Award-Winning History Tutors serving Westchester, NY

...interested in helping students further. Teaching and tutoring has always been one of my greatest passions; I genuinely enjoy sharing what I know and the methods I have personally utilized for success with others. I have a wide range of study tools and resources to help you and your family succeed. Particularly, I specialize in mathematics, philosophy, and law. Additionally, I am more than willing and prepared to help with preparations for the SAT, ACT,...

I want to be able to help students who need it. I struggled when I wasn't given the support I needed, and I don't want other students to have the same problem if I can be there to aid them.

I graduated from the University of California Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in History and minoring in gender studies. While I was at UCLA, I cultivated my passion for education and tutoring. In high school, I had often tutored in math, including algebra and calculus. While I was at UCLA, I continued tutoring math and English to middle and elementary school...

...As a teacher I was able to experience teaching children of all ages! This was able to give me a better focus on what each child needs and what better ways they can adequately adapt to each curriculum. Throughout my teaching years I was able to watch children reach their high potential of learning and was there every step of the way to help reach that learning goal. I'm passionate about helping children learn and...

...an International School in Manhattan. I taught College Writing, College Literature, Creative Writing, Rhetoric and Stylistics, Writing from Sources, and Film as Literature. I am currently teaching grades 6-12 where my students are learning such diverse subjects as the Hero's Quest, Dystopian Societies, Gothic, and film studies. I love teaching to my students the various sub-genres from literature and composition. Really helping my students think on their own, and actually realize that in each of...

...JD in May, 2015. Throughout undergraduate, I regularly tutored economics, math, and statistics courses at the school's tutoring center, and helped several students to turn around their class performance. I also enjoy helping students prepare for standardized test, whether that be the SAT or the LSAT. Especially with regard to the SAT Math, I love helping students understand the various curveballs that CollegeBoard often throws, and assisting them in achieving better scores than they thought...

...cognitive and social development. Prior to graduate school I lived for several years in New Orleans where I worked facilitating the college admissions process for low income students as the Director of Student Resources for Bard Early College. I attended Middlebury College for my undergraduate degree where I majored in History. I love the mountains, play the cello, and most importantly, love working one on one with students to help them achieve their goals. At...

...I work to encourage this approach with my students. I work to grow this spark and with it my students flourish. What makes me a great tutor is my ability to inspire inquisitiveness in children. My goal is to cultivate an active, curious mind in my students. Completing homework on time and correctly is only part of whole equation. I am a lifelong learner with a restless curiosity. I attended the University of California, Santa...

...has come to help and doing so through tutorship is more than fulfilling for me. In my educational experience, I've always been particularly fond of the humanities such as English, History, sociology/psychology, things of that nature. English would be my favorite topic to tutor; I love to read and analyze texts, motifs, and symbols. More specifically, I find my strongest abilities to be around writing whether grammatical, expository, analytical, etc. In college and boarding school,...

...to get the most of out my students. Also, I am a home instruction teacher for students at the High School level teaching them English and Social Studies. I tutor students at the Elementary and Middle School level for all subjects. I am also a girl's basketball coach for grades 3rd-12th and work at a local HS coaching basketball. I would love the opportunity to help students grow and become the successful student that is...

Hello! My name is Cheyenne and I am a freshman at New York University. Education has always been very important to me, and I strongly believe in accessibility and making sure that every person has a fair shot at reaching their full potential. I have experience in a wide range of subjects, with reading, writing, and literature being my strong suits. I look forward to working with you!

...students of all ages. I enjoy tutoring for the chance to develop personalized lessons for students founded on a trusting relationship rather than the transactional and memorization based education I felt I predominantly received growing up. I am energized most by the rare look in student's eyes when they finally cement the connection they have hovered on the edge of making. Watching the second grade students whose tutors I coordinated make those connections has made...

...also studied math extensively while there, and am familiar in everything from Algebra to Differential Equations and Linear Algebra. I worked as a tutor for music theory classes in Vassar's music department, and am fascinated by the marriage of music and mathematics. I am incredibly patient, and can adapt to any learning style. My energy as both a teacher and learner is infectious, and I try to convey that passion for learning to all of...

...not about memorizing facts and numbers (although I do love facts) but about creating your own experience. Learning truly becomes passion when it asks as much from the student as it gives back. My role as a tutor is to be a collaborator. I am here to challenge and help, but I am not here to direct the learning. That must come from the student. I truly believe that this approach leads to more passionate...

My parents emphasized the importance of education since I was young. It's what allowed my father to come to the US in the first place. As an artist, social entrepreneur and educator, I teach in a way that connects the material to its practical usage.

...Tucson campus. My diverse background in both the sciences and humanities means that I can tutor a variety of topics ranging from Literature to Organic Chemistry, including the SAT and ACT. I believe I have a talent for communicating ideas and information in various ways to help others learn. I recognized this skill in my junior year of college when I took non-traditional Organic Chemistry. This course differed from standard Organic Chemistry classes in that...

As an educator, I am committed to creating a student centered atmosphere in the classroom that encourages productive learning. I determine a students' strengths and weaknesses and create an appropriate yet rigorous lesson accordingly. My goal is to push students to their full potential and be a supportive model for them to succeed.

...working with students to improve their overall reading comprehension, fluency, and accuracy, as well as encourage a love of reading. Seeing the growth in confidence that my students experience (both in and out of the classroom) as a result of their academic achievements is what continues to inspire me in this career path. In my spare time, I teach and practice yoga, read, cook, go to museums and cultural institutions, and, spend as much time...

...Latin, French, Turkish, Attic Greek, Ancient Hebrew, and, of course, English) and I've learned that a lot of the principles of communication are universal. If you're reading this, you already know one language, so you've made the first step toward learning another! I'd love to help you go further. If it's English that's giving you trouble, I'd also be happy to be of assistance. I wrote over 150 pages of independent research in college and...

...tutored a variety of subjects and specialize in test preparation. Most recently, I took the GRE to get into my doctoral programs. I love tutoring as it give me an opportunity to be a teacher, coach, and cheerleader all at the same time. I love the one-on-one interaction and the opportunity to help students with both content and strategy. When I'm not tutoring, I enjoy exploring the city and watching TV. I am a Jeopardy...