Certified Tutors From Macalester College

...hope to pursue graduate degrees in Divinity and Youth Ministry. I have extensive experience tutoring and teaching English in a variety of settings: college classrooms, private homes, churches, SAT schools, and even abroad in places like Cuba and China. I am most comfortable teaching the SAT Reading/Writing and helping youths with their personal statements. Furthermore,...

...gain some of those same skills. I have been a writing and Italian tutor for the past three years, and I work with a wide range of students with a variety of goals. I can help students with essays, personal statements, applications, grammar, verbal and writing standardized tests, and Italian grammar and conversation. As a...

...working in a variety of other subjects as well. As a student and a teacher, I prefer working from the fundamentals to memorizing facts; I feel that understanding how and why something works is a more interesting and effective method, and helps nurture critical thinking, an essential life skill. I look forward to helping students...

...and English, as well as Critical Reading and Writing test prep. I hope that my students come away from our sessions with both the factual foundation that will they need to succeed, and a broader understanding of the subject's importance. In my free time, I love, reading, creative writing, riding horses, playing with my dogs...

...undergraduate degree was in Chemistry and Biology and I was a student tutor for General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry I and II. Since college, I've spent time as a volunteer tutor for high school and middle school students from disadvantaged backgrounds. I love teaching and I think there's nothing quite as exciting as helping someone...

...a Biology major with a pre-med emphasis, I have developed a strong background in the basic sciences (Chemistry, Biology, Physics) that has been enhanced by tutoring Human Physiology while in college and high school Biology through Horizons for Youth. While having performed well in the basic sciences in college, I have managed to gain an...

...I'm in! I am available to tutor reading, writing of all kinds, elementary math, public speaking, and Spanish. My favorite subject to tutor is definitely Spanish. I was a Spanish tutor at my college my Senior year, and I love helping other people figure out the intricacies of such a beautiful language. I believe that...

...one-on-one tutoring. Now, I am thrilled to be working with Varsity Tutors as a tutor of virtually all K-12 level mathematics (and several other subjects!), in order to bring high-quality, caring, and dedicated tutoring to students in need. I am here to help! Whether a student needs to prepare for a test, expand their knowledge...

...Latin America and the Caribbean in downtown DC. I have vast experience working one-on-one with students to help them achieve their academic goals. I was a teaching assistant for a college course on Statistical Modeling, helping peers comprehend the fundamentals of statistics. In high school, I launched a French language club where I taught French...

...society. Since I've moved to the Twin Cities I have tutored many students in helping them to achieve state standards. I also enjoy tutoring for standardized tests, specifically the ACTs. I think that having a great tutor can make such a difference in someone's life. Education is so important and having a tutor there to...

...Seattle Aquarium. I have hundreds of hours of experience teaching biology and tutoring standardized tests. I completed my undergraduate work in biology at Macalester College and earned a PhD in Microbiology at the University of Washington. I am also interested in pedagogy (the study of how students learn and how to teach) and regularly participate...

...SAT writing and reading. In 2011, I earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Macalester College in English language and Literature. Before tutoring with Varsity Tutors, I tutored for another private company. I am an excellent tutor because I remember distinctly what it was like to be a student and can both empathize with their...

...learn best when they are enjoying the process and feel capable of breaching the social and academic challenges that come up. Moreover, students must feel a sense of trust and confidence in the adults who guide them. I look forward to working with you and opening a door to the world through shared study.

...family (including my parents) are educators, and I am of the firm belief that education can change lives. That certainly doesn't mean it's easy. No one is good at everything, and sometimes all it takes is an outside push, or someone to explain the issue a different way. Tutoring can provide that missing element --...

...Arizona for the following subjects: Latin, Language Arts, Chemistry and general science. I have been teaching for 9 years. IBM, the computer based company used to have a motto. It was "THINK". My philosophy of teaching is based on a belief that learning needs to be student centered and that students need to be equal...

I've had a wide range of educational experiences, from my public high school in Texas to my time as a graduate student at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Chicago. If you had told me at age 15 that one day I'd be a graduate student at the...... I have a flexible teaching philosophy and tailor my lessons to meet the unique, individual needs of each student. That said, I tend to...

...I am a current sophomore at Macalester College, MN, and am working towards a degree in Biology. During the school year, I tutor my peers and members of the Macalester neighborhood. My favorite part of tutoring is helping others gain confidence in themselves and their abilities, and providing them a foundation upon which to succeed.

...professor. I love politics, which is, after all, nothing more or less than the space or arena where we contest basic moral values. I love writing, and philosophy, and I'm fairly good at math. I love art and music and movies and make sure to spare some time for a good TV show once in...

...in these subjects, whether or not they intend to pursue careers in science. I have done some degree of teaching and tutoring for over a decade, though I began to do so regularly in college. From 2007 to 2009, I tutored and occasionally taught math classes at the Minnesota Internship Center, a charter school in...

...consider myself a leader, responsible for guiding each student to his or her highest potential, but also a member of the team, rather than a higher authority. During my Masters, my area of expertise was 19th Century American literature, and I am particularly interested in the American Westfrom literature, to film, to television. Even outside of...