Award-Winning European History Tutors serving Elizabeth, NJ

I love reading and writing and want to make it your passion too! Let me show you how fun the world of words can be. Hey, since we have to live on this rock, we might as well spend it exploring all the universes we can through reading and writing!

...local Math competitions (alongside a brief internship spent at NASA's Kennedy Space Center engaging in robotics design). Before I began my graduate degree, I worked as a full-time teaching associate at Success Academy Charter Schools, where I served as a lead Mathematics instructor and academic advisor to Grade 8 students. Aside from teaching and curating scholar-targeted assignments, I also helped design curriculum for the STEM department. Beyond academics, I'm an avid bookworm, a curious globetrotter...

...International Relation, law, geography, sociology, anthropology, business management and economics. I believe I have the ability to tutor any student in many fields. Throughout my whole educational career, I had opportunities to tutor and teach many students; whether it was teaching children math at an orphanage or tutoring Political Science students at McGill. With these past experiences, I was able to gain the skills and knowledge needed in order to tutor any student.

...they will never master. I teach rules of grammar and the best practices for composition as parts of the process of writing, which empowers children to be their own editors and relieves then of the fear of making errors, or "saying something wrong." When children realize that their ideas and words are valid and that they have the power to improve them, writing assignments can become opportunities for expression and sources of accomplishment and pride....

My practice is founded in the belief that critical thinking will always benefit the student greater than memorization. Therefore I spend my time show my students how to think and deconstruct problems instead of having them memorize the answers. This method has taken my student far beyond the classroom and has given them the tools to achieve their dreams.

A battle-tested veteran of the New York private school circuit, I graduated college in 2013 and now teach German in DC. I lived in German-speaking Europe for many years, and I majored its language, culture and history. I fully understand the many competing demands on a modern student's schedule. My tutees and I therefore tailor-make lesson plans based on their personal strengths and areas for improvement in order to fully capitalize on our time together.

...studies subjects. Since 1997, I have taught social studies courses at both the high school and middle school levels, in grades 6-12, as well as in undergraduate college courses. The courses I have taught include United States and World History (AP, middle and high school on-level, and college level), Anthropology, Civics, and Law and Human Rights. For the past seventeen years, the students in my AP U.S. History classes have consistently had a passing rate...

...both the History and Comparative Literature & Society departments, and one of my senior theses, "Cities of Defeat: Spanish Civil War Refugees and the French Concentration Camps of 1939" won the Columbia History department's Charles A. Beard Prize as well as the George Watt Prize. I have also received multiple creative writing awards through National YoungArts Foundation and the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. I have reading knowledge of Spanish, French, and German. Please reach...

...along with ESL at a private international school for the past 5 years. I have a teaching license and also a license in real estate as a salesperson. I studied abroad in Moscow Russia, Madrid Spain, Paris France, and Rome Italy. I also spent the summer in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and six months in Punta Cana, and the Dominican Republic where I taught ESL at an international school. I enjoy teaching and tutoring all...

...African-American Studies from Duke University. I recently moved to New York to write my dissertation, and am already wondering why I didn't move here sooner! I have tutored a variety of subjects and specialize in test preparation. Most recently, I took the GRE to get into my doctoral programs. I love tutoring as it give me an opportunity to be a teacher, coach, and cheerleader all at the same time. I love the one-on-one interaction...

...I'm excited to put my multi-discliplinary work and education experience to good use as a part of Varsity Tutors for this reason. My life as a student has brought me to the realization that finding out what sort of learner you are makes all the difference. A focus on building your learning toolkit makes you stronger than simply amassing answers to questions ever will. I'm here to help young adults find the personal and unique...

I have 14 years teaching students and mentoring teachers. I am bilingual in Spanish and have worked teaching in New Jersey and California.... I motivate students and give them the reason why to excel. I lead by example and use multisensory techniques.... I like to find a student's deficits and strengths, and create a good working relationship with the student and their family.

...subjects, mostly in the humanities and social sciences. I also tutor in Mandarin Chinese. As a native speaker in Chinese, I love to teach Chinese because the language relates to my background and specialty. I can also tutor areas in social sciences, including statistics, biostatistics, psychology, etc. I am looking forward to meeting new students. My teaching philosophy is to let students get the most out of the sessions and I am very flexible to...

...subject and, therefore, the subject through which middle- and high-school students learned critical reading and writing skills. As I stress to me students, it is also the subject that encourages student to develop their own opinions. I want to help youth to learn and utilize the skills of evidence-based academic argument and critical thinking. My goal is to develop the student skill set and, by extension, the student confidence to meet the requirements in this...

...opinion, a key to success is not only a hard work, but understanding also. When we understand the material, we have all the chances to learn something. Being an honored student myself, I know how to break down and teach the hardest topics. My teaching style will help students to memorize the material quickly and effectively with the help of mnemonics, visualization and spaced repetition. I look forward to see you in my class.

A writer and screenwriter in the West Village, Jordan has written for Grantland, The Awl, AOL News, and on a 30 for 30 short film.

I have tutored 3rd-5th graders for the past four years. I have tutored a variety of subjects for students but specialize in English, reading, ACT reading, ACT writing and art history. My favorite part of tutoring is when my students are engaged and having fun learning!

...Big Brothers Big Sisters. I'm comfortable with nearly all subject areas, particularly reading comprehension, writing, social studies and early math. You can expect plenty of humor in my tutoring sessions. I use it as an ice-breaker to build rapport with my students. I pride myself on being able to determine where problems lie and how best to tackle them. I rarely give students answers - I think it's my job to help them figure it...

...Into Reading, and many more. I am trained in Orton-Gillingham "science of reading" methodology and "Algebra for All" math skills. And while I have experience teaching students as young as four years old, I also specialize in teaching advanced learners AP subjects such as History, English, Math and many other subjects. I also am proficient in test prep for many important exams, including the SAT, ACT, NYC Specialized High School Exam, Catholic School High School...

...prep tests online but also took personalized courses to prepare further for the exams. While in college, my love for teaching and assisting other students did not stop. I became a Peer Writing and Language Tutor and mainly worked with students on French grammar, pronunciation, spelling and paper structure. I was also a writing tutor in my senior year. Thus, throughout my college career, I benefited from teaching both American and international students as they...