Award-Winning ISEE Tutors in Shawnee Mission, KS

My role is to improve students' knowledge and skills so that they can be successful in their chosen careers. To do so, I may encourage, challenge, and assist them as needed to reach their goals. I have high expectations, but I am patient, relaxed, and fair as well.

...that, with the right light, we can each continue on that journey throughout or lives. No one person understands or internalizes each lesson in exactly the same way, although many of the basic principles are the bases for this understanding and future growth. It is here where we are charged to help others understand in a manner that best accommodates their learning, and then empower them with the tools (and desire) to seek out those...

Nothing is more rewarding than helping someone to make a connection; learn something new or difficult; or to see how they apply this new understanding. Some information can be dry, scary, or very difficult to learn, but I think learning should not only be productive, but also fun.

...How many times have you looked at the answers to a question you got wrong on a test and realized that you knew how to find the answer you just made a simple mistake. I can help you make less of those mistakes, and that is where the most significant short term growth can be made. If you are a student who wants to improve your score quickly, if you like learning new ways to...

...lives. In addition, using my knowledge of science, math, the arts, and the humanities, I make connections between different subjects to help my students see how what we're working on isn't so strange after all! Before beginning to work with Varsity Tutors in August of 2014, I worked in a K-8 school as an intervention math teacher. There, I tutored elementary- and middle-school students in math in small groups. Working in that setting taught me...

...psychology education helped me understand why the reading institute was so effective and why many students struggle in other areas as well - they misuse their working memory! Our brains work by combining small bits of information at a time and the process can easily be derailed by anxiety, missing previous information, poor study habits, or a psychological condition. I've worked with students with each of these problems (and more) and seen the vast majority...

...courses included teaching students: study techniques, academic planning, professional development, time management, motivation, campus involvement, stress management and other academic related skills. I was also an academic adviser at MU where I counseled students on selecting a major, creating a four-year plan of study and to pursue internships compatible with their career goals. In addition to subject knowledge, I offer an encouraging and supportive plan of action and customized advising approach to my tutoring. I...

...of Science in Education and a Minor in Spanish. I graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL). I have 9 years of teaching experience as a Preschool, Elementary & College level instructor. I've taught general education courses, ESL, Spanish Native Language Literacy and a University Writing course. I love teaching! My favorite subjects to tutor are ESL, Reading, Writing, Grammar and Spanish. My tutoring style...

...of Arts in Computer Science. Since graduating from Sumner, I've volunteered to work with other students from my High School before seeking official employment at Metropolitan Community College - Penn Valley as a Math Tutor for Pre-College Mathematics (Ratios, Percents, etc.) up to Calculus 1 (Differentiation, Integration, etc.) - an organization that I've been a part of since October of 2019. I have participated within both small and large organizations in leadership and otherwise (Marching...

...Engineering at UMKC. While in school I would help and tutor others in the program in subjects I understood well. Subjects like Math, Circuits, and Physics. After having children I found that you many times have to be a teacher to be a parent. I currently work with the Metropolitan Community College system teaching Math, Circuits and associated subjects. My main subject is Math. I have found that if I help people get a good...