Award-Winning College Essays Tutors in Catalina Foothills, AZ

...recent graduate of the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in English and a Bachelor of Science in Biology. I am currently going through the process of applying to medical school, and hope to be admitted into the class of 2021 at the University of Arizona Medical School in Tucson. I have two dogs and I enjoy drawing, writing, and reading in my spare time. I also love learning new things,...

...Creative Writing and in English, and as such, I have a strong background in those subjects as well, which are my favorite to tutor--I enjoy exploring the precision of language to clearly communicate ideas. I offer tutoring at all levels in English, and up to algebra in math, as well as SAT and PSAT tutoring. Outside of school, I hope to become a professional writer some day. I also enjoy reading, listening to music, traveling,...

...that centralize curricula, assessment, reporting, monitoring, and instructional effectiveness in order to make education more accessible to the nation's students. I have both the education and the experience to be of great use as a tutor. With the upcoming implementation of Common Core Standards for Science content areas, I am equipped with the tools and experience in areas both technical and practical to help students adapt to scientific (as well as math and language arts)...

I am currently student teaching 7th grade English in Tucson. My educational journey at Northern Arizona University to become a certified teacher with a degree in psychology is nearly complete. I have experience tutoring students with various abilities and interests for differing lengths of time. I look forward to meeting you!

...gained significant experience tutoring while teaching English in Shenzhen, China. I am comfortable teaching in a wide variety of subjects, and am especially confident in English, writing, Mandarin Chinese, and LSAT prep. I have found that a relationship of respect and equality with students is essential to a worthwhile tutoring experience. I pride myself on my ability to break down difficult concepts and create ways to understand them. My schedule is flexible and so is...

...I have worked with children for many years as a counselor, swim instructor, and after school teacher and over this time I have cultivated the skills to communicate effectively with students of all ages. I am very adept at finding creative ways to communicate difficult concepts through the use of digestible metaphors and examples. Additionally, I am able to maintain a laid-back and positive atmosphere with students, in which I can correct their mistakes and...

...for the year since then. I'm interested in sharing 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 taught test prep through the Lets Get Ready program in Chester...

...changed my life: William Shakespeare. After reading Hamlet for the first time, my English classes suddenly became more interesting, the stories that we read more meaningful. English was the only class I actively looked forward to. I was always excited to see how my reading of the text would match up with my teacher's opinion. This new enthusiasm helped me realize that I wanted to pursue English as a career. I enrolled in the University...

...and Holly, who are eight and six years old, respectively. Some activities I enjoy are spending time with my family, swimming, hiking, reading, playing piano, and watching baseball games. If there is something unanswered, I am a person who loves to learn and research until the answer is found! If you choose me as your tutor, I would do my very best to help you reach your goals. Education is a field in which I...

...included one-on-one mentoring sessions with my students to improve composition skills and close reading comprehension, as well as rhetoric, persuasive arguments, and historical context. My prior experience as an instructor at the U of A should make me an exceptional candidate for tutoring college students through any assignment that involves essay writing. I have been committed to communicating with as many of my students from my classes on an individual basis as possible. Even when...

...Eastern Illinois University. My coursework was geared toward solving physical problems using mathematical modeling. During my undergraduate education, I was employed as a physics tutor, assisting students with physics and mathematics coursework, where I honed skills in conveying information effectively to students at all levels. I also served as a teaching assistant, providing instruction in the use of telescopes and related lab equipment. I also have experience in the instruction of student musical ensembles, and...

...studied, lived, and worked in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Germany and bring my passion for history, language, and travel to my tutoring and teaching. As an instructor for the History and Spanish & Portuguese Departments at the University of Arizona, and as a freelance English teacher in Germany, I have taught students of all ages, backgrounds, and interests for over a decade. In the history classes I teach, I ask students to think about...

Hello! I am Dawn. I love tutoring, especially in one on one situations, because I love to watch the light in someone's eyes when they "get it." I can and will use various methods from visual to lecture to help you or your child learn the subject. I have worked with students who just needed help studying and ones who had extreme test anxiety. I am willing to help you with what YOU need.... When teaching...

...learning and having fun--what a concept! A person's view of the world expands the more knowledge he or she acquires. Learning should be holistic. Holistic learning means bringing in all aspects of knowledge to bear on the subject being studied. When taking a geography course, for example, land masses, oceans, topography, countries, economies, cultures, politics, and other aspects are all included. My educational journey began with an undergraduate degree from Boise State University where I...

...needs to discover knowledge in order to truly learn it; my job is to guide and advise. My passion is in literary analysis, and along the way, I have found that I enjoy helping students with writing. I teach a very practicable approach to grammar and focus on fluidity and organization. I want my students to write so that a teacher focuses on what is being said, not how it is being said. My motto:...

...statement, I love history. Getting students to realize the joys of history and to see it as the fantastic unfolding of human events that it is represents one of my favorite experiences as a teacher. As a teacher, I've learned that every student can learn given the right circumstances. As a tutor and teacher, it's my job to work with the student to figure out how they learn so that I know how to teach...

...Arts. I am currently a high school English teacher at a charter school in Tucson. I tutored for a school year for elementary students in Math, Phonics, and Reading Comprehension. I love teaching and tutoring English Language Arts to students of all age levels. It is a joy to watch students move from planning a writing assignment to publishing it in a final draft! It is fun to ask students questions about their writing, help...

...2014 for my clinical internship and I love it out here! I'm passionate about education and learning. I believe in modifying my teaching style to the unique needs of the student in order to ensure a maximal learning experience. I also believe that learning isn't just about performing well on tests (although that is important and I will do my best to enable my students to achieve their desired scores) but rather applying new material/learning...

...(I am American, so I don’t have an accent!) I’ve completed a teaching methods course and am qualified in all the social sciences such as History, Geography, Economics, Government, and Psychology. I also spent a summer teaching Physical Science at the high school level as a volunteer in Kenya … without electricity or textbooks. As an experienced writer and editor, I can help with essays, personal statements, writing technique and mechanics, as well as reading/study...

...math for two years at a small classical charter school in Texas, and I am certified in Texas as a generalist in grades four to eight as well as for mathematics in grades eight to twelve. I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2011 with a degree in History, and I am currently working through a Master's degree in Liberal Studies at Arizona State University. This variety of experience gives me a...