Award-Winning High School English Tutors serving Waltham, MA

...especially love helping students students achieve their artistic goals. Regardless of the subject, I like to make learning fun, so that my students really feel like their education is their own. I've found that when students can truly connect with the material, it makes all their hard work more enjoyable. When I'm not tutoring, I teach beatboxing workshops, perform stand-up comedy, work on my art, or try to learn something new! Right now, I'm learning...

...tutoring centers, in clients' homes, and via a virtual classroom. I have a passion for tutoring English because I believe that English literacy is essential for succeeding in one's professional and personal life. I strive to help students develop confidence and independence in reading comprehension, vocabulary building, grammar, and writing skills. In addition to English, I am a jazz drummer and have experience in music, dance, acting, and visual arts. Utilizing my background in the...

A future filmmaker and writer, hoping to help individuals in their pursuit of understanding the art of the essay.

...While living in Atlanta, I worked with the Fugees Family program tutoring and mentoring refugees, as well as worked with high school students from the Atlanta area. While I enjoy tutoring many subjects, I am most passionate about Classical and English Literature and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. In my experiences assisting students with tough concepts, I always try to cater to the student's best learning style and work to make the material approachable, engaging and...

Certified Biology and Special Ed teacher looking to help high school students better understand their coursework! I also enjoy tutoring Math and German.

fun, outgoing tutor, constantly considering the needs and personalities of my students, in order to empathize with them and customize their experience. There is no more rewarding feeling than helping students overcome frustrating boundaries and re-emphasizing their self confidence.... Listening is important. I try to let students advocate for themselves, and be detailed in describing what part of the assignment they're having difficulty with. I find visual, real-life anecdotes help get concepts across to students. Patience...

...member of Teach for America. My students started two years behind in Reading but ended each year on grade level or above (averaging 3.3 years of growth). An avid reader, I took time to learn best teaching practices adjusting to learning styles and standards. I know how to develop and execute aligned lesson plans, while making lessons fun and engaging so students can be engrossed in the learning. Before teaching I studied History and Anthropology...

...personal essay writing as well as fiction and poetry. I tutor in English, grammar, essay-writing, American Literature (up to college-level) psychology, verbal SAT prep and lower level Spanish. While I tutor in a wide range of subjects I am most passionate about writing and literature as these are the subjects that have guided me throughout my life and to which I am most dedicated. In my free time I love to take and edit photographs,...

I am a very flexible, compassionate, and accommodating tutor. I am a gamer and a geek and I relate well to bullied kids and kids who are not doing well in school. I have a lot of empathy for struggling students and strive to be clear, concise, helpful, and validating. My favorite subject to tutor is English and everything to do with it. My hobbies are writing, drawing, reading, and gaming.... My teaching philosophy is to...

Hello! My name is Gabriella, and I look forward to being your tutor. As an English major at Brown University, I learned how to sharpen my editing and writing skills, and I want to pass on those helpful hints to you. If you're struggling with writing a personal statement for the common app essay, a paper for English/History class, and anything in between, I can help you out.

...school in Wilmington, DE, as well as at a charter school outside Boston. While I am able to tutor in subjects throughout the humanities, my passions are Latin and English/writing. As far as my pedagogy, I have learned over the past two years, that students are most successful when I act as a catalyst in the space of their learning - rather than dictating the terms. Students should be given the tools to take ownership...

...state of Massachusetts. My experience in and out of the classroom, as well as my study of educational theory and practice, informs my teaching. I believe in combining evidence-based practices with a personalized approach to customize content, strategies, and materials to help each student learn best. The brain is always learning, and I do my best to help facilitate that process by collaborating with my students to make our sessions engaging, informative, and (dare I...

...to developing a passion of mathematics in young people, especially young women. In the last year, I have visited 52 different towns and cities across much of Western Europe while living in France. While there, I was an English Teaching Assistant in Tours, located along the banks of the Loire river. I taught at a school of predominately underprivileged students of North African descent and was lucky enough to learn about their traditions and experiences...

I would love to teach elementary school and middle school students in my areas of interest. They are: Nutrition, cooking skills, math, the biological sciences, reading, and writing. I currently produce a podcast called "healing outside the box", which deals with issues of food safety and sustainability, as well as nutrition. I enjoy discussing these topics. I also encourage students to ask about basic anatomy and nutrition-related chronic illnesses.

..."do" math once they understand how it works. I use different methodologies to determine how best to teach each student - are you a visual learner? Let's draw pictures! Auditory? Let's talk! Kinetic? Let's use some manipulatives! Let's make math FUN! I also teach music and can help with AP Music Theory, and am a published author and have experience as an editor for a small book publisher, so I can help with writing and...

...a French Teacher's Assistant at Allegheny, volunteering in elementary school, and teaching university-level English in France, I have discovered how much I love helping others learn. As a liberal arts college graduate (my classes at Allegheny consisted of around 15 students each) I have firsthand experience getting individual, customized instruction directly from a teacher, so I know how valuable that attention is. I will bring passion, patience, and understanding to each tutoring session in order...

...self-learning. I have experience tutoring in grammar and syntax as well as essay writing. During my senior year in college, I worked with other students helping them to develop their senior thesis project from conceptualizing their focus, through the research portion, and as they wrote their term paper. I also worked with students on their college admissions essays providing editing assistance and constructive feedback. My focus with students is to help them realize their full...

Undergraduate pre-med biochemistry student at UMass Amherst with tons of tutoring experience and a passion for helping students understand material :)

...and audio production. I really enjoy the intricacies of language and would be very interested in delving into a graduate/doctorate program in German Studies eventually, as I have a BA in German from Bates College. Right now, I am studying for the GRE and applying to other grad programs in that area. I have enjoyed working with and mentoring children and young adults all of my life. Throughout high school and college I spent my...

Hi! I am a college student studying elementary education and will begin student teaching in the fall. I have had a lot of experience working with grades k-5 in the classroom, working alongside teachers to plan and execute lessons. I am working towards a Masters degree and have been taking education classes for three years that have prepared me to tutor children.