Award-Winning English Tutors in Clarkstown, NY

...aged students and professionals. I have taught economists, lawyers, doctors, police officers, nurses, businesswomen and men, as well as nuns, athletes and computer scientists. Teaching is a job and a mission to me; my goal is to help students reach their personal goals, using materials and methods that make the 'journey' to success an interesting...

...ago, and have been working with a variety of age groups and subjects ever since. I have tutored in elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, and colleges. In college, I majored in Philosophy and minored in Physics and English. I'm excited to work with students and help them learn in their own individual ways!

...challenged to think independently. I strive to make difficult material not only understandable, but engaging and empowering. Outside of academics, I enjoy freelance writing, running, traveling, and cooking. I recently started a book club with friends, where we discuss fiction, history, and memoirs as a great way to blend learning and community.

...grade school student, so I know the value of a qualified and dedicated tutor. I've tutored students from grades 3-12 in a variety of subjects as part of my National Honor Society service, and have also taught students age 4+ as part of my Sunday School teaching experience. I am currently a student at Rutgers...

...working with students from China who were taking the TOEFL exam. I like to teach by first letting the student try the problem on their own. Then, I like to go through each step of the problem with the student until they understand. Finally, I let the student try a similar problem on their own...

As a tutor, I look forward to getting to know my students and their learning styles, in addition to developing tailored lesson plans to best assist them in their problem subjects. I am and have always been committed to education and helping students in any way I can to achieve their academic goals. ... Every student has unrealized academic potential. My goal is to tap into it and help the student to achieve that which they...

...I will help you better understand the material. Outside of tutoring, I am an actor/composer/lyricist who loves to write new showtunes. Musical theatre is something I have grown to love, and the love, surprisingly, stems from my own devotion to cartoons and video games. But, make no mistake, while I can often be found watching...

...I have tutored math and English for middle school and elementary school age children, as well as provided writing and college application support for high schoolers. In college, as editor of my school paper, I was responsible for the training of new writers each semester both on grammar and mechanics. I was also a TA...

...teaching assistant for graduate level theory courses as well. I have participated in the School for Criticism and Theory at Dartmouth, and, generally, I have very strong teaching recommendations. A number of my students from this semester asked if I were available to teach English 152 following its precursor, English 111. Currently, I am teaching...

...to spend extra time teaching and tutoring other students. I know how important it was for me to meet the right mentors along the way to college at Yale and to medical school at Stanford, and I would love to help mentor you along your journey, too! My hobbies include: running, take spinning and cardio...

...program with honors in liberal arts and science research. As a freshman, I began workshop leading in Introductory Chemistry courses and, soon thereafter, progressed to Organic, Quantitative and Thermodynamic Chemistry. I enjoyed my interaction with the students so much that, after graduating, I decided to adjunct lecture at a community college. There, I welcomed the...

...aspects of teaching English is helping you develop a strong writer's voice which will help guide the tone and structure of all your future essays in a way that makes sense to you. I like to begin by gauging how the student currently approaches writing, understanding what works well and what proves difficult before delving...

...value in transforming difficult concepts into simpler, understandable processes. It is my desire to evoke a detailed, precise, imaginative explanation, opening up our minds in the session to true learning... not just the easy facts you'd attain for free a Google search away. After sessions I've had previously, students find the hardcore memorization much easier...

...and so much more. Since moving to New York, outside of my career as an actor, I've been tutoring individual students in Brooklyn, as well as coaching high school seniors with their college essays/applications. My approach involves positive reinforcement and providing specific learning tools that work best for individual clients. I'm happy to help!

...understand their subjects. I bring a unique way of approaching the subject that is meant to keep the student engaged and learning ranter than forcing them to recite a bunch of uninteresting facts over and over. I tutor a wide variety of subjects that I'm personally and professional passionate about. I was a comparative literature/religious...

...Verbal and Writing preparation, as well as in college essay writing. I also teach Korean, as it is my second native language. My teaching approach is tailored to each student's particular needs and learning style. I am patient, relaxed, keenly observant, and articulate - I will find a way to put things so that you...

...their own individual ways of learning. I had to learn many tricks along the way to make sure I stay organized, focused, and on top of my work, and I would love to share them with you! My tutoring philosophy is that everyone whether they are young or old, whether they have learning difficulties or...

...actual feel for writing something well. Good writing is not just about using correct grammar, it is about structuring an argument, persuading an audience and sounding eloquent; skills that will help student well into adulthood. I have an MFA in Creative Writing with my thesis being a full-length novel that was edited by a five-time...

...BA in History and Political Science, I was hired as an editor for SparkNotes. At SparkNotes I distill works of literature for high school and college students every day. I am comfortable with and enjoy working with students from middle school through college. Outside of tutoring, I enjoy reading, running, dressmaking, and visiting New York...

...I want to continue sharing and teaching my passion of reading and writing with students to help them be successful in all subjects in school and whatever their future may bring. My style of teaching can be defined as that I am in fact, "...not a teacher, but an awakener", as said by Robert Frost....