Award-Winning ISEE Tutors in Washington DC

...and specific learning disabilities; I address each of their needs through goals and interventions I create, modify and implement based upon individual assessment. I feel it's important to put myself in my student's shoes to create a strong relationship that has a powerful effect on their progress. I enjoy helping struggling students prepare for Standardized Tests, College Essays, Critical Reading, Writing skills, and Public Speaking. I am positive, passionate and dedicated to helping each of...

...of learning styles and learning abilities. Over time I have learned multiple skills, tips, and techniques to help students who may have trouble remembering things, organizing, and paying attention. My passion is to meet each student where they are at and try to mold my tutoring style to what they need. To do this, I employ verbal, visual, and kinesthetic techniques and enjoy facilitating the process in which students learn how they learn best. In...

..."Policy Journalism & Media Studies," I enrolled in a two year master's program at the University of Notre Dame. During these two years, I completed my coursework for a master's degree in education while teaching in an under-resourced school in Dallas, Texas. There I taught the skills of effective writing, speaking, and listening to students in grades 6 through 8 in grammar, vocabulary, literature, and writing classes. I would like to continue helping students realize...

...I like to emphasize an empowering approach to tutoring. It is not enough for the student simply to be presented with information about language, whether English or Latin. Most students benefit more from assistance in approaching the material and through the development of study skills such as learning the material in different ways or recognizing the root of the confusion. Therefore, I believe that a tutor should guide the student through the material to a...

...tutoring program. Finally, for the past two summers I have worked at the extremely rigorous Breakthrough Collaborative Teaching Internship at their Miami, Florida location teaching 5th and 6th grade science, where I a was again responsible for my own lesson plans, classwork, homework and quizzes. I am very interested in working with Varsity Tutors as I absolutely love working with children, especially in a teaching capacity. I enjoy the challenge of working through a topic...

...on his essay (back when they were all counted), and a 3rd student get a 780 on the Verbal SAT. Rest assured, I'm effective on SAT/ACT/GRE prep. Also, I've raised two sons, who have been through Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. In most years we are ranked either #1 or #2 in the nation! So I really can relate to many of the worries a parent can have. Just know that in the end,...

...test scores from high school reflect a strong understanding of the material, and I also excelled at the SAT Subject Test for Literature. I have been working for Varsity for over 5 years, and have tutored a wide range of students of all ages. I am very comfortable with children who might be shy or nervous working with a tutor, as well as those who are not too enthused about having any extra work! My...

...their own talents and a valuable self-worth instead of trying to meet someone else's expectations, we can build students' confidence and academic success. We all have the right and responsibility to accept ourselves by defining who we are on our own terms and knowing what we stand for. This intricate balance can be achieved through increasing the availability and visibility of positive role models, advocating for participation in extracurricular activities, and educating students about goal...

...am currently seeking a Masters Degree in Economic Policy Analysis at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Through my teaching experience, and my current degree program, I enjoy tutoring Mathematics and both Micro and Macroeconomic topics. On the weekends, I referee youth soccer games in Maryland, and enjoy watch professional soccer games on TV. Soccer has been a passion of mine since childhood, and while I'm not as fast as I used to be,...

...teacher I also tutored students who needed extra help after school in reading, social studies, and FCAT prep. My favorite subject is reading, but I also love teaching math, science, and social studies. I am quite passionate about education and the opportunities that it can give people. In addition to tutoring, I am also an enrollment coordinator and education consultant for a school. When I am not working with students you can find me making...