Certified Tutors From Wheaton College (Illinois)

...Louis area schools, individual instruction is at a premium. This is what makes tutoring such a valuable service to families. Tutoring honors and promotes the individuality that is essential to authentic learning. Though I specialize in upper school humanities, I understand the universal goals of education and have experience teaching at all levels. I look...

...English language programs for Thai graduate-level students. When I returned to the United States, I taught refugee fifth grade boys in all subjects for a year. I have tutored middle school and high school students in Geometry, Algebra, Writing, and Chemistry. And I have tutored college students in Biology. For tutoring, I create personalized study...

...UMBC. I have Graduate Research Assistantship at the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, through my degree program at UMBC. I realize I listed some serious hobbies, but I promise I have a sense of humor too! When time permits, I enjoy watching the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, because it's important to laugh...

...each student has the capacity to write effectively and I am passionate about providing the skills to assist students to develop their own voice. In addition to Writing, I especially enjoy tutoring Literature, Reading, and ESL/ELL. I am particularly equipped to tutor high school, undergraduate, and graduate level students, but I also have experience with...

...(which was reflected in high TOEFL scores). I've got a knack for identifying an essay's strengths and weaknesses, and for giving specific feedback to make written ideas come to life. In addition, I have a passion for helping students improve their performance in ACT Reading, Writing, and Science. Whatever the subject, I thrive on leading...

...of Illinois and have taught and tutored middle school and high school mathematics, primarily Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Algebra II, Geometry, and Calculus. Most recently, I taught SAT Math, both the current and new formats, at a local academic summer camp. I moved to Charlottesville in June with my husband, and we are thoroughly enjoying the many...

...of Chicago and received my MEd in teaching and learning at the University of Oregon. I have been a full time high school math teacher in Compton, CA, and Roseburg, OR. I have also substitute taught in Phoenix, AZ, and Salem, OR. I recently moved to New York to pursue acting opportunities and have been...

...can sometimes seem like a daunting task, so I like to break down larger concepts into smaller and more manageable ones so that students can be successful as they see how it relates to their lives. In addition to working with students, I enjoy listening to music, travelling, and spending time with family and friends.

...for a class of around 770. I used some of my math skills while being an economics major in college and earning my BA, graduating with highest honors (3.92/4). I have taught and tutored for a pre-college algebra class for one semester, and I was invited to teach the next semester the same class, given the...

...me joy when I can help students learn how to express themselves in writing. My education includes a bachelors degree in English with a writing concentration, and I am fluent in Spanish. I would be delighted to work with you in either English or Spanish, helping you to improve your language skills. Gracias y que...

...spite of a fun personality (and being told I look much younger than my 40-some years) I am also skilled at keeping students on track and focused in order to make the most productive use of our time. Relevant skills and attributes include being easy to work with, reliable, friendly, patient and kind. I genuinely...

...side. Tutoring is one of the most satisfying things I've done. I take an interest in my students, and it's important to me to see them succeed. Helping them reach an understanding of something new, or of something they used to struggle with, really makes me feel great. Everyone is different, with a different cultural...

...towards achieving the goals of learning. I think that planning is a very important skill as well and I like to work with all of my students with planning. This planning can be used for studying, for homework, for testing, and for any variety of areas that a student may want to bring to focus....

...with students one to one and helping them overcome the obstacles in their way to learning. I have worked as a full time teacher for 17 years especially in the area of French. It has been a joy to see many students who were struggling come to a clearer understanding of the language.... I want my students to realize that they can succeed. It may seem overwhelming to them, but I want them to come to...

...the writing process. I have taught college-level composition courses, as well as a poetry course, and have tutored at Wake Forest University's writing center for two years, and therefore have experience in coaching students at different skill levels through many stages of the writing process, including formulating arguments, brainstorming ideas, handling grammatical issues, finding sources...

...is that you will not only become proficient in your foreign language of choice, but that you will come to love it as well. To this end, my lessons engage all of your capacities to communicate: reading, listening, writing and speaking. As a continuing language-learner myself, I value trust and encouragement highly. I look forward...

...new, comprehensive and engaging material which makes sense to students. I love students of all ages, I enjoy watching the "lightbulbs" go one when they understand a difficult concept, or when they are elated because they remember a fact they couldn't before. I am young and I am still learning, and I can't wait to...

Apart from being a certified special education teacher, I have been tutoring regularly developing youngsters for the past 25 years. I enjoy working with, and, getting to know my students to discover their individual strengths and use those specific strengths to optimize learning. ... By helping the student become more self-confident and teaching learning strategies that may be generalized across the curriculum

...tutoring experience comes from my 4 summers spent as a nanny. Additionally, I have learned how to maneuver the difficult world of standardized testing through my own experience in taking such tests (ACT and MCAT). I believe an effective tutor is not only knowledgable about the subject matter, but also has adept personal skills to...

...the Spanish language and any opportunity to be involved with it! I also obtained my TEFL certification from Máximo Nivel in Cusco, Peru. I then worked for 9 months as an ESL teacher, educating Spanish-speaking adults and teenagers, ranging from beginner to advanced levels. I also served as the Assistant Academic Director for 2 months...