Award-Winning ISAT Tutors in Westchester, IL

...can all learn and achieve success. One-on-one tutoring is an effective technique, particularly for explaining and modeling math, and I enjoy seeing students attitudes toward school brighten when they see immediate progress in their work. As a writing tutor, I like to focus on helping students find their authentic voice. Essays succeed when students strip...

...Rather, I aim to wholly ingrain the skills, strategies, and overall thinking needed to fully understand how and why we can come to certain answers. My goal is not to help students to merely get a good grade on the next quiz, but to help build a foundation that allows him or her to find...

...I am currently working toward a TEFL certification that would allow me to teach English as a foreign language abroad. With Varsity Tutors, I tutor a wide range of subjects including biology, algebra, and English, as well as ACT and GRE prep. I employ a student-centered teaching style, encouraging students to think independently and draw...

...my certification I worked as a one to one aide in two different school districts in Chicago's northwest suburbs. While I taught all subjects, I am most comfortable tutoring elementary language arts, reading and writing, US History and some elementary mathematics. For several recent years I was a tutor with Oakton Community College's VITA Program...

...secure in who they are as students and as individuals; while working to build their love of learning. I am a lifelong learner that enjoys working with Pre-K through adult learners. I currently hold an Ed.S degree in Administration & Supervision from National Louis University, an M.Ed in Curriculum and Instructional Technology from Grand Canyon...

...Since early high school, I have tutored both peers and younger students. My students have included special education, gifted, English Language Learners, music/arts students and students with disabilities. I have tutored math up to Calculus AP; English Writing, Reading Comprehension and College Essay instruction; Science through AP Physics; and test preparation for GRE, ACT, SAT...

...it allows me to break skills down to their fundamental levels. Working with students to understand the concepts at play helps them to not only get the right answer but to understand the why. This skill based learning helps students understand information more thoroughly and generalize the skills across questions more effectively. Outside of work...

...is Joe and I'm a graduating Senior at Northwestern University. I major in Statistics and Global History and minor in Math and English Literature. Four years ago I was taking the ACT/SAT and applying to colleges, and I remember how stressed I was. I'm here to make this process the least stressful it can be...

...is Sosna (pronounced Sauce-Nuh). I am a Biological Sciences major and Business minor studying at Cornell University. I am certainly looking forward to using my learned skills to help other students. I have taken and continue to take coursework from a variety of studies ranging from Mathematics to Literature, from Sociology to the Sciences. I...

...and enjoy the most now are ones that I initially struggled with. I enjoy connecting with students and not only answering their technical questions on assignments, but general questions about the subject as a whole or about the college admissions process. Working with younger students in the engineering school, I had already taken all of...