Award-Winning High School English Tutors serving McHenry, IL

I am very passionate about tutoring and look forward to meeting new students with a desire to learn!... To not focus as much on the grade, but rather to focus on learning and mastery of the content for the student.... After introductions I would immediately give practice problems. That way I can visualize what the student's thought process is, and correct errors wherever they may be.

...to experience the east coast at college. I am a graduate of Rutgers University--New Brunswick, with a double major in Comparative Literature and Women's & Gender Studies. My career goals are to get a PhD and a law degree in order to be a professor and a lawyer. I am passionate about education and love...

...two years of tutoring experience, I specialize in US history, writing, literary analysis, public speaking, and test preparation. My teaching philosophy centers on building strong connections with my students, allowing me to tailor lessons to their interests and needs. I believe that fostering a supportive learning environment is essential for academic success. My passion for...

...I plan to bring into my tutoring at Varsity, is to produce better writers, not better writing. Developing an essay you're proud of is important, but the most important part of anything is the process. I want writers to walk away from a session feeling like a stronger writer, who also has a piece of...

...work with students to develop the critical thinking and communication skills necessary to express themselves with precision and impact. The moment a student realizes they can articulate their thoughts effectively on paper is truly inspiring. My work with IT basics bridges a different kind of gap the digital divide. In an increasingly technological world, feeling...

...as well as going to school part time at DePaul University getting my Master's Degree in the Media and Cinema Studies program (or, as I like to describe it, getting a masters degree in watching movies). This program picks up my particular interests in American and World history, popular culture, and writing. While I am...

...to provide that kind of support to any student! I'm very flexible and am able to offer structured lessons or create more of an informal learning setting. In college, I give writing support and general academic guidance to first-year students. In addition, I have experience in ESL tutoring with both elementary school students and adults....

...ways: verbal expression of both the student's and my own thought processes, repetition of (novel) questions in areas that are difficult for the student and the monitoring of progress through correctly answered questions and the student's ability to explain why certain answers, thought processes or writing methods are either correct or incorrect. Finally, I possess...

...cultivated throughout my educational and personal life. I want to inspire others to have a passion for education that sculpts who they are and who they choose to inspire later in life. The opportunities that I am afforded today were endowed in me by interdisciplinary studies and my decision to make use of those tools.

...Maroon and have extensive writing and editing experience; I am able to help students become better writers and communicators, including preparation for timed standardized testing (ACT and GRE). I hope to continue my education in medicine to serve urban underserved communities, like the Southside of Chicago where I currently live. As someone who started their...

...and strategies that I look forward to putting to good use with my students! I like to take a highly personalized approach to teaching, and I design my curricula with my students' skills, interests, and difficulties in the forefront of my mind. I'm a firm believer in reading and writing to learn, and I am...

...English and to provide my help with close readings of texts. As a psych major, I love learning about and talking about psychology and the different branches of it. I am also a cellist, which I have been doing since I was 2.5 years old and can read music in three clefs (treble, tenor, and...

...and a voice teacher. In my free time, I like to take dance classes, sing, play the violin, read, and golf! I love the arts and I love being outside. I have ample experience working with a wide age range of students. My top priority is making students feel comfortable by creating a positive and...

...as I participated in Speech and Debate all four years in high school. As a recent graduate from a top ten university, I also provide standardized test prep (SAT and ACT), as well as college admissions essay writing and workshopping. I love to work with all students, as I have experience mentoring and working with...

...both enriched my own skill-set with additional certification to teach ESL, as well as a good measure of customer service experience; while also enriching the lives of others through volunteering and privately tutoring students from all walks of life. Passion is at the core of what I do, in virtually all aspects of my life-...

...and enjoyable for my students and myself. Teaching in this way not only helps with retention of subject-specific information, but also improves the experience and thus the results of tutoring in general, even on standardized tests. In most circumstances, students are not excited about taking standardized tests, and many are intimidated. Instead of reinforcing that...

...Achievement Center in Chicago, I tutored middle school students for a year and high school students for two years to improve academic performance by setting semester-long and weekly academic goals, social-emotional learning goals, and improving study habits. Throughout the year, the students I tutored and I tracked progress and saw that students improved academic performance...

I'm a third year Honors Neuroscience student at the Ohio State University. I hope to go to medical school someday and become a physician. I really enjoy teaching and I love all science subjects, especially chemistry.

...into teaching. I taught Physics at several schools in California before my life took a different direction, though in my corporate work I have always relished the opportunity to help teach my colleagues technical skills. My teaching philosophy centers on an individualized approach, with a strong emphasis on cognitive modeling as a tool to enable...

...in Psychology and BS in Mathematics and Computer Science. I hope that my skills and expertise can help you in any way they can! Outside of school I like swimming and baking/cooking. I love helping other students with Psychology as that is my favorite subject, but I also tutor other subjects such as Spanish,Algebra, English...