership and accountability in the learning process. I feel it is important to have integrity and "walk the walk" as a teacher; thus I am committed to my own ongoing learning and development as a...

...local housing community and last summer I taught a diverse set of students with differing English skills about environmental science. Besides having a background in STEM, I also have a personal passion for literature, English, and editing. I've refined my skills as a science staff writer for our University newspaper. Although I don't believe in standardized tests as a measure of knowledge, I understand how important doing well on them can be and am ready...

...age range realize their language learning potential - even if they are 65 years old! (I have had 65 year old EFL students so it's possible!) With my background of teaching a broad range of topics from Biology concepts to linguistic structures, one thing that never changes is my ability to engage my students and work with them where they are at. I firmly believe that age and current academic ability don't define a student...

Hi There! Hola! My name is Claire and I am a Spanish/Public Health student at the University of Minnesota, IB Diploma Programme Recipient, and EMT in the Twin Cities. I love connecting with other students- both kids and adults- specifically in the subjects of writing, Spanish, English, Public Speaking, and other subjects specifically in the IBDP curriculum. I am so excited to meet you and tackle these subjects together!

...also have a year's worth of tutoring experience in the St. Paul Public School system. Over the course of my freshman year at the U, I tutored middle school students at Murray Middle School in Geometry and Algebra. I have extensive research and writing experience as well. In my final semester at the U, I wrote a 50+ page senior thesis on Western media's depiction of migration, which gave me invaluable research and writing skills. I've...

...the student paper, I have lots of experience editing essays and working with students to improve their writing mechanics. I was also a teachers assistant for an English class where I helped students with grammar, finding themes in books, and developing strong thesis statements. Although I love writing, I am also passionate about mathematics and have taken math courses up to Linear Algebra, so I am happy to tutor any math course including or below...

Hi, My name is Hannah. I am a tutor with 5+ years of experience specializing in math and AP course tutoring. I have attended three years of college as a physics major and have completed Calculus 3 and Engineering Mathematics. I use she/her pronouns.

...journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor's in history from New York University. In my career, I have worked both as a writer and an editor. I also have done work as a writing coach and copy editor for people applying for schools and grants and writing manuscripts. I love working one-on-one with people especially when I can help them succeed. My tutoring philosophy is that no two students are the same; I will adapt...

...also spent 4 years working in my undergraduate college admissions office and have a passion for helping students write college essays. I am a strong believer in working with my students to help them find the solutions they need to thrive. I also genuinely enjoy working with students and helping them develop or refine a passion for history, culture, and writing. In my free time I love to cook and explore the North Shore of...

...the needs of my students and aim to educate rather than just lecture. My approach is interactive to thoroughly test whether the information is being processed or not. I have over 17 years of teaching experience of both group and one-on-one settings. As a doctoral candidate and published author, I am very interested in finding solutions to how people learn, motivation and outcomes. My approaches aim to create and encourage the thinker not the memorizer,...

...Further, my experience in philosophy has led me to many discussion circles wherein a number of students, myself included, are working together towards a greater comprehension of a difficult text. These experiences have led me to a general teaching ethos of flexibility and adaptation. I believe the tutor should be working to meet the student on their level, and I take every opportunity I can to adapt my style of teaching to the individual's proficiencies....

...struggled for a long time. This experience taught me the somewhat obvious fact that people learn in different ways, and getting to that moment of 'getting it' often required the trying of many different routes towards the same understanding. Once in college, I continued to tutor in a volunteer capacity, going to a nearby New Jersey Corrections Facility to tutor inmates ages 20-25 hoping to pass the GED. As well, I became an essay-writing tutor...

...assists college students from low-income backgrounds. I've been tutoring writing through various platforms since undergrad and I love that it allows me to practice teaching and communication skills as well as help others through the learning process. I love encouraging students to develop their own writing and feel confident in their written communication skills. I believe everyone is a writer and has the power to communicate their own unique ideas effectively. While I mainly tutor...

...of a degree in English and History at Bethel University, and next year I'll enter a graduate program in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University. I'm passionate about reading, writing, history, journalism, geography, and languages, and I have experience teaching/tutoring in all of these areas. From tutoring video editing to college students to leading an elementary English class in Cuellaje, Ecuador, I love getting to know students individually and helping them to develop their...

I have always enjoyed learning and am interested in sharing that interest with others.

I am a retired secondary mathematics teacher.

...of the Honors Program and studying French and Political Science. I will graduate in May 2019 and will then head off to law school. I am hoping to build a legal career centered around human and civil rights! Outside of school, I love traveling and have been to over 20 countries, living in 4 of them for extended amounts of time. In addition to French, I am currently studying Spanish and have studied Swedish and...

...with an M.A. In Spanish Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.A. in Spanish with Honors from the University of Michigan. I have 6 years experience independently tutoring students in Spanish. I have been studying Spanish for about 12 years and am comfortable tutoring AP Spanish, Spanish 1-4, composition, conversation, and grammar. I taught first and second year Spanish as a graduate student instructor for two years during my Master's program.

...power and agency of each student as an individual and work to empower students through learning. The specific techniques and tools that I use vary for each student, as I always tailor my approach to meet the different ways in which students learn best. I also try to bring real-world experience into the learning environment. This means both drawing on my experiences working in federal, state and local government and studying in Berlin and Bucharest...