Award-Winning Economics Tutors in St. Louis, MO

...to languages, I also have a strong Math and Business background due to my undergraduate studies. Since graduation, I am currently serving as 1 of the 64 nationally selected fellows participating in the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs, which is a nine-month graduate-level experiential program centered around leadership development. I am a strong believer in the empowerment of education and self-development to build future leaders and hope to share that with all my students....

...teacher who is committed to helping people reach their potential and create positive impacts in their communities. I do this by helping students learn content, academic, and life skills that will allow them to be successful in various situations. I am grateful for opportunities to teach and do what I love, and I hope that my students will be able to learn as much from me as I inevitably will learn from them.... My personal teaching philosophy is that all students have individual skills and abilities, and all students are capable. The most effective education experiences are those modified based on each individual; their personality, motivation, and learning styles. It is important to help students learn not only content matter, but study skills and life skills that will help them be successful in future experiences in and beyond school.

...Economics, and the Economics of Education and Human Capital development. I am here in St. Louis to do a one year program at Washington University that basically crams in all the prerequisites for the MCAT into a single year. I hope to leverage my background in economics after I become an MD to do prescriptive research for education policies given the recent insights into the large effects a persons level of education has on their...

...experience with Common Core Standards in middle school mathematics. I am in my third year of teaching, so I have experience with an array of methods of teaching both in general as well as explaining and instructing students on specific skills. From my experience, I have learned that students learn best when they understand big concepts, so I constantly try to show students how big concepts tie into real world experiences that they care about....

...When I'm not studying, I like to spend as much time as possible in the great outdoors! I absolutely love being outside, and I jump at every opportunity to go hiking, biking, camping, you name it. :) I've worked as a Teaching Assistant in both business and engineering classes at Wash U., so I have experience working closely with students to help them succeed. I've also been on the receiving end of tutoring, and I...

I love teaching, math and accounting....and tacos...I love tacos, too. I am a graduate of Missouri - St. Louis' business school, a former Big-4 accounting firm partner and an Instructor of Accounting at a nationally recognized college.... I believe that each student learns differently, so I try to find out the best way to teach each concept.... I would try to learn about the student's interests and goals and explore the background the student has on that topic.

...Calculus, as well as Physics, and Language Arts. While working on my engineering degree, I also taught at an alternative private school, instructing both middle and high school students in a broad range of subjects. My academic and professional background has provided me the skills with which I can help students succeed in the classroom, as well as enable them with homework and study skills that they can take beyond their secondary education into college.

...see that the challenge can be very rewarding and actually enjoyable. I am confident that students will see that, like many other skills, the better one gets with science and math, the more they enjoy them. Ability, confidence, and enjoyment grow together organically. I scored a 513 on the 2015 MCAT (89th percentile), with a 129 in Biological Sciences (93rd percentile) and 128 in Physical Sciences, Critical and Analytical Reasoning, and Psychology/Sociology (87th percentile). I...

...also keenly interested in the human body, specifically biomechanics, kinesiology, and rehabilitation through movement. I am currently enrolled in a Doctorate of Physical Therapy program at Washington University in St. Louis, which I should finish in 2018. I started tutoring in 2012, when I went back to school (Queens College) in order to take all the necessary pre-med courses for my DPT program. My first tutoring experience was with struggling peers in Biology, Chemistry, and...

...students to take risks in applying newly learned knowledge. A growth mindset means having a belief that anything that can be learned with the appropriate effort and strategy. As someone who as studied in and experienced multiple disciplines - currently business - I have learned what it truly means to rely on having a growth mindset. I strive to inspire a similar mentality in my students through realistic goal-setting and relentless pursuit of practice and...