Award-Winning AP English Language and Composition Tutors serving Tucson, AZ

I am a life-long educator who loves tutoring and teaching children and youth. I have been fortunate to have had a career full of learning in secondary school and college. It's my passion to share some of what I've learned with you and to help you to excel in your areas of study.

As an experienced educator with diverse populations and age groups I am an excellent candidate for tutoring. I enjoy working with students and developing a plan to improve their skills and confidence in whatever challenges they may face. I love reading, traveling, walking, and learning about new people, cultures and places. ... My teaching philosophy is that every person and student is capable of learning. My job as a tutor and teacher is to build confidence...

...Arizona Virtual Teacher Institute. I enjoy teaching and tutoring English Language Arts at the high school, college, and adult level. ELA covers a wide umbrella: I teach grammar, writing skills, composition, reading comprehension strategies, rhetoric, literature, and public speaking skills. I teach grammar with a practical approach, centering it around writing and grounding new lessons in students' prior knowledge. I have experience teaching High School English at the honors and remedial level. I had students...

...University for over four years. There, I found my passion in teaching Spanish grammatical, conversational, and cultural skills and mentoring students with written English assignments at the college level in various fields. Those assignments included pretty much everything, from pieces of creative fiction, academic essays, and even cover letters. This flexibility also extends to my tutoring philosophy. I believe that every student has a unique perspective and way in which to learn, and that tutoring...

...history prior to the 20th century. When studying anthropology I focused on archaeology, and have some field experience from that time. If you have any historical or anthropological questions outside of what I've mentioned, I will do my best to get you the correct answers. I have passed AP European history, and though I never took AP World History in high-school, I have plenty experience instructing it and the overall concepts. I have also passed...

...My tutoring style is relaxed, supportive, and focused on creating a space where it's totally okay to make mistakeswe learn best when we can talk through questions without pressure. I enjoy breaking down complex topics into clear, relatable concepts and tying them back to real-world applications to make learning meaningful. Whether you're aiming to boost your confidence, improve study strategies, or prepare for an exam, I'm here to help you reach your goals with patience...

...is the "growth mindset" outlook: the idea that academic ability is not set in stone; that all students, at all levels, have the potential to grow; and that with hard work and effective support, they will. As a tutor, I am committed to nurturing and maintaining a growth mindset in my sessions. Whether a learner is a top-scoring perfectionist with a fear of failure or a struggling student who believes they cannot succeed, a growth...

I am a highly motivated student who is passionately interested in education. I have experience tutoring in several disciplines of mathematics and science, as well as a background in coaching children in gymnastics.

...done with your own hands, ink and pen, real paper pages. The computer and the internet are useful tools, but they can get in the way of the learning process. Physically writing something down with a pen or pencil can help your brain retain information better than typing it. I believe in-person learning to be more effective because it allows the tutor to actually experience what a student is like so that the tutor can...

...lover of math and logic and enjoy doing logic puzzles in my spare time. I like the one-on-one approach to teaching, as I can assess what the student is not understanding and try different approaches to the same concept. We all have various means of understanding, and there is no single fit for everyone, so my role is to find the right teaching method that resonates with the student. My goal is to help you...

I like teaching one-on-one sessions because it is an effective and rewarding learning format. I search for different ways to help my students achieve progress. The underlying, essential goal in teaching the French language is to establish in my students an ongoing interest and desire to learn. There is never a reason to get embarrassed or ashamed. I am here to help and motivate you! If there is a desire, there is a way!... I always...

...in book, magazine, and newspaper publishing as a writer and editor before becoming a college English instructor. She now specializes in teaching students to write composition, read and interpret literature, think critically, prepare for public speaking engagements, and conduct research in the social sciences. She also teaches English as a second language to both young and adult learners. Susan is a patient and highly attentive teacher who takes a personalized approach to individual learning and...

...their goals and their pace; we can troubleshoot together to discover what learning methods work best (teach-back, kinetic, visual, mnemonics and songs, etc). I enjoy teaching math topics up through and including calculus, as well as science courses such as physics, biology, physiology, anatomy, pathology, pharmacology. I am fluent in French and English and have excellent literary analytical, writing and editing skills. I am also available to help with productivity strategies and overall career counseling...

I am passionate and committed to education.

...emphasis in religion, literature, and humanities, followed by completing all university post-graduate courses in literature required to advance to a Ph.D. dissertation phase of study. In those academic endeavors, my GPA averaged between 3.8 and 4.0 for all graduate degrees. Professionally, in addition to teaching English, I retired honorably as a US military officer, with my last significant postings being in or near Washington DC. As an online tutor, I am most interested in helping...

I've been teaching English as a second language in Spain for 5 years, the first year I've completed a M.A in Spanish Literature and I enjoy teaching. It's a rewarding experience when you start to notice the progress in your students. I have worked with kindergarden students up to adults .

...writing comes from a similar place, though from the opposite side. I was a terrible writer in middle school, but one writing skills class in high school changed me from a D level writer to a B+/A- level writer and the IB program only made me better. I love tutoring writing skills because I want to help others as much as that class helped me. The SAT is a stressful experience for a lot of...

...for Boys and Girls Clubs of Tucson, but I have been tutoring since the age of 16 and I still love to make time for it. I have tutored people from the age of 3 to over 50 in a variety of subjects. While English is my passion and where my expertise lies, I am also a very capable study skills and test prep tutor. I look forward to working with you!... My teaching philosophy is...

...in Politics and History. I took AP US History, Government and Politics, and English Language and received a 5 on all of them. I got a 36 on both the reading and writing sections of the ACT, and I was an editor for my high school newspaper for two years. I am interested in tutoring students who want to study for the ACT/SAT, as well as overall writing skills and reading comprehension.