Award-Winning Elementary Math Tutors in Cleveland, OH

...subjects to tutor are history and reading. My favorite subject is history so I enjoy opportunities to work with that subject. I find learning about the past and how it impacts the present very fascinating. My other favorite subject to tutor is academic reading. I enjoy helping students put the details of a story together to figure out key points. In my spare time, I enjoy reading and getting out and trying new experiences. One...

...intro biology class at the UA, and I created lesson plans, games, and activities to make learning fun for the 350 students. I learned that most students are visual learners, so I advised many of them to make use of visual learning tools such as concept maps, Venn Diagrams, and charts. Growing up in Arizona, Spanish was spoken all around me and students start learning the language at a young age. I studied Spanish all...

...subject (s) being taught. Always wrap up on a positive note and make sure you challenged the student for the next level. I was diagnosed with a learning disability in elementary school. English Language Arts was the biggest area of struggle for me, with some minor difficulty in math. I have learned to coexist with and overcome my disability. Because of my own struggles with learning, I know I can help students overcome their own...

...Computer Applications. I also teach Piano and Music Theory privately. I have also worked with students in vocational rehabilitation where I concentrated on employment training. I am passionate about teaching and am rewarded by my students' success. I dedicate a lot of time to get to know my students, understand their learning styles, and address any barriers to learning. I work hard to assure my students understand the material very well. At the same time,...

...express a genuine concern for my students and use that rapport to construct a positive learning environment. It seems small but I need my students to feel appreciated and respected, valued and smart! I set high expectations for students and encourage them to reach their full potential. I look for ways to engage students in activities that appeal to their multiple intelligences and make them excited about learning. It is important to me as a...

...Johns Hopkins University where I received a Master of Science in Education. I am in my fifth year of teaching and have taughtet everything from Kindergarten to Eighth Grade. My favorite part of working with students is seeing that "Ah-Ha!" moment. I love learning about my students as a whole so that I can make instruction as relevant as possible to them. In my free time I enjoy staying active by rowing, a sport I...

...love for learning and teaching, I am looking to tutor students who need the extra push to get back on their feet. I am a Senior Process Engineer with a degree in Chemical Engineering and have taken various courses in the fields of science and mathematics. This is a platform that I have found to give back what I have learned over my years in academics. I am the type of an individual who enjoys...

...medical scribe, and a tutor at Varsity Tutors! I intend to apply to medical school during the summer of 2018. These experiences have allowed me to develop an even greater appreciation for the sciences than what Ive learned through textbook learning alone. Through tutoring, I hope to instill the same level of excitement and subject appreciation in my students, not just in the sciences; but in a variety of subjects, such as English, Writing, and...

...always vocalizing my thought process, I make sure never to do that with my own students. A second foundation of my teaching philosophy is finding what my students are passionate about and connecting the area they are struggling with back to their interests. In High School, I enjoyed history much more than math. When I began to learn about the history of math, however, math suddenly became far more interesting to me, and now it...

...ALL children deserve a right to have an education that is catered to them. I want to see all children succeed in learning. By creating a safe and fun learning environment students are able to one be comfortable with learning but also to enjoy learning. By creating fun and creative ways for students to learn you are able to achieve this. I have always loved working with students and want to see them love learning.

My goal with every student is to ensure they have a firm understanding of the material despite any difficulties we come across or how much time it may take. This will be accomplished through clear and thorough explanation of all relevant concepts followed by plenty of practice problems to ensure the...

...challenges they have in their business classes and then conquer those challenges. I look forward to working with college and high school students on business classes and helping them succeed! My background: I'm currently an investment banker focused on mergers and acquisitions, spent the last several years as an operational consultant focused on China, and have helped small businesses through public accounting and my own personal consulting. MBA from Cleveland State University Bachelors in Accounting...

An educator that understands that each student learns differently, socializes differently, and learns at a different pace. A teacher who understands that the mission of educators and students is to collaboratively develop thoughts and minds that lead to healthy socialization, and academic success.... To be a great educator, one must know how to tailor the curriculum to the individual student. It is the educator's job to identify why some students struggle, and to then implement effective...

...flexibility to tailor a personal style that is right for each student and their coursework. My favorite subject to tutor is reading. Reading was difficult for me as a student, especially during high school and college. I feel that so much time is spent teaching students to learn to read and never enough time teaching them to read to learn. I believe that if a student can be successfully in reading,including comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary,...

...for helping to learn mathematics has always been an area of focus of mine. I have a BS in Applied Mathematics, and an MS in Mathematics, both from Cleveland State University, Cleveland OH. I conduct research/projects in mathematics, and my completed research is in fractal geometry & prime number distribution, and mathematically modeling an electromagnetic power storage device for which prior to, there was no mathematical model. My specialty and favorite mathematics discipline is geometry.

Currently I attend the University of Akron majoring in middle level education. My strategy as a tutor is to guide students through the problems and provide explanations rather than giving the solutions and process immediately. I want my students to understand the process rather than just getting the right answer. My end goal is for you to understand the subject better and for you to leave our sessions feeling confident about the material and yourself!

...In addition I have taught online, in the traditional classroom as well as tutoring one on one. The schools have been private, public, urban and rural. Having been in a large urban district mandatory and voluntary professional development sessions were completed. To be most effective and remain relevant I attend workshops, consult with other educators in person and through chats, national organizations and blogs. Through online registrations I receive electronic newsletters of developments in Math...

...I have been teaching in some forms throughout most of my life. In high school, most of my teaching experience came from annual basketball camps that the varsity team would hold for elementary-age players. In college, I gained plenty of experience on the academic side of teaching, as I was a TA for an introductory computer programming class, a paid peer tutor for physics, and, for three years, the treasurer of a Duke-based high school...

...also enjoy working with students on test prep. My style as a tutor is to guide students through problems and provide advice and explanations rather than presenting the solutions and process immediately. This gives students the chance to learn the material both correctly and efficiently as they are actually working through the material. I also do my best to make my explanations of concepts accessible and explain them in simple ways that allow students to...

...Homework Help Center at the Whetstone Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. In 2015, I worked at the HHC as their Homework Help Associate, requiring me to work with students K-12 in a myriad of subjects, each needing me to produce a personal approach to how I could aid them. Currently, I work as an Image Analyst for the Ophthalmology department of Case Western Reserve University. The subjects I most prefer to tutor are the...