Award-Winning HSPT Tutors in Denver, CO

...really enjoy helping students and parents prepare for standardized tests, where it is crucial not only to learn the material but also strategies for success on test day. My favorite part of teaching is seeing improvement in my students and I endeavor to keep tutoring sessions active and fun. Students learn best when they are engaged, and I strive to keep my students thinking and smiling for the entire lesson. When I am not working...

I graduated from Connecticut College and I received my bachelors degree in Psychology and Human Development. Currently, I am a candidate at the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work and expect to receive my masters degree in 2016. While attending Connecticut College, I interned at The Waterford Country School, which is a residential education facility for youth with behavioral and emotional disorders. During that three-semester internship, I worked both as a classroom assistant...

...science in Salemberg, NC. I have spent time all over the United States and spent time studying in Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina, Mississippi, and Maryland. I think the best type of learning is accompanied by steps in developing real skills, and real personal quality. After spending time as a college athlete, a college advisor, and now a teacher, I have seen education from every angle. I look forward to creating an academic story with each...

I secretly love when people call me a nerd. I believe that enjoying school and having an interest in learning about how the world works are wonderful qualities in a person. Many children say they hate school and it is just because they are having a hard time understanding the material and how it will apply to their lives. I believe that by bringing a child's interests into their school work and helping them to...

Hello! My name is Emmanuel. I graduated with a Mechanical Engineering degree from the Colorado School of Mines (Top Engineering School). I recently founded a Multimedia Engineering Consulting Firm and I am a Professional Athlete (CFL Football Player). The reason I chose to be a Varsity Tutor was because of the freedom, flexibility and ability to help others. When I studied engineering I went through many obstacles from understanding concepts to understanding language. I know a...

...to the Denver area from Sydney, Australia. I have been a teacher professionally for six years in both Connecticut and Sydney, and I am excited to meet new students here in Colorado. I earned a Masters degree in education two years ago and a Bachelors in biology before that. I especially like working with students who are having a hard time in a subject, because it gives me an opportunity to put my skills to...

...year-long teacher preparation program. Including my residency year, I have taught 3 years of middle school math at a Denver Public School. Before becoming a licensed classroom teacher I spent three years as an associate program director for one of the most successful test prep companies in the Washington D.C. area. Over these years I taught courses on every SAT and ACT subject, including SAT II in Mathematics, and also took the official College Board...

...ACT test prep. Math is my favorite subject to tutor (especially Algebra and Geometry) but I'm also excellent at vocabulary and grammar. My teaching philosophy, especially in math, is to first ensure that a student has a solid foundation. So many mathematical concepts are built on the basics such as number lines, order of operations, operation properties, and algebraic thinking. I love building math concepts from pictures and applications to the real world.... Focus on the fundamentals. In math, this would be things like number lines, place value, operation properties, and order of operations. These come up over and over and over again. Also develop great English to math and math to English translation: be able to say or write what math symbols mean in English and what English words become in math symbols. Finally, have fun and tell stories with math.

...of San Francisco, California. There, I attended Marin Academy, a private high school that prepared me very well for my time earning my undergraduate degree at Brown University (Class of 2013). I have always been a hard worker when it comes to academics, and I understand what it takes, in terms of study skills and organization, to excel in school. I am excited to be able to give back and use my excellent education to...

A native of northern Tennessee, Brittany has always been fascinated by art and mathematics. She used these talents and skills to earn scholarships to her dream school, Smith College, in Massachusetts. Brittany attended Smith for her undergraduate degree, majoring in architecture and art. She then joined Teach for America in Nashville (near where she grew up), and spent the next two years teaching mathematics and art to at-risk middle school students. While teaching, she earned...