Award-Winning High School English Tutors serving Bristol, CT

...I cover a few different subjects, most of my students have come to me for either Writing or Reading. I currently tutor Writing, Reading, European History, and Spanish. My favorite subject to tutor is any type of Writing because I love being able to help students build up a skill that is incredibly vital regardless...

...and as a theatre teaching artist. I'm also a playwright and work for a nonprofit arts center in downtown Hartford. I'm passionate about education, and I love the experience of one-on-one teaching. It's my way of giving back to the incredible teachers that shaped my childhood and offered me the doors to the professional experiences...

...area. I also have experience working on overarching study skills and essay writing and have worked with students for whom English is a second language. I am most interested in tutoring the ACT Reading and English and SAT verbal sections, as this is where a majority of my experience lies. Prior to relocating to Connecticut...

...and Uconn Law School. I was a double major in Political Science and Psychology and enjoy the intersection of the two. I have taught for over twenty years most recently as a professor of Law and Criminology at UB. I also lived in Hong Kong and taught test prep to some of the world's most...

Hello! My name is Stephen and I am a Junior at Yale University studying Psychology and Education Studies. I am very passionate about working with kids and pursuing a career in teaching, and my main goal is to help students achieve their full potential!

...was awarded a Fulbright Grant and spent a year in Germany as an English Teaching Assistant, teaching grades 5 through 12. Although the majority of my teaching experience is in English, I have always tutored French and German on the side, and I am most passionate about those languages. The first semester of my senior...

...is your favorite subject(s) to tutor and why? I love tutoring math, science and history! How would you describe your teaching philosophy/your tutoring style? I'm a big believer in the Socratic Method and allowing the student to realize the answer through curiosity. What interests you outside of academia? Ah, reading, tennis and DIY. I'm a...

...mapping tool to help educate businesses and the general public on Nature-based Solutions. I tutor a range of topics for many different grade levels, but I am most passionate about cell and molecular biology. I have worked as an undergraduate research assistant for three years, which has allowed me to gain an understanding of how...

...thoroughly enjoyed my classes, but always felt that I would be better suited to working one on one with my students to individualize their educations and enable me to have meaningful discussions about the literature I so loved, something that I strove to incorporate into my classroom teaching. Since I left teaching in 2014, it...

...of Music. I have been tutoring in ESL for two years, and providing music instruction on and off for the past eight years, both online and in person. I am passionate about helping students as learning from them and exposing them to different ideas or ways to think about things is rewarding.

...moving up to the northeast, I have taught multiple levels of mathematics at the university level. I have experience in helping students keep up with their studies and well as designing plans to help students advance through material at an accelerated pace. My academic interests are in resource economics though I have training in mathematics,...

...to be surrounded by such incredible grown-ups in my life that I hoped to be like them one day. It is because of these role models that I pursued a double major in Secondary Education and English at Connecticut College. In my fifth year as an English teacher, dorm parent and coach, I decided to...

...joy in their academic studies. I am dedicated to helping students discover their strengths in learning and apply them to areas of difficulty. I work well with all age groups and can easily adapt my tutoring style to each students' age and educational needs. I guide all my students with patience and encouragement and teach...

...our biases. I attempt to incorporate this philosophy into my tutoring lessons by including problems with real-world applications where possible. And as a tutor, I am very hands-on, as I believe teaching is a dance in which communication from both sides is of utmost importance. I want my students to ask questions as I am...

...one is left behind. Everyone in the learning environment is a contributor as a student, teacher, and thinker. I have, of course, learned from my students as much as they have learned from me. One way I reinforce mutual learning, in my class, is to provide regular feedback to students. I ask students lots of...

...way to remember the equation, and how to pronounce each and every word until we have reached the end of the chapter. This work has given me great joy. I am not only validated but also truly excited when I see the light go on in each childs head after a long struggle of learning...

...rewarding part of the experience was witnessing the moment when minimum skills turned to competency, or competency turned to fluency. In my work with students since then, I have looked for several more of those moments. Whether it is when metered poetry suddenly makes sense, or when a jumble of conflicting thoughts turn into the...

I'm an engineering student with a rich background in public speaking and natural sciences willing to help anyone interested in expanding their knowledge of any subject. I understand that a conventional or traditional approach is not always the best means for learning.

...Studies, Spanish Language, and History. I believe that the key to success is having a well rounded education, so when I am not programming microcontrollers, one can either find me watching Russian news channels to polish up my vocabulary, reading textbooks on the history of the Middle East, or simply immersing myself in a Jane...

...does relate to real life, by pulling on what they already know, and building on top of that. I have an undergraduate degree in French language from Northern Illinois University, and a Masters degree in Teaching English as a Second or Other Language and Applied Linguistics from Southern Illinois University, with a GPA of 4.0....