Award-Winning ISEE Tutors in Milwaukee, WI

I am a retired elementary school teacher. I taught for the past 15 years in grades 3-6. I currently hold a Wisconsin State Teaching Licence for grades 1-6, and have completed a Master's Degree in Education in 2010. I enjoy working one-on-one with children and helping them reach their goals. ... Reading comprehension starts with understanding that reading requires more than just decoding words. It involves making meaning from the text. In order to do this, students must understand that if they lose their focus while reading, they must reread to understand. This requires them to monitor their thinking as they read. Some strategies for helping students that understand and practice this skill involve the use of marking the text in some way while they read. I like to use "think sheets" or post-it notes. Here, students record their thoughts, questions and connections to what they are reading. Reading with a question in mind is also a strategy used by good readers. It gives the reading a purpose and keeps the reader focused. Inference skills are especially important in reading comprehension, so the attention to bringing a student's background knowledge to their reading becomes essential, as it is this background knowledge that is drawn upon to help the reader understand new vocabulary and bring deeper meaning to the text. Modeling and practicing fluency and expression is also vital to growth in reading comprehension. This can be done by a partner reading with the student and having them read some of the text orally.

...fit that I pursued a degree in Education and became a licensed teacher. I received my Bachelor's of Science in Elementary Education at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin with a minor in English. Since 2011, I have been sharing my love of learning and enriching the mind's of children in grades 4-8. I have taught in a 4th-5th grade multi-age classroom, and as a 7th grade Language Arts teacher. Reading, writing, and analytical thinking are...

...work in a University setting and I love it! The one thing I miss is direct contact with K-12 students. Tutoring is the perfect solution! I have tutored students in all grades, but most recently have worked on Reading and Organization/Study Skills with students 4th grade and up. For children and teenagers, I believe motivation is essential for learning, so we will select texts together (when possible) and develop an interactive tutoring plan to increase...

...Second Language). I received a BS degree in Elementary Education from UWM-Milwaukee and a Masters in Educational Leadership from National Louis University in Chicago, IL. Ever since I started teaching, I have been passionate in my commitment to maximizing individual student performance, inspiring students interest and instilling a sense of self-worth among all students. I have dedicated my career to each of these pursuits, as my resume will attest. In my personal life, I have...

...decide on a favorite subject because I felt anything I studied in school could be fun and much easier if approached with the right attitude. Instead of boring memorization, I like to look for patterns and think of creative approaches to study subjects that can otherwise be very frustrating. My goal as a tutor is to help students gain confidence and to think of creative approaches to subjects (or standardized tests) that they struggled with...

...Washington. At UW, I was a Pre-Med student, so I am very familiar with Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and other sciences. I also have spent the past few summers tutoring students in Reading and Writing and am able to help with everything from college essays and writing assignments to skills for standardized tests. I'm happy to work with a range of ages and will do my best to help make sessions as useful as possible.

...Connecticut. I have spent the past five years teaching undergraduate labs for Intro Bio, Marine Ecology, and Anatomy and Physiology. This has honed my ability to break down and explain complex topics in multiple ways in order to ensure that all my students could learn effectively. I have extensive experience working in a variety of lab environments and I am now turning my efforts towards becoming certified to teach high school science. I really enjoy...

...jazz. I also have a band called Sherna Armstrong Band. A recent solo project, also entitled, My Soul Music, reflects my unique ability to perform a diverse palette of music equally well. Recent roles include Lady Day in the Denton Theater production of Lady Day Sings at Emerson Bar and Grill, Lily, in Porgy and Bess, with the Dallas Opera, Alice, in "Big River", with Garland Community Theater, and troupe member in Theater of Love,...

...the most interesting and rewarding aspect of tutoring is my interaction with students, especially through writing. Tutoring writing is unique in how it's so often a subject that is simultaneously academic and personal. I love the opportunity to help students find their voices through writing. My philosophy when it comes to tutoring is that it's best done as a conversation, not a lecture. The key is to draw students out and help them to learn...

...given the opportunity to prove it to you. I can tutor almost any Math subject but my favorite discipline to tutor is Physics. I am very enthusiastic about learning HOW things work. I graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2010 and obtained a Dual Major in Physics and Applied Mathematics. Additionally, I have been tutoring since the age of fourteen and have tutored for the US Navy! Outside my professional interests, I enjoy cycling, swimming,...