Award-Winning ESL/ELL Tutors serving Riverdale, IL

...and have lived in Alcala de Henares, Spain; receiving my certification from La Universidad de Alcala, and working as a freelance translator and English tutor. I also have conversational skills in French, with extensive background in interpretation, translation, and tutoring. I have a degree in Spanish Literature and language, and my second degree is in...

...well. I have a reading and math specialty, along with a masters in curriculum and instruction and an English Language endorsement. I love working with students to reach their highest potential and seeing them have their "light bulb" moments. It is important to me to build rapport with a student to reach their maximum capacity...

Hi! My name is Madeleine, and I use they/them pronouns, and I have a Bachelor's degree in Ethnic Studies and a minor in Gender Studies. I am passionate about providing equitable tutoring and education services to any student regardless of their background. I'm excited to work with you!

...tutor and teach others based on my expertise. This, in turn, has enabled me to view different attitudes that students possess towards learning and mold my teaching methods to fit their needs. Moreover, I am equipped with the knowledge and skills to aid each student, individually. I am certain that, based on experience, I will...

...especially excited about providing engaging virtual sessions to work on targeted curricular goals that are aligned to state learning standards. As a tutor, I aim to make all of my students feel seen, valued, and consistently heard when navigating their challenges with both academic content and executive functioning skills. My tutoring style is one that...

...my subjects, and have helped student actors to create shows from scratch. My teaching philosophy is very "Socratic", in the sense that I do not think that knowledge is a commodity passed from teacher to student but rather the ability of the teacher to act a s a facilitator of the self-questioning of the student...

Thank you for checking my page. I have worked with multiple grade levels. I look forward to working with you to meet all your language and math needs. Contact me for more information!

...main areas are Spanish and English, and international-related subjects. I can also help in tutoring students who are writing essays. I am very flexible and I truly want to meet the needs of my students. I have a friendly personality and am good at making students feel comfortable, especially those who are learning languages.

...SAT, SSAT, TOEFL, and GRE. Test Prep, as I have come to experience it does not mean the memorizing of 10,000 things. It is understanding that standardized tests are logic games, that they test nothing outside what you have already learned in school. The rub comes from the presentation, that standardized tests are designed as...

I'm an elementary school teacher with a passion for education! I enjoy tutoring in my free time, because I love being part of the learning process. In my lessons, I try my best to make sure my students feel relaxed, confident, and eager to do their best work.

...students to find freedom in these subjects rather than trauma. In each lies a means of expression and an opportunity for dialogue. Physics, for example, offers us a completely new vocabulary for describing our natural world. My goal is for you to develop a comfortable rhythm using unfamiliar vocabulary and the ideas behind them. Patience,...

...students make sense of difficult topics. I also enjoy meeting new students, and forming a strong rapport. In order to create a successful tutoring session I believe the session must be student centered. During my student teaching experience at Whitney M. Young Magnet School I learned the importance of establishing rapport with the students. A...

...became a "need" equal to air, water, food, and shelter. With every passing day, I grew academically, socially, and emotionally. Sharing stories we have read as well as personal stories from the heart affirms we are more alike than unalike. Education is a noble profession and all work is honored. I honor my mother who...

...have worked at two very well known schools in Chicago, Illinois, as a Mathematics teacher. I have taught Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II with Trigonometry. During college, I also tutored English as a Second Language to adult learners. I am fluent in Spanish and learned a bit of French. I am passionate in tutoring...

...mutual respect for both the skills both the learner and tutor bring to the table. I earned my MA in Women's and Gender Studies, my thesis entitled "Building Community with Students in Women's and Gender Studies Classes: Workshops for Cultivating Power-Awareness, Accountability, and Collectivity." I still use this work I've built volunteering with my local...

Part-time professor of German and Polish, researcher, published author with a PhD in Educational Psychology and MA in Germanic Studies and Second Language Acquisition. I have 20+ years of teaching and course design experience, building tailored courses for individual needs, and creating learning and teaching materials. I am also a teacher and student mentor and...

...through Varsity Tutors. My experience of having studied a foreign language for over ten years has made me understand what it takes to learn and truly comprehend a foreign language. Additionally, having come to the United States as a teenager and having had to learn the English language at that age, I came to understand...

...After raising my own children, I decided to go back to school and get a teaching degree. I graduated Trinity Christian College with an elementary education degree having endorsements in English, science, and social studies. I also earned an ESL certification. I love teaching online! I have 5 years of online experience teaching students from...

I am a dedicated tutor with a goal to center my practice on finding the learning style of each unique learner and working to establish an effective teaching style around the specific needs of the learner. I believe in communication between the learner and the tutor, and I encourage interactive learning.

...skills to enhance their educational endeavors for a lifetime. I believe in utilizing strategies of learning from my backgrounds in Communication Studies, Women's Studies Gender Studies, and Social Work. I believe in the potential for any student to achieve an A in every course and in every assignment. More so than a grade, my goal...