Certified Tutors From Swarthmore College

...art with a partner to a group of Mandarin-speaking elementary school students. I've been to China twice to study, teach, and travel and hope to visit again soon. Although based on a core curriculum designed to allow students to reach their goals, my teaching style is also very spontaneous, intuitive, and innovative. I???ve found that an...

Would you like a little help to understand Math, Science or Engineering? Would you like to become more successful at these subjects? I have been working with students of all sorts for over 28 years. It would be my pleasure to help you! My hobbies include carpentry, singing, and outdoor activities especially canoeing and hiking.

...as the areas students most often need help with on tests and exams. I am also happy to work with college students. I have worked with almost every variety of Calculus course, as well as differential equations, linear algebra, etc. Finally, I also help students preparing for standardized tests such as the SAT and GRE...

...debater). Most importantly, I logged over a thousand hours teaching classes, tutoring students on all levels. As a bonus, my wife teaches writing at Harvard University and Princeton before that giving me an edge when reading essays and papers. In my spare time, I am avid tennis player and skier. I enjoy playing board games...

...level and most enjoyed helping students improve their critical thinking skills. My goal is to help high school students develop their analytical and problem solving skills so that they are in a position to achieve academic success. I am most excited to help students prepare for the SAT, AP Government, and AP Human Geography. When...

...and writer and have worked as a tutor and classroom teacher with students of all ages and backgrounds. I received my MFA in writing from Johns Hopkins University, where I taught undergraduates. My background as a teacher and tutor encompasses work with language arts in all its forms: creative and critical writing, reading and literary...

...a Neuroscience major at Swarthmore College. My favorite subjects include Biology and Psychology. I am interested in teaching students how to develop a better grasp of their academic material, improve their learning skills, and succeed in whatever course they take. Outside of the classroom, I enjoy playing violin, reading, and traveling. I also have extensive...

...field that I hope to pursue as a career and there is nothing more crucial to the project of education than fostering positive relationships with students. Tutoring is a great way to begin to do that. I also have a real passion for the subjects I tutor, History, English, and French. The best part about...

...stress. Though new to the tutoring profession, I have been guiding and instructing my friends and family in Latin, English, and general writing and editing for a number of years. I had the chance to hone my editing skills in publishing internships with science fiction/fantasy publisher Tor Books in downtown NYC. My tutoring style is...

...additional experience teaching elementary school students, middle school school students, and adult learners. With my training from Brown as well as ongoing training from the Rhode Island Department of Education and other reputable providers, I continue to hone my abilities to facilitate the learning process for students of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. I believe...

...was often where I got to know them as students the best. I just think it is really important to recognize that every student is an individual, so they should get a unique experience. The tutor and the student should work together to figure out what is best. I tutor all levels of English: reading,...

...and practical subject for my students. In the area of reading and writing, I am familiar with teaching and evaluation methods to identify and help reading and writing issues, including reading strategies, like reviewing and summarizing, and writing strategies, like story maps, free writing, genre writing, and voice writing. As a tutor for your child,...

...into full swing. Next fall I hope to start my PhD in physics, with the ambition of one day becoming a professor at a university. Coming from an academic career track, I am very familiar with the frustrations of standardized testing, and am well-prepared to help others navigate the test preparation process.

...matter, one must understand both the raw data - dates, names, sentence structures, vocabulary - as well as the times in life when theoretical knowledge must be made into practical experience. When teaching, I make an effort to pair the fundamentals with interesting and insightful examples that demonstrate why those fundamentals are important. In my...

...technical degree I have diverse interests and I believe that my liberal arts background help me connect and communicate effectively as a tutor. I want to help you or your child understand the core concepts of any field instead of rattling off formulas and techniques for specific questions. To me, the mentor/mentee relationship is one...

...fun experience! Learning language can seem like a long task, but I like to set goals and use weekly agenda to improve your general study skills over a short amount of time! I also assign movies and fun videos to watch in Chinese. It is the most spoken language in the world, therefore, having this...

...in my experience as a student as well as an actor, is improvisation: allowing a student to channel their existing interests into the material and have more control within the lesson. With the aid of speaking and listening, as well as reading and writing, the lesson can also stay on one subject and still move...

...I am delighted to be your tutor! I have experience in essay writing and literary analysis, and I am here to help you develop your paper-writing skills! I have experience teaching both grade school and high school students, and have taught college-level seminars. I live in Louisville with my wife and three cats. Besides reading...

...I enjoy sharing the knowledge that I've gained from these experiences as well; in fact, one of my favorite things to help people with is finding the best ways to communicate ideas both structurally and semantically in writing and speech, from book reports to college essays. When I'm not tutoring or conducting research, I like...

...introductory coding and math skills with people in communities that wouldn't necessarily get them in the education system, especially as tools to further activist work. To this end I want to get some practice one-on-one teaching these subjects! I'm also interested in tutoring test prep and essay writing to people in high school, after having...