Award-Winning Creative Writing Tutors serving Homewood, IL

...academically but also to be respectful, patient and positive. I believe that it is wrong to call the disparities in skill an achievement gap; rather, I believe it is an opportunity gap. It isn't that students aren't capable of success, it's that the opportunity for success is not always readily available to them. I am...

...as a Second Language at a college in Chicago. I have enjoyed success with a wide range of students; seeing their skills develop is something in which I take pride. I believe education is vital to a well-rounded life and I try to ingrain that in my students. Outside tutoring sessions and classrooms, I enjoy...

...discovering new ideas and concepts. I emphasize that only through asking questions will they actively learn. My goal is for students to learn how to flick that switch in their heads, and in fact think differently. Students will learn how to think critically, ask questions, seek out the answers, and be actively engaged in their...

...my own knowledge of it. I was lucky enough to have taken classes not only at Knox, but also abroad in London and Dublin, gaining exposure to hundreds of different writers and styles during my college experience. Before college, I worked as a teachers assistant at the Polish Language School of Lombard, where often times...

Experienced proofreader, editor with freelance tutoring experience with a demonstrated history of working in business and education. Skilled in critical thinking, editing, and creative & academic writing. Strong media and communication professional with a Master's Degree focused in Writing and Publishing from DePaul University.

...to grow up at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, where my anthropologist mom was Education Director. Since early childhood, I've been immersed in multicultural and ELL education. I've devoted my personal and professional time to diversity and storytelling, starting at public TV station WETA in my hometown outside Washington, D.C., where I was...

...test taking, as well as helping to build the foundational skills required for long term success. Outside of tutoring, my interests include reading/writing, psychology, theatre, history, and Northwestern football and basketball. Reach out to discuss tutoring for: all elementary and middle school subjects, high school reading & writing (especially research papers!), SAT Reading & Writing/Language,...

...and edit papers in every subject. After graduation, I worked as an AmeriCorps service member in an after-school academic and enrichment program for elementary school students, and eventually rose to manage the program. Although I am comfortable tutoring a variety of subjects, I am most passionate about writing and language, and I truly believe that...

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...and I decided to leave the University to raise my children. In sum, I would say that I love to teach people what I know, and I do so after having synthesized my knowledge and associated it with other things I have learned. I look forward to helping you succeed, as other teachers have helped...

...behavior quite a lot. In fact, you probably structure your life around getting better at it. You read about it every day. You spend time or money on it. You may even meet people or go to conventions to build a community around it. All to satisfy some elusive appetite behind it -- a hunger...