Award-Winning HSPT Tutors serving Naperville, IL

...a journey and I like to help students create their own path. I am a graduate of Loyola University Chicago, where I majored in political science. I am currently a law student at Chicago-Kent College of Law, and aspire one day to practice corporate law with a focus on financial compliance. I grew up in Silicon Valley and have seen what intense pressure to succeed does to young minds. Given my life experiences, I told...

As an educator for 20 years in both the US and Canada, I enjoying working with students of all ages. With a background in Special Education and tutoring for test prep (GED, ACT, SAT), I have a heart for those who find it difficult to succeed in the classroom. It is my passion to encourage students and help them learn strategies to succeed in their education and in life. ... All students have the ability to...

...years experience. I have an exceptional ability to teach math to students with severe learning challenges. I make all levels of math understandable and foster confidence in the student. I'm also expert in SAT/ACT test preparation and high school admission tests. I have a BA in Chemistry from The University of Chicago and a PhD from Northwestern University. I'm a former research scientist. I enjoy tutoring and have the gift of teaching.

...Bachelors of Science in Psychology with a minor in English as well as a Masters of Education in Special Education. I also completed endorsements in Educational Leadership at National Louis University and Director of Special Education at the University of St. Francis. I am an experienced Special Educator and Educational Coordinator with thirty-one years of experience with students of various academic abilities. I have a strong background in social sciences and am skilled in Microsoft...

...to study food science. Suddenly back in undergraduate classes again, I had to brush up on my test taking and study skills. The program was so interesting I decided to pursue a graduate degree. Based on my undergrad performance and my GRE scores I obtained a full scholarship for my Master of Science. I had a great teacher early in life who stressed the importance of test-taking and time management. One of my goals in...

Tutoring is about a lot more than studying, tests, and knowledge. I believe the interpersonal relationship involved with teaching greatly benefits both parties. Learning is fundamental to life- and turning otherwise cumbersome and difficult tasks like passing a hard class into a lightbulb moment is where I find my satisfaction. Turning such a familiar struggle into newfound realization and understanding is what I aim for.

...I believe that teaching requires a lot of hard work and effort as it is very important for the teacher to look at things from the student's perspective. I absolutely love teaching Mathematics and I feel proud to share that most of my students have become Math's wizards even though they didn't like the subject earlier. My teaching pedagogy involves innovative hands-on exercises and discussions designed to foster creativity and rationality among children using real...

...children since I taught Sunday school in High School. I continued at college by volunteering during homework time at a local homeless shelter and working at the college writing center. After graduation, as jobs and family commitments allowed, I continued to volunteer, again at a homeless shelter through a Chicago Public School program. Currently, I have returned to teaching Sunday School, working with some wonderful children between the ages of 10 and 12 at my...

...recent graduate from the University of Chicago. I have a wide variety of academic interests and academic pursuits and love to share my love and excitement for learning with others. I believe in every individual's ability to achieve academically and I always focus on meeting students where they are and helping students learn in the way that is most effective for them. I am a patient, positive, and tutor, and I am capable of working...

...Assistant Program in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in science and a minor in Psychology. After graduating, I moved to Boston, where I worked as a Physician Assistant in the Cardiac Surgery Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. Medicine is an amazing profession, but my favorite part of the job was when I got the opportunity to be an educator. Whether it was patients trying to understand what was happening to their bodies, prospective students seeing...

...students learn and study languages is one of my absolute passions. I tutor for personal, professional, or academic purposes. I can tutor/teach Spanish, Italian, French, some German, ESL (English as a Second Language), Linguistics, Psychology, Sociology, Music, etc. I have an immense amount of foreign language and ESL tutoring and over 13 years of rich one-on-one and group delivery tutoring/teaching experience having worked with a diverse range of clientele. I am flexible and ready to...

...Lake Forest College, Lake Forest and a Master's Degree in special education from DePaul University. For seven years, I lived in Mexico and taught English at all levels and history, literature and philosophy to high school students in Guadalajara, Mexico. Also, I was an editor for a high school English Composition Class. This involved reading the assigned topics along with the students, helping them form their thesis statements and then assisting them in writing a...

...have extensive knowledge in reading, writing, and speaking Spanish and have seen great results when teaching young and adult learners. My teaching philosophy is to help learners become knowledgeable in various disciplines and I take a multi-disciplinary approach to help long-term memorization of valuable skills. I strive to create engaging learning opportunities for students in language arts while focusing on textual analysis and critical thinking skills. I am as a results-driven tutor and hope to...

Hi everyone! I am currently a third year dental student at the University of Michigan. I was a tutor all throughout my undergraduate career and enjoyed every part of helping another student to help his/her excel!

...am able to tutor math from elementary math to Calculus. I earned my Bachelors of Arts in Economics at the University of Illinois in Champaign. I earned my Masters in Education at North Park University. My teaching philosophy centers on a student centered approach. My tutoring style is laid back, allowing the students to show me what they know already and then to help them address any weaknesses to build their math knowledge. I also...

...Northwestern University, and will begin teaching high school biology in Chicago this upcoming fall. I completed my undergraduate degree at Northwestern University in 2019, majoring in both Biological Sciences (concentrating in Genetics and Genomics) and in German. I have experience working with students of all ages, including elementary, middle, and high school. I am consistently energized by the opportunity to see students grow and develop! I also love to run, travel, and write!

...to make sure I keep up with those changes. Harry Potter is something that I have always loved first with the books then the movies. Everyone learns in a different way and it is up to the teacher to find what way works for that student. Learning should not be boring it should be exciting and having the learner want more. I have taught K-8 and now High School. Life needs to be changed up...

...tutoring throughout college. I strongly believe in teaching each student specifically to their educational needs, but also tailored to their individual learning habits. I personally always find that I learn the most when the topic is related to my life outside of the classroom (or lecture hall). I then can assess how much I truly have attained when I attempt to teach the concept to another person. These are just a few things about me...

...evolvement as an educator and the understanding that students learn in different ways, has led me towards multi-sensory learning that is active rather than passive. When I work with students, their learning styles and needs for engagement are at the forefront. Daily, I educate students who learn differently, and success has come to my students when I scaffold to make the abstract more concrete. I have incorporated tactile boards, sky writing, active movement, as well...

...you where its people come from and where they are going" - Rita Mae Brown, Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writer's Manual I believe that above all else, language is the key to understanding our vast and ever-changing world. If I could have any superpower, it would be the ability to speak every one of our planet's languages. I am a student at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, majoring in French and...