Award-Winning AP English Literature and Composition Tutors serving Delaware County, PA

...creative writing is a hobby of mine. My philosophy is that even when we are preparing for a standardized exam, we should always be relating the work to your passions, pursuits, and educational goals to make the work that much more meaningful. In my spare time, you'll often find me learning bits of new languages for fun or writing. I am currently fluent in English and French, conversational in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, and can...

...can learn. My second principle relates to the first: high expectations and proper support are a pathway to success. High expectations are an educator's way of saying, "I believe in you" to their students. Throughout my career, when I have challenged my students, they have risen to meet it and walked away from the experience glowing with pride. I have directed middle school students performing Shakespeare and watched them go above and beyond to create...

...the fear and anxiety that may surround a subject, and to place there instead something positive--the love of a book, an appreciation for a well-written paragraph, and the confidence to attack any test or assignment with assurance. I hold my Master's Degree in English Curriculum and Instruction for grades 5-12, and I am well-versed in different teaching methods to ensure that a student who works with me has every chance of success. I think that students...

...to keep things as active as possible. I think it's important that students feel they are engaged in a dynamic process; I view tutoring much like a conversation. If students have questions, I always want to hear them. I think in tutoring, when both the student and the tutor contribute, there's a great exchange. I'm originally from the East Coast, the Philadelphia area. I lived in the Middle East for four years for my work....

...avid reader, and creative thinker with lots of experience in the university classroom setting. I attended Swarthmore College and have received a handful of fellowships for postgraduate research, including a US-UK Fulbright Award and a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship. My areas of competency include English, Art History, Rhetoric, Spanish, and French. I am also proficient in SAT, GRE, and GRE Subject Test in English. My first Master of Arts is in English from...

...school teacher possessing a great passion for helping students succeed. I look forward to working with your son or daughter! A little bit about myself, I hold a B.A. in History and International Relations from Saint Josephs University. I am a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, the Phi Alpha Theta history honors society, and the Sigma Iota Rho International Studies honors society. I am from upstate New York (Albany area). I am...

...it might feel a little more challenging. Working as a tutor for biology, organic chemistry, general chemistry, and neuroscience, I actively implemented this philosophy, finding creative ways to approach complex concepts. For example, I might steer a writing student studying organic chemistry to explain a reaction as a narrative of molecular interactions, rather than beginning with a complex problem. In the context of shifting careers, I have also taken a number of standardized tests, including...

...the guitar, biking, and cooking. I am available to tutor high school and college students in their regular coursework as well as in standardized test preparation. I learned a lot of effective test-taking strategies while completing my undergraduate degree and taking the SAT and MCAT standardized tests. I enjoy sharing my strategies with students and helping them to fine-tune their own skills to meet their academic goals. In my teaching, along with reviewing important course...

...and World History courses, I have also taught College Composition and College Success. I also have previous tutoring experience, including adult literacy tutoring with Literacy Volunteers of America. I tutor a wide variety of subjects, including History, English, Reading, standardized test prep, and Student Success, but probably my favorite tasks as a tutor are helping students in History, English, and other humanities fields work on essays and other writing projects. I pursue creative writing in...

...Cornell University expecting to major in Government with minors in English, Inequality Studies, and Policy Analysis and Management. I'm interested in education policy and am excited to work as a tutor to help other students in the subjects I know well and to learn more about how private educational organizations can influence learning. I tutor in a wide variety of subjects, but I find SAT prep incredibly rewarding and love to help with English writing...

Graduate from Temple University with a strong passion for making learning fun and easy

...the Advanced Placement exams for most non-STEM courses. I love the personal connection of one-on-one tutoring and I love starting sessions with a short check-in about how life is going. Although, I wish to be a social worker, I have found myself drawn to the magic of teaching over and over again. As a bonus, I also have lots and lots of experience in high school Speech and Debate, Mock Trial, and Model UN!

...had the extreme good fortune of receiving a fine education in a subject (History) I feel very passionate about. Since then, I have enriched that education via an unbounded curiosity about the world and its inhabitants combined with a strong zest for learning. My personal desire to put this knowledge to good use by helping to educate others is precisely why I became a teacher/tutor. Every single person on this Earth is capable of learning...

...all been there, myself included. If you have the passion to learn something in order to achieve a sought after goal, then you can. It would be my honor to serve as assistance to those who wish to learn more, solely because I am that person myself. Teaching and seeing the impact of understanding on my students' faces' gives me the utmost happiness. My ultimate goal is to become a physician - specifically orthopedic surgery...

...long years of experience as an instructor and tutor in secondary and tertiary education make me well qualified to help students in my areas of expertise. I believe in helping students find their own strengths and turn their weaknesses into strengths. In my tutoring, I guide students to learn and grow. I try as much as possible to get students to find answers themselves. I'm ready to provide answers where needed, but then I always...

...math and humanities for almost a decade. While in college at University of Chicago, where I graduated top of my class in philosophy, I tutored math, and I spearheaded a program that taught philosophy to middle and high schoolers. Also in college I took coursesand received top marksin creative writing, argumentative writing, and speech writing. After graduating, I spent a year teaching high school English and test prep in Colorado. I have a deep passion...

...educator with many years of experience teaching literature and writing. My experience includes working with writing in professional contexts, especially in nonprofit fundraising and in museums and libraries. I belive that writing is an excellent tool for clarifying thinking, and that the analysis of literature is an important way to understand the world. As a teacher, I believe my job is to help you come to your own conclusions and to make the best case...

...became more patient, creative, and proactive when it came to making lesson plans and creating a fun and stimulating learning environment. When I tutored at Johns Hopkins, I was a part of the Tutorial Project, which is a program dedicated to providing free tutoring to elementary school children from Baltimore City. A lot of the kids I tutored were behind in their grade because the schools were underfunded, and the children did not get the...

...to partner with you on your academic journey! I just finished my Bachelor in Applied Health Science and am currently in graduate school obtaining my Master's in Occupational Therapy. My favorite subjects to tutor are Biology, Anatomy, and Physiology due to the nature of my coursework, but I have always loved English as well! I also have lots of experience working with kids, so I can also tutor any subject at an elementary or middle...

...as a child in 2010. In the years since, I have attained a degree in the language, as well as a double major in political science and history with Honors, and have entered the interpreting workforce after years as a college tutor and teacher's assistant. I am comfortable working with students of any level, having previously specialized in beginners and intermediate-level Arabic speakers throughout my college career, guiding students to proficiency certifications by the conclusion...