Certified Tutors From Williams College

...and learning about their interests. I then try to relate my teaching to my student's interests. If I can find an example relevant to their interests, I will use it. And if I'm using a metaphor, again, I try to choose metaphors most relevant to them. I specialize in a mix of organic chemistry and...

...students the time and space to express their interest in and understanding of course material, and the tutorial allows the tutor to identify potential weaknesses in understanding. It is this face to face interaction that helps students to gain confidence in their abilities and to think on their feet, and these skills are important even...

...as a writer for a test preparation company, giving me a solid background in test-taking strategies for the SAT and ACT. I love helping students learn strategies to unlock these intimidating tests! In my spare time, I enjoy hiking and camping. I'm obsessed with Civil War historyI fell in love with the era when I...

...educator with two years of experience as an assistant teacher, small group instructor, and tutor in public schools. I love working one-on-one with students, meeting them wherever they are, and pushing them beyond where they thought they could go. I have a strong growth mindset and I believe in hard work, but I also have...

...and Billy Joel fan, planning to go see Paul McCartney this summer if possible. As someone who played baseball in high school, I always am up to throw the ball around or talk about the game, especially if you are a New York Yankees fan. More importantly, however, I have a genuine interest in helping...

...college, I taught elementary school English in South Korea for two years before becoming a rowing coach. I love to travel, read, and learn, and I love to share knowledge and learning experiences with others. Economics and English/literature are the two subjects I enjoy studying, and by extension teaching, the most, because they present two...

...and college, and working with students is a blast. I like math and reading (always a plus for teaching.) For math in particular, I'm good at breaking down concepts into easily understood explanations; I think students should understand the concepts behind the math their doing, not just how to plug in numbers into formulas. I'm...

...not everyone may not teach effectively, as it takes empathy to get to someone's head. A common problem with learners is that they form sentences in ways they would in their native languages. With a little guidance, learners can easily correspond expressions in their native language As a tutor, I tutored for the German department...

...city. A native New Yorker, I graduated from Hunter College High School and went to Williams College, where I majored in biology and Spanish. Afterwards, I got a Master's in science journalism from NYU. I have published science articles in The Atlantic, Popular Science, Audubon Magazine, Vice, and more. My goal is to make learning...

...stretching from St. Paul's "Letter to the Romans" and Augustine's "Confessions" to Marx's "The Communist Manifesto" and Freud's "Civilization and Its Discontents") and one section of senior English (we began with several Shakespeare plays and ended with the novels of Dickens, Joyce, and Nabokov). Both classes required a great deal of writing. My Humanities students...

I am an excellent motivator and a passionate educator. I enjoy helping young people develop confidence in their abilities and therefore become stronger students and lifelong learners.... I like to spend the first tutoring session discussing goals.... I would try to relate the subject to the student's own life. When information learned in the classroom can be applied to "real life", the information seems much more approachable and meaningful.

...everyone learns the same, so I am here to listen and teach you how you learn best. Different people learn through different methods, be it visual, auditory, repetition, or hands-on, and I am committed to teach in the style in which you prefer. I am comfortable simply helping with pre-assigned homework from a teacher to...

I've been teaching biology to undergraduates since 2003, as a tenured professor at the University of Redlands and as visiting faculty at various institutions, including Boston College and Williams College. One of my greatest joys in life is seeing my students grow in their skills, their confidence, and the power to shape their futures.... I focus on helping students build a network of ideas so that they can remember and use them. I also guide them...

I am a senior consultant specializing in journalistic essay writing and political research on foreign countries. In my spare time, I enjoy volunteering as an after-hours English/Language Arts teacher at Kramer Middle School and writing. I was a Math major at Williams College, class of 2015.... Students learn best when they learn how to think about problems instead of just memorizing lists of rules. Teaching should be customized for each student.

...years of experience teaching and tutoring. In high school, I tutored middle school students after school and over the summer in Math & Reading. More recently, I have taught English classes for non-native speakers in Egypt and during weekly Skype sessions. I have enjoyed helping some of my students prepare for the TOEFL test. I...

...range of strategies to help students see their writing as a performance of their thinking. As a history tutor, my approach is similar. It's hard to memorize facts and dates; even harder if you feel personally unconnected to them. Students struggling to memorize people and events in a vacuum need more. I focus on helping...

...reading the premier pathway to wisdom and perspective. Education is, in my opinion, the greatest good there is, and I hope to foster a similar appreciation in my students. In my spare time I enjoy reading, for both pleasure and knowledge. I also enjoy going on long walks, listening to music, and playing videogames.

...Edgemont and Scarsdale High School students and spent the summer of 2017 as a mentor for Summer on the Hill at Horace Mann. As a tutor, I try to show students several different approaches to any task they are faced with, whether it be solving a math problem or organizing an essay. This way, students...

...As a writing tutor, I can help with academic and professional writing as well as fiction writing (fiction is my genre concentration at Sarah Lawrence). More specifically, I assist students in clarifying their ideas, fleshing out or organizing their outlines, editing/proofreading, including primary/secondary sources, and maintaining a consistent voice that is appropriate for their audience.

...a tiny bit of targeted, focused work. My primary objective as a tutor is to make you aware of the skills you most need to work on, and give you specific coaching on strengthening those skills. The key word in that last sentence is specific. Everyone understands differently. Even if you are having difficulty with...