Award-Winning AP English Language and Composition Tutors serving Shawnee Mission, KS

...am a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where I acquired bachelor's degrees in both chemistry and classics. Because I am proficient in both the sciences and the humanities, and because classics is such a broad field, I am able to teach a wide variety of topics. Classics, which could be broadly defined as the study of ancient world, demands proficiency not only in Greek and Latin but also history, literary criticism,...

I graduated Summa Cum Laude graduate from Park University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications. I am a Writer and Editor with over fifteen years of experience. I can help my students to improve their essay writing skills, sharpen editing skills, or become better at writing in general. I can also help with Social Studies subjects across all grade levels.

I graduated from Villanova University (2017) with my B.S. in Psychology concentrated in Cognitive Science, and a minor in History. I earned a Master's degree in Clinical Psychological Science at the University of Maryland (2018). I would like to share my reading, writing, and critical thinking skills with you! I have worked as a Laboratory Instructor for a Cognitive Psychology upper-level undergraduate course at UMD. Within that course, I helped design experiments for my students,...

I'm a software engineer who loves coming up with intuitive ways to think about things, and I'm here to help!

I am a graduate of Fresno State University. I received a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing with an emphasis in publishing and editing. I have always been fond of English as a subject and during my college years, I tutored fellow students with a focus on essay writing and test prep. In my spare time, I enjoy writing poetry and short stories.

My name is John Reynolds and I have a lot to offer current students in need of a tutor. My main area of focus is within the English discipline; which is what my Masters of Arts illustrates. This includes subjects such as composition, literature (of any period/genre), grammar/mechanics, history of the English language, public speaking, etc. However, I also have experience in test prep for those that seek higher educational opportunities. I'm happily married (upcoming...

I'm a Stanford graduate with a background in Symbolic Systems, where I studied everything from computer science to psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and linguistics. This blend of fields shapes how I approach teaching and coaching, allowing me to think about problems from different angles and help others do the same. I run my own coaching and consulting business where I focus on well-being in the workplace. My goal is to help organizations build programs that support...

As a teacher with over a decade of classroom teaching experience on four continents, I look forward to working one-on-one with students! Helping students achieve success is the reason I became an educator, and I look forward to getting back to the heart of my profession through tutoring. I have a B.A. from King's College in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics and an M.A. in English and Special Education from Xavier University of Louisiana.

Hi! My name is Joel and I am currently attending the University of Missouri with a double major of Chemistry and Political Science. I have lived on Kansas City all my life. While growing up I played on my school's tennis and soccer team. Additionally I participated in National Honor Society, and was the President of Ping pong Club in my school. In high school I tutored many students in subjects such as AP Government...

I believe that education is something that is valuable for everyone, and that accessibility to education depends on the different person. I've been in education and training for the last ten years, and teaching both middle and high school for the last five, and I know that it takes more than one way to teach a person to know whether or not they understand what was told. I think this is an essential part of...

I am a graduate of Washburn University and Baker University. I received my Bachelor in Elementary Education with an Emphasis in Early Childhood at Washburn. As for Baker, I received my Masters in Science of School Leadership. With my degrees, I have taught for 6 years for grades K-5th. My experience involves teaching general education to grades 1st-4th, along with being a STEM teacher to all grades, all classes K-5th. While I teach a broad...

I am currently completing undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Women's and Gender studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Prior to this, I spent two years at William Jewell College studying elementary education with a concentrated area of study in English. I have worked as an assistant teacher in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classrooms, as well as in homeschool settings. I have also worked as a tutor for children ages 5-15 with learning disabilities:...

I am a medical student currently attending the 6 year BA/MD program at UMKC. My interest in both the sciences and the humanities has led me to pursue a career in medicine. My favorite subjects to learn and teach include English reading and writing, Mandarin, math, and biology. I am especially passionate about teaching English reading and writing because as someone who personally went through the process of learning English from scratch, I deeply understand...

...working on this, and going to the next point. In lots of events, the thing that confuses them may become clearer through more examples of it, or from a different concept allowing the difficult to manage concept to "click". Focusing on one issue a student isn't grasping causes more harm than good when it causes the child to become so frustrated that they simply shut down and stop trying to learn at all. Assessing learning...

I am a graduate of Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts degree in English Literature. During my time at Kansas State, I worked as a student tutor on subjects ranging from geology to French, and while pursuing my Master's degree, I taught Expository Writing to college students. While I am experienced with Writing and Language tutoring and enjoy teaching both, I am primarily a standardized test tutor with...

Hi! My name is Meaghan and I am finishing up my Bachelor's Degree in Music Education at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance. I love teaching all ages, but will most likely be teaching middle school or high school choir. I am a certified K-12 substitute teacher, and upon completing my student teaching in 2017, will be a licensed K-12 educator in both MO and KS. I am here to help, please feel free...

I am an freshman at Northwestern University looking to major in Math and Computer Science. I got into tutoring during high school, as it was a requirement for being a part of my school's Math Honor Society. I enjoyed it far more than I expected and wanted to do more of it. While I can tutor on a variety of STEM topics, I enjoy tutoring with Math related subjects the most. I can help with...

I graduated with a BA in English from the University of Colorado in 2001. Since graduation, I've been in the education field working with students in elementary and middle schools. I am considering a masters degree, but will first need to decide which of the many opportunities I shall take. I really enjoy tutoring math and writing. Math is incredible -- I love how numbers are meant to work out to a perfect answer and...

I earned my PhD in communication studies from the University of Kansas (KU), but my lifelong passion of helping others shape their ideas and present them with confidence began during my undergraduate at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). While earning my BA in communication studies, I also worked as a writing consultant at the UMKC Writing Center and fell in love with tutoring and teaching. I also fell in love with communication, philosophy, journalism,...

...leaning level as well as his or her learning modality or style is always the first step. After that, in helping my students, I take a very inquiry-based approach to tutoring, creating leading questions that force the student to find the answer themselves rather than simply being given the answer from the tutor. I do this for two reasons. The first is critical thinking skills and probing questions such as those I ask my students...