Award-Winning High School English Tutors serving Peabody, MA

Greetings! I am an instructor of writing at Northeastern University. American literature and culture is my passion and my specialty area. I am also an experienced researcher and academic writer. In the spring of 2016 I finished my PhD in English at Northeastern University, and since then I have been teaching college writing courses and tutoring international students, mostly from China, Korea, and Russia. Working with students to help them succeed in the areas of...

...been taught how to frame my knowledge in fun and easy to understand ways. Although I am extremely passionate about all forms of science and math, I have discovered that my true passion is in teaching. I want to not only help my students learn, but to actually get them excited about what they study and to find what they enjoy in school. I have worked in the field of education for a decade and...

...knowledge, revealing new perspectives. Creating daily classroom dialogue, marked by student engagement through questions and peer or instructor interaction, is a primary goal. This engagement evolves into discussions where students connect the material to their experiences, enhancing understanding. Achieving this requires active facilitation, not just open discussion. Employing visual aids is one means to help students link information, recognize relationships, and build a lasting, analytical understanding, but it is far from the only means to...

...any and every subject, from anthropology to biology. In college, I studied Philosophy and English Literature, which sharpened my skills in logic and close reading. As a tutor, I believe in engaged learning. My sessions aren't silent reading and memorizing; we will talk about everything and have fun doing so! I believe that every student can improve and learn more, whatever their skill level or age. My goal is to make learning fun for my...

...teaching experiences, I have gained a great deal of knowledge and practice regarding how to make creative, engaging, and relevant lessons that respond to student learning needs. Lastly, with my additional background as a Teach for America 2016 Corps Member, I have learned many strategies for developing and maintaining a supportive and safe class environment. I am a passionate and driven young woman who thrives in leadership positions. My organizational skills and effective time management...

...and one of those months was at a research station in the Amazon rainforest. Aside from my field studies, I have interned at several zoos and aquariums, including Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens, with a wide range of species and with the mission of using education to improve the relationship between people and the animals with which we share our planet. I am most passionate about ecology, life sciences, and psychology, but I believe that...

...teach me new concepts and I'd share concepts I'd mastered with my younger siblings (all under the "professional supervision" of our parents of course). I began working with peers when I was 13 and continued throughout high school. My "professional" tutoring career began in college at NYU. I was an America Reads/America Counts tutor working directly with students and their homeroom teachers to identify and rectify learning issues before they seriously impacted a students progress....

...the university's Academic Achievement Center. I advised and assisted my peers in a variety of different fields, disciplines, and writing styles, including academic, technical, and creative writing. My sessions with these students covered all parts of the writing process, from brainstorming and thesis statements, to word choice and sentence structure, to final revision. This experience has helped me cultivate an understanding of common issues students face in essay writing, as well as the conventions and...

I am a recent graduate of the University of Virginia and majored in Public Policy and Spanish. This past year, I worked as an AmeriCorps member with high school English Language Learner students, ages 14-19 and focused specifically with them on Algebra and reading, writing, and conversation skills in English. Outside of working with students, I love to read, hike around New England, and go on runs. I love working with kids of all ages...

...and facilitated workshops on subjects ranging from SAT prep to chemistry to spoken word poetry, and I especially enjoy working with middle school and high school students. I firmly believe that tutoring can and should be funeven SAT prep! Working with a student individually allows the two of us to team up to tackle the material using a range of strategies until we find an approach that works for this particular student. My favorite subjects...

...My own language background comes from living in China and attending the Beijing Foreign Studies University and Taiwan University. What I love most about tutoring is the unique opportunity that the one-on-one setting provides to ensure that you or your student really masters the content in the lesson in all four aspects of language learning (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing). In addition to helping you achieve your course objectives, I am most interested in having...

...that knowledge to other non-native Chinese learners. I took so many side-streets and detours on my way to fluency, Foreign language learning is incredibly challenging, but the rewards from accepting those challenges are incredible. And as Lao Zi once said, "A journey of a thousand miles, begins with a single step." When I'm not reading Chinese history and folk tales, I love fitness and playing drums. I love movies. Wow! I think that covers it!

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, I am excited to help students achieve their goals and take the utmost advantage of their education.

My name is Heather, and I am a recent graduate of Vanderbilt University where I received a BS in Human and Organizational Development. I also minored in Quantitative Methods and have a passion for statistics. I have spent time living in France and England and love to travel. My time abroad has cultivated a love of language and writing and how to use academic tools in order to create opportunities in life beyond the classroom....

...tutoring program at a local elementary school. I loved working one-on-one with the children, teaching them Reading, Spelling, or Math and watching their improvement week by week. But most of all, I loved seeing what a difference it makes to form a personal connection with each student, and this is why I have continued tutoring over the past several years. My passion for language has also combined perfectly with my passion for tutoring. When I...

...an undergraduate, and my subsequent work in university settings in France and in the United States has bolstered my passion for working with students. I have earned advanced degrees in French and History at New York University and The University of Paris (Panthéon-Sorbonne). My tutoring specialities are in French, Social Studies (History, Government, Political Science), English, and GRE Test Preparation. I believe in using a variety of approaches, including audio and visual learning, discussion based...

She is an enthusiastic educator from Massachusetts. She graduated from Smith College in 2009. Since then, She has worked in a variety of positions ranging from teaching photography to high-risk youth, to developing technology workshops for blind and deaf customers at Apple, to working for higher education institutions, such as Harvard University. This summer she moved from Los Angeles back to the Boston area to pursue her Master's in Technology, Innovation, and Education at Harvard...

Student at Wake Forest University. I love Spanish and English. In my free time, I enjoy reading, photography, and hanging out with friends!

...critical inquiry, creative writing-poetry, American literature, and poetry as literature. After leaving Bradford I directed a bridge program at North Shore Community College (2000-2001); taught writing and poetry at Emmanuel College where I was also director of writing programs and led faculty development workshops (2001-2007); taught academic and creative writing at Virginia Commonwealth University (2007-2011); and directed the Writing Program at Bay Path College, while teaching writing and leading faculty development workshops (2011-2013). From 2013-2014,...

...science at the elementary levels. I assisted professors in teaching history and education classes through a university, and I worked in teaching reading to elementary school-aged children. I am a professional writer with four manuscripts currently pending publication and more contracts coming in all of the time. I am pursuing my PhD in history, and I want to be an early North American historian. My thesis studied pregnant women convicted of witchcraft in Salem in...