Award-Winning History Tutors serving Mount Vernon, NY

...am currently a first-year studying chemical engineering at Columbia University. I have tutored my peers throughout my high school career and currently I've been tutoring underprivileged elementary-aged students near Columbia's campus. I love working with children but am also excited to help older students be successful through their middle school and high school career. am willing to travel to locations relatively close to my campus (Morningside Heights area), can tutor students in public buildings on...

Education is something that can never be taken away. Creating an environment where students can utilize the knowledge learned to connect to their everyday lives is important to me.... Everyone learns in a unique way. Making sure that students have choices and understand what they are learning is my top priority.... Get to know the student and their expectations after tutoring. Knowing this would allow me to better cater to their needs.... By allowing the student...

...with their learning style. I am always looking for fun activities to help them understand what they are learning. All of my students improve academically. I received my bachelors degree in psychology. I have been tutoring children since I was 14. I tutor in reading, writing, social studies, and math. My favorite subject to tutor in is reading because it is an important subject and it can help the student to improve in all subjects....

...Classics an incredibly rewarding area of study and I can help you make serious improvements in your grasp of Latin, while showing you how studying it helps you with your writing in English as well. Outside of tutoring, reading and music are my two major passions. Reading has always been so important to me, and I think it can (and probably should) be for everyone. There's nothing like nonfiction for gaining an understanding of what's...

I aim to help students feel calm and confident in their school environment. I focus on empowering students to tackle problems themselves and want to provide as many learning tools as possible so that my students succeed. I enjoy working with parents and teachers to help students achieve their greatest potential with positive encouragement, achievable goals, and flexible strategies.

I work with students and parents to tailor lessons to make sure they're learning in their own best pace and style.

I am a rising sophomore at Cornell University, majoring in computer science and minoring in math. I am passionate about computer science and mathematics, and I'm particularly interested in machine learning. Additionally, I enjoy learning about history. Currently, I'm self-learning computer architecture and Portuguese. I tutor computer science (Python and Java), History, Algebra through Calculus, and high school English.

...comprehension and writing. I also have experience teaching math using the common core curriculum. I believe that education is an important way of improving ones life. My philosophy of teaching is to have my students become active participants in the learning process. I raise students academic skills by modeling and guiding students through a task. I want the students to understand the steps necessary to be successful. I also check for understanding before moving on...

...currently work in Brooklyn in the New York City Public Schools. I am a Special Education teacher and am currently teaching in a 3rd grade classroom. I have experience with students from ages 4-14, and students of mixed backgrounds and disabilities. I believe that every child deserves an excellent education and the support needed to achieve their goals. I am an extremely hard worker and I am constantly trying to find new ways to help...

I am a graduating senior at Barnard College of Columbia University, earning my Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Urban Teaching. I am a certified middle and high school history teacher, but also have over 4 years of experience teaching elementary-aged students. I love working with all subjects, but especially in English and History. I can't wait to work with you!

...in whatever subject they are struggling in so that they can have more confidence in their abilities and succeed. My tutoring philosophy is to give students the skills and tools they need to understand and learn without telling them how to do everything. I teach students to practice to perfection, which involves re-doing problems until they get it right the first time, which demonstrates complete understanding. My tutoring style is characterized by patience and I'm...

...mistakes as opportunities to learn. I’m an educator transitioning from higher ed to high school teaching. I earned my PhD in sociology at Columbia University, where I also worked as an instructor, at the School of International and Public Affairs. I taught sociology for several years, as a visiting and adjunct assistant professor, at the City University of New York. Now I’m pursuing alternate route certification to teach high school social studies.

I graduated from the University of Buffalo with a Bachelor's in Social Interdisciplinary Sciences/Psychology and a Master's in Early Childhood/Childhood Education. I am a motivated and personable person with a positive track record for punctuality and attendance. I have experience working with both children and adults. I currently teach middle school math and science. ... By giving students a deeper understanding of the material, they will be able to apply the knowledge to new problems.... By...

...California with a degree in Journalism. I am passionate about writing and language, and I continue to write professionally. My work has been featured on Longform.org, a website that curates the best of national magazine journalism. I spent four years working in Asia and I have traveled to 25 countries. I love Geography and History. My teaching philosophy is to look at it not merely as a recitation of facts, but as a means of...

...highly gifted and have challenges like autism, executive functioning, and learning disabilities. With master's degrees in both Mathematical Physics and Special Education, I love teaching both advanced subject material and the fundamentals of literacy, organizing, and the whole human that go along with all learning. I often say I work best with folks who "love learning but hate school." I am very flexible with teaching, ethics and focus on student needs, styles and interests. In...

...already teaching in a museum--but that's not enough for me! I specialise in art, history, art history, and English, but I have a knack for any math up to 9th grade and science till any time. Fun fact--I minored in Cultural Heritage Conservation on my year abroad in the Netherlands. The best grade I got? On my chemistry exams :) In terms of experience, I am indeed already an educator at a history museum and...

...recently graduated from Vassar College, where I majored in education. While at college, I tutored elementary through high school students in English language arts, social studies and math. I also led after school art and cooking activities. Since graduating, I worked as a paralegal in Chicago for eight months, and I recently moved to NYC to pursue education related career opportunities. In my spare time, I enjoy cooking, running and walking outside and reading. I...

...a junior at Syracuse University studying international relations and Anthropology. After a semester abroad in Spain I worked as a volunteer English teachers assistant in 2 elementary schools in Barcelona and that experience made me want to be a teacher which is what brought me here. I really enjoy teaching languages such as Spanish, French, and English because in my opinion language is one thing that one can use in many aspects of life. You...

...writing sound, sight and meta-religion. As a young, black woman from a Caribbean family who happens to be queer, I often focus (but don't limit) my work -- be it essays or songs -- around these intersecting identities and the ways they impact my interior and our exterior worlds. Apart from my end-all goal of cultivating spaces with other like-minded artists and teachers (the healers) for our people to be seen and heard, I'm out...

I am a recent graduate of Harvard College. I've been working with middle school and high school age children for the past several years and feel very comfortable communicating with students that age. I was a history major in college, but I'd be happy to help out with middle school and early high school math, as well as any help needed with writing or humanities-related courses. Also available for standardized test prep help!