Award-Winning Gifted Tutors serving Westchester, NY

...State Certified in teaching ELA 7-12, and also have led my team on the field as a captain. My experience as a student-athlete all the way through high school and college has taught me qualities of leadership, teaching, and determination that have allowed me to make an impact as an educator today. My passion in teaching is focused on everything literature and writing about literature. I have extensively studied a wide range of literature in...

...education. I have an abundant background in and outside of the classroom working with students of all ages and ability levels. Over the years I have been a substitute and math/reading elementary school teacher, homeschool/at home instructor, private tutor, camp counselor and director. In addition, I have worked closely with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder as a behavioral therapist, life skills coach and shift leader in ABA, art and music therapy. I've also tutored students...

...to bring my love of writing to the study of language. I have been a tutor and a classroom teacher for four years, and my passion for education has taken me around the world. Some of my favorite tests to help students prepare for are those which combine language and history. I believe in bringing out what is most fascinating in the AP English and AP History programs: the stories and passions that can bring...

...graduated from Mercy College with my Masters in Student with Learning Disabilities. I'm currently a Middle School Special Education Teacher. A great tutor is someone who is able to work off of the students' interest and make it part of their learning process, which is a quality I possess. I treat each session as if we are learning together, which we are. Outside of academia I enjoy playing video games, collecting comics, listening to all...

I believe an instructor is supposed to inspire a passion for learning. Through my teachings, I impart to students that learning is less about natural talent and more about hard work and dedication. My lessons are dialogues, I have a conversation with the student to pinpoint their exact academic needs, and make not only show help them where they're having trouble, but also give them the tools to do so on their own.

...Childhood/Childhood Education with an extension through Middle School. I am currently in the process of becoming certified in students with disabilities. I have past tutoring experience as a college level tutor for my peers as well as a tutor for elementary students. While I tutor a broad range of subjects my passion is reading and writing. I also have a love for the arts and travel. I am a life long learner and am constantly...

I am a math major currently looking towards studying in grad school in a few years, in mathematics of course. I am originally from Atlanta, GA but have moved a tad north up to New York to see what...... I believe that students, no matter their age or ability level, have the ability in to do what is needed of them and to excel beyond that point. That may be personal goals or goals set by...

...identify with the characters in their assigned readings, and for them to be able to share their experiences with others verbally as well as through writing. I want to sustain an environment that facilitates a student’s creativity. I want students to feel comfortable sharing their thoughts, emotions, and experiences in a friendly environment with a knowledgeable tutor, who is passionate about literature and the writing process. For the past seven years I have been working...

...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 cater to students' needs.

...and the sciences, became a Pilates instructor, and also played drums and wrote music professionally! As a result, I can truly get in the mindset of a student who is learning something - NO question is out-of-bounds or silly - it all comes from a place where the mind is trying to incorporate new information. There is nothing worse than an expert "teacher" who has forgotten what the various stages of learning was like! I...

...I studied my math in China, I feel comfortable to transfer these concepts to the US classroom. I consider math and psychology as sciences and I believe the two can be used to understand each other. Besides math and psychology, as I've mentioned, I also tutor Chinese. In fact, I am currently tutoring an elementary student. Through my tutoring experience I have found ways to modify standards and to to gain feedback from my student....

...figured teaching English abroad would be the most intense, interesting, and educational way to jumpstart a career in teaching. Now, ten years later, I can say that my initial teaching experience abroad was the tipping point in my life, for it led me to become not only a lifelong teacher, but a lifetime student as well. Since 2005, I have gone on to teach English in Poland and Hungary, and also back in my hometown,...

...Assistant at the Gallery and was active in numerous other dance groups on campus. I studied abroad in Paris during the fall of my junior year where I attended a French university and worked at a contemporary art gallery. Most recently, I was a finalist for the UK Fulbright scholarship, and I am now pursuing a career in Choreography and Dance Writing. In high school, I was named a National Merit Scholar and received a...

...receiving my Master's Degree in Literacy. This degree gave me New York State certification in Literacy, birth through 6th grade. Since 2010, I have been a substitute teacher on Long Island. This gave me experience working with a diverse range of students. I substitute taught from kindergarten all the way through high school. I was able to develop skills to connect with different age groups of students. I also gained exposure to curriculum across the...

...in Armonk, NY. I was a Calculus I and II tutor through the Academic Resource Center at Duke for two years, and I developed much experience in this role. I learned that in order to be an effective tutor, the I must not only teach the materials learned in a clear manner, but must also be able to teach beneficial study habits for the student to apply throughout his or her coursework. I am a...

...1st 2nd and 3rd grade for three years and while teaching, earned a Master's Degree in Education. In addition to being a classroom certified teacher, I have also tutored older students in SAT test preparation, as well as classroom content such as calculus and physics. I tutor a wide range of subjects, ranging from elementary education to high school Mathematics, science and Spanish. I enjoy teaching and my work is about my students, who have...

...program for elementary school students. My favorite subject to tutor is Elementary Math because I enjoy getting the opportunity to work with young students whose educational trajectory can be significantly impacted by my help! I also enjoy tutoring the ACT because I like seeing how elated students are when their hard work begins to pay off, and their test scores rise. I believe that individualization of instruction is crucial to academic success because students are...

...in Passaic Valley. Part of my daily responsibilities is tutoring students after class to help all different types of learners reach the same goal - understanding! The subjects that I tutor do not include only those in the social sciences, but also reading and writing skills. Reading and writing are crucial skills for all learners, and for any type of career path that a student chooses to follow. If my experience in education has taught...

...of work, but rewarding nonetheless. I teach one of the students Geometry, since he works ahead of his class and has no one else to teach him, and he currently maintains an A in the class. I have tutored some of my friends in College Algebra and Statistics. Math has always been one of my passions in school and one I will enjoy teaching and tutoring. Ever since I was a sophomore in high school,...

...I like to extend my passion for knowledge to the students I tutor in the hopes that they too will find how enriching it can be to embrace their studies and expand their minds. My biggest interests lie in literature and film, as evidenced by my majors, and I have known from a young age that I would like to write a book someday. In addition to these, I am devoted to the arts, the...