Award-Winning ISEE Tutors in Aurora, CO

...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 with students or in class, I am...

...to tutor a broad range of subjects, I am more geared towards math and science subjects. I encourage my students to become comfortable using a variety of methods to solve problems. This decreases their chance of getting stuck on difficult problems. Helping my students make connections between similar problems and having a hallmark example for them to think back on is another way I train my students to tackle difficult problems. Outside of academia, I...

...others informally as a banking and investment professional (Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), since 1994). Recently, I have become a math tutor, mentor and substitute teacher in the Denver Public School system and an historical adviser for a national high school competition focused on the U.S. Constitution. Since my approach to studying the past has been very comprehensive, I have also developed active interests in literature, music, art and architecture and popular culture. Along with a...

...bobcats!) Since graduation, I have worked as a middle and high school science teacher in Mississippi and Colorado. I tutor a few different subjects, but I am really passionate about helping students improve their standardized test scores as they prepare for college. Improving SAT and ACT scores can really open doors to admission and scholarships at great schools! Currently I am a graduate student studying social work at the University of Denver. In my spare...

...degree in English. I started tutoring while still in college, and I've been teaching ever since. After graduation I taught in four different countries: Reunion Island (where I learned to speak French), The Republic of Georgia, South Korea, and, of course, the United States. I specialize in English tutoring: writing, reading, ESL, literature, etc. I also teach French and the non-math sections of the SAT. I've taught every age level - from elementary school to...

...always been my foremost passions, and I seek to share those passions with students who have a similar desire to grow. Through developing one-on-one tutoring relationships, I hope to find the natural strengths every students possesses to further their understanding of subjects they wish to understand better. My compassion, enthusiasm, and love for knowledge all contribute to my love of teaching and tutoring, and I hope to share those with eager students.... My teaching philosophy revolves around learning a student's strengths and gearing instruction around those. So many students never receive the specific attention and learning they need, and therefore never understand subjects to their full potential. I work to understand a student's natural abilities and stretch their knowledge using gifts they already possess.

...through high school. I primarily tutored math, but also assisted students with English, history, and science. My favorite subject to tutor is math, since I think there are a variety of ways of comprehending the different concepts. My teaching philosophy is that every child learns differently, it is important to understand their learning styles to be effective and efficient. Outside of academia, I play Ultimate Frisbee, both at pick-up games and for a team. In...

...dedicated to their work. I look forward to being that spark that finally allows you to 'get it'. I studied Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics at the University of Colorado in Boulder. I tutored the whole time, typically Calculus, Statistics, and Physics, but with a handful of Engineering and Spanish courses as well. I worked with students from Business, Engineering, I-Phy, you name it. I also worked with high-school students from around Boulder. After graduating...

...best meet the needs of the individual child and to link the learning of new concepts to existing knowledge. There is also much emphasis on making the concepts learned in tutoring relevant to the "real world" outside of school. In math lessons, after fundamental concepts are understood, deeper level thinking will be obtained via the study of word problems. The word problems will emphasis ways to organize thinking, including visual thinking by drawing pictures and then...

...eight years experience as a social studies teacher while working at an International Baccalaureate High School. Over the course of my career I have taught History, World Geography, Civics, Economics, and English as a Second Language. I especially enjoy History and Geography. I also enjoy helping students develop their essay writing skills to help prepare them for their future college careers or to help prepare for an upcoming writing assessment. As a tutor I am...