Award-Winning ESL/ELL Tutors serving Philadelphia, PA

...Harvard. Before Divinity School, I taught high school and middle school debate and was an SAT/ACT tutor in Birmingham, Alabama. I then taught middle school debate at Success Academy in Harlem and served as a healthcare advocate. I have extensive experience tutoring English, math, science, and SAT/ACT at the middle school through college level. I...

My name is Adriana Ferrentino and I am from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. I have a degree in Middle Level Education in Mathematics and English. I am a middle school teacher.

...plane to Uganda in pursuit of a less conventional office. In the years since I have lived, worked, traveled and taught on rivers and in classrooms around world. As a teacher at New River Academy from 2010-11 and World Class Academy from 2011-14 I introduced students to the world of English Literature inside the classroom...

...an excellent teacher.I received a Bachelor of Science in French with a minor in linguistics from Georgetown University.Because I have studied Linguistics, I have an excellent knowledge of English grammar and phonetics and phonology. After graduating from Georgetown University, I attended Temple University and earned a Master of Education Degree in Special Education. As a...

...passionate about learning, and I love to share that passion with others through teaching. I have a year worth of tutoring experience at the undergraduate level, and a year and a half worth of experience working with undergraduates in the classroom as a teaching assistant. I excelled academically in high school and college, but I...

...and Latin American literature, Spanish orthography and grammar as well as formal Academic writing. I recently returned from Chile in South America where I was teaching English in a public middle school. While there I was responsible for creating and implementing a speaking and listening curriculum. I have also done some work in Interpretation and...

...black and white photos in the darkroom. Additionally, I took my first screen printing class last year and quickly fell in love with this particular medium. I am hoping to take an intermediate level of screen printing sometime in the near future. I also love to travel and have been fortunate enough to visit some...

...the same background, thus I strive to create an all accepting classroom environment that meets each students' specific needs. I make sure to meet all my students where they are, whatever level that may be, and help build them up to surpass their expectations and achieve their goals. I prefer to have a wide net...

...junior and senior high school students both domestically and internationally and have developed English curricula for private, public, and nonprofit organizations. I have professional experience tutoring students in SAT and ACT Writing and Reading through Philadelphia's A-Plus Tutoring; I am certified to teach English as a Second Language through the Bridge Education Group; I have...

...have taught various levels of language learners all over the world: elementary students in Spain, young adults in Taiwan, and adult ESL classes in the United States. I am also still a language student as I am teaching myself medically-based Spanish vocabulary. I understand learning a new language is difficult and requires a different style...

...in a way that is easy and relates to them in order to help them become successful. Being a great communicator is my strongest attribute because I am able to understand what my students are saying and need so that I can break the problem down into a way they understand and answer their questions....

...past summer, I was a teaching fellow at the Social Justice Research Academy at the University of Pennsylvania. I mentored a small group of high-school students, many of them international, and help them navigate a rigorous research-based curriculum. Before coming to college, I co-founded a teaching center, tutoring economically disadvantaged students in English. In the...

...in my life as well as the conditions for learning that were necessary for me to become the reader that I am today. I also think about all the seeds that I am sowing as I work with young people each and every day. I think about how important the work is that I do,...

...Since then, I have enriched that education via an unbounded curiosity about the world and its inhabitants combined with a strong zest for learning. My personal desire to put this knowledge to good use by helping to educate others is precisely why I became a teacher/tutor. Every single person on this Earth is capable of...

...gives students the opportunity to learn and incorporate information in fresh, personal ways. I have considerable experience working with students of all ages, from K-12 to second-careers. I bring a broad humanities education, having done a liberal-arts Bachelors at the prestigious College of William & Mary, "the alma mater of the nation," and recently graduated...

...positions me to excel in this role. I am eager to bring my passion for teaching and healthcare to Varsity Tutors and contribute to your student's success. I look forward to working with a team of dedicated professionals who share a common vision of transforming education and making a lasting impact on students' lives.

I am e very dedicated, passionate and responsible person. I love teaching and having people improve communivative skills.... By being prepared to teach, having them know they are learning, and using motivated methods.... I try different methods to find out what the cause is, and then try different activities with him.... I set pre-reading and post-reading activities. I find readings which they love to read and make reading a hobby for them.

...a college graduate (3.9 GPA, English) from Saint Joseph's University and am a graduate with a master's in Writing Studies (4.0 GPA). During my time at SJU, I worked at the Writing Center and completed two theses: "Environmentalism in Irish Literature" (literary analysis) and "Fragments" (creative nonfiction essay collection). I won the Sylvia Clavan Award...

...with multiple manuscripts written and am in the process of getting them ready for publishing. I have a passion for helping students learn of their love for writing and reading as ways to learn about the world around them and helping them express themselves. I have traveled internationally and worked at ESL Sports & English...

...and solving problems. Math was hard for me when I was young, so I think I have an ability to empathize with students who struggle and to find a way to explain concepts so each individual can understand. I love seeing the light come on in a student's eyes when they finally understand a concept...