Award-Winning English Tutors in Brookline, MA

I am a middle school special education teacher, who has also taught middle school ELA, ESL in a summer program to teenagers, private ESL lessons, and at a home for students with behavioral and emotional issues. I strive to create engaging and challenging lessons to help students improve their skills and become more prepared for college and career success!... As a teacher, I believe it is my responsibility to make sure that every child who I...

I would love to teach elementary school and middle school students in my areas of interest. They are: Nutrition, cooking skills, math, the biological sciences, reading, and writing. I currently produce a podcast called "healing outside the box", which deals with issues of food safety and sustainability, as well as nutrition. I enjoy discussing these topics. I also encourage students to ask about basic anatomy and nutrition-related chronic illnesses.

...with math. No matter how hard I worked, sometimes the material just would not click. I worked with my teachers and tutors who helped me overcome many of my learning barriers. I have been tutoring students for 6+ years in all academic and organizational areas. I am patient, kind, understanding, and willing to take the time that each student needs to understand a concept. I understand school work does not come naturally for everyone, and...

...in Philadelphia but now living in the great city of Boston. I just came back from a year living in France, where I taught English to over 200 elementary school students in person and by videoconferencing. My other previous teaching experiences include being a French drill instructor and Linguistics T.A. at Dartmouth, a teaching assistant at the Kimball Union Academy Summer Language Institute, and a Dartmouth Partners in Community Service Fellow at the Chinatown Community...

...few years ago when I taught a nutrition class to children in their early teens, teaching them the basics of nutrition, such as picking healthy ingredients and avoiding processed foods. Since then, I have been a part-time tutor, and I look forward to meeting lots of new students through Varsity Tutors! As a current college student, I have taken many of the classes I tutor very recently, and am still actively involved in learning, especially...

...to tutor are History and Geography. I find these two subjects fascinating and truly have a passion for them and showing how interesting history and geography can be! My teaching philosophy starts with making students feel comfortable and at ease. Learning should be enjoyable and not an added stressor if it can be avoided. Education is such an important part to life, and its importance should never be underestimated. I pay attention to my students...

...the opportunity to tutor at elementary schools around Providence, Rhode Island. I tutor a wide range of subjects, with emphasis on Test Prep and Writing, but my main passions are Statistics and Literature. I fell in love with Statistics after taking courses in it that were outside of my comfort zone during school. Helping students break through discomfort around Statistics and Math and feel empowered by the experience is one of my reasons for tutoring....

...ability and insight that instructors expect. Currently, I volunteer as a religious education teacher at my local parish church, where I teach small classes of middle school students. This experience has widened the range of grade levels and learning styles I am familiar with and has also allowed me to take a more directive role in teaching, prompting me to devise innovative and engaging lesson plans and activities to help my students both comprehend and...

...English tutor very seriously. My goal is to not only help a student acquire the necessary skills needed to succeed, but to enjoy doing so. This is also why I tutor children of all ages in standardized test preparation. I know tests are a formidable challenge to many people, but I believe that they can be fun if a student feels prepared and confident. In my mind, a test is an opportunity to display hard...

Hello! My name is Chris Aparo. I am a certified elementary school teacher with a background in history/social studies. I am well-versed in a variety of content disciplines and teaching methods, and I excel at one-on-one student assistance.

...been working with kids throughout the city in various capacities for close to four years now, using my education and experience to help them succeed in school and socially. From September 2015 until June 2016, I served in a 5th grade classroom in Hyde Park with City Year Boston, helping my students primarily with their reading but also with math and other subjects. I am capable of working with you from various backgrounds and can...

...graduation and began working as a Special Education aide at an elementary school in Marshfield. While working as an aide, I am attending Lesley University and working towards my Master's degree in Early Childhood Education. I will receive this degree in December of 2016. I have worked in preschools, kindergartens, and many other early childhood classrooms throughout my undergrad and graduate degree programs. This has given me lots of experience in teaching and working with...

...in economics and French. I have worked as a tutor and college applications consultant throughout high school and college, both as a freelancer and as a senior consultant for CollegeVine. I tutor a broad range of subjects, but I am most passionate about those closely related to my majors. In my experience, being a great tutor is not just about having a deep knowledge of the subject, but also about being able to inspire and...

...and sustainable technologies. I pride myself on being a friendly and charismatic person, with the ability to make people comfortable around me and also understand the importance of what I am communicating. I am thorough and meticulous in my method of tutoring, and I try to make sure my student fully comprehends the scope of what they're learning. Aside from that, I enjoy meeting people, drawing and going to art shows, experimenting with circuits, playing...

...types of material for both myself and the students I have worked with in the past. I enjoy helping people learn and reach their full potential and it is my aim to foster student learning on an individual basis. Understanding that each person learns in a different way at a different rate has allowed me to fully engage in both one on one as well as small group teaching. Overall, I am willing to try...

...in Cambridge, Massachusetts, teaching English primarily to 9th and 10th graders students. I also teach a course on Creative Writing, which is open to all students and examines how to craft a compelling narrative in any medium, including college essays and fiction. As a learner and an educator, I have always been most passionate about reading and writing because I believe each student should have the tools to critically examine and better the world around...

I am a teacher of writing and literature with two Masters from Salem State University, one in English and one in Teaching English. I currently teach high school English, although I am a former biopharmaceutical engineer. I love rhetoric, writing pedagogy, digital composition, and feminist critical theory. My favorite subjects to tutor are writing and English literature. When I'm not tutoring, I love camping, hiking, and horseback riding with my dogs.... My goal as an educator...

...and as an editor at many school papers, so I have lots of training in language and in offering essay support. While I enjoy tutoring in all subjects, I especially love English (and any type of writing), Social Studies, History, and Spanish. I'm also dyslexic, so I had to overcome a little more difficulty than many of my peers to learn how to read and write, but now those are two of my favorite things...

Teaching is about taking my own energy, positivity and excitement and sharing it with students. I have taught in high schools, summits from Boston to Beijing and have always found that students are able to learn and grow when they are challenged and excited by those teaching them. I believe that any student who finds a course boring, or impenetrable, simply hasn't found the right teacher yet!

...with a Master's Degree in Education and a professional teaching license in grades 5-12. I specialize in executive functioning, reading comprehension, writing development, and creating academic strategies for test prep, ELA, History, and ESL. I see myself more of a coach helping you develop strategies that will serve you long after we finish our session. I'll tailor a program that works for you, which will serve you academically and professionally. I look forward to working...