Award-Winning ISEE- Lower Level Tutors serving Clifton, NJ

...physics and musical theatre. Prior to university, I coached a local public speaking team and taught as a section instructor for the front ensemble of a local marching band in my hometown in Michigan. Currently, I assist my fellow peers in learning any subject from calculus to music theory. I have a love for both the hard sciences and the arts; I am most passionate about tutoring in math, percussion performance, music theory, and public...

...roles as an educator, I take a special pleasure in prepping students for the SAT. It is a fundamentally understandable test with a limited number of patterns and question types that can be mastered with practice. The formulaic nature of the test gives me the privilege and joy of being able to reveal a manageable and orderly structure to students who had previously seen only a confusing mess of problems. Similarly, I take great joy...

...in a K-5 school in a collaborative setting, a self-contained setting and a resource room setting. I retired in July of 2020 and want to continue helping students succeed in the classroom as an online tutor by giving them the confidence and skills that they need to succeed. I enjoy teaching reading including phonics and reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary and writing. I am a firm proponent of using technology as a tool to assist in...

...also really enjoy teaching others how to do things that aren't necessarily academic. For some reason I was obsessed with making sure all my brothers new how to tie their shoes by time they were three. One of the most important things I have learned from teaching children how to learn is that patience and humor reign supreme. Thankfully I have developed enough patience to sit in the DMV without complaining and enough humor to...

Niovi is an enthusiastic tutor with a background in biology and anthropology, who is currently in graduate school for biomedical engineering in New York.

...home and doing my math homework! I soon realized that what I was doing was not only fun, but had a purpose. I understood that it defines and shapes the way in which we go about our business navigating through the world. My admiration for its profound impact in this manner has only become stronger over the years. We use mathematical logic to arrive at unassailable truths about the world, algebra in representing mathematical language,...

Greetings! I am a certified Teacher of French, Spanish and Elementary Education. I am looking forward to working with you and helping you achieve your academic goals.

I am an educator that loves to build student confidence and show them that learning is a concept that only has to be grasped through repetition and fluency.

...succeed. After reviewing the student's previous work and/or test scores, together, we set up a curriculum that works to strengthen his or her weaknesses whether that be reading comprehension, grammar skills, algebra, test taking tips, time management, etc. During our sessions together, we will review the problems that I have provided for homework, and I will instruct the student on better and faster ways to solve the correct problems and demonstrate ways to approach the...

...confident that my strong desire to help students achieve their academic and career goals, will go a long way in providing high-quality tutoring services. I have been a certified urban education teacher for eleven years and developed excellent knowledge of providing customized academic plans to students as well as families. My ability to work with students, other teachers, administrators and parents to find out their weakest points, and the aspiration to work towards providing strengthening...

...in Biology. I've recently spent two years as a teacher in at a public school in New York City and have to left to explore research opportunities in the the city. While working in research, I do hope to come back to teaching at some point and am currently looking for tutoring opportunities within the 5 boroughs. I have extensive experience teaching and tutoring middle school Science and Math, from grades 4 to 8. I...

...recent addition to Varsity Tutors. I grew up in Westchester County, where I volunteered as an assistant creative writing teacher in high school. After high school, I moved to Evanston, Illinois for school. I studied a wide variety of subjects in college: from Medieval Literature to Buddhist Psychology. I moved back to New York after graduating to pursue a career in the arts. I currently work as a reader for the literary director of an...

...bachelor's degree in Elementary Education/Special Education as well as Social and Behavioral Sciences. I am currently working towards my master's degree in Educational Leadership at Montclair State University (this will be complete on August 1st, 2018). I started my career as a 5th grade teacher teaching all major subjects. Currently, I am a 5th grade math and science teacher. I have been tutoring since my career began--I have a great deal of experience! In my...

...I am passionate about teaching in a way that students need to learn - in other words, working to their strengths in order to best suit their learning styles. I love to use a wide variety of manipulatives and other visual aids when teaching math, as well as visual organizers and conversational dialogue to work through a writing process. I base my teaching methods on the unique needs of each student, whether it is bodily/kinesthetic...

...teaches SAT and ACT prep classes to 10th and 11th grade students at The Lycee Francais of New York, The Spence School, The Nightingale Bamford School, and LaGuardia High School. For the past 4 years, he has tutored hundreds of students one-on-one for the SSAT, ISEE, and SAT II Math Subject Tests (I and II). He also advises students applying to performing arts conservatories and coaches students on their college application essays. Johann is a...

...to build confidence and encourage academic conversation. I also taught English as a Second Language in Korea where I adopted novel approaches to communicate across the language barrier as well as to keep students interested. My favorite subjects to tutor are grammar, writing, and literature because I love to read, but I also tutor test-prep, algebra, and lower-level maths. In my free time I like to read, play my bass/guitar, take my dog for walks,...

...my Master's Degree. I have over 10 years of teaching experience, plus 5 years of private tutoring. I have tutored all ages and grades, as well as, preparation for entrance exams and grade level exams. I love History and ELA. I love to learn it, as well as, teach it. I am constantly reading and trying to learn something new. I try to tailor all of my tutoring sessions to each of my students. I...

My teaching philosophy is contained in a single sentence: "A teacher affects eternity -- he or she can never tell where his or her influence stops." Henry Adams

...Linguistics at The Graduate Center at CUNY where she works on computational models of language acquisition. She is also a adjunct lecturer in Computer Science at Hunter College. Tutoring for now nearly a decade, Katherine is passionate about empowering her students to learn through hands-on challenges. She takes particular pride in the confidence and self-reliance her students develop in their work and works hard to create individualized environments where her students, regardless of age, learning...

...passionate about history and geography and I enjoy sharing my enthusiasm for those subjects with my students. My favorite subject to tutor is European history, although I enjoy working in all social studies subjects. I also really enjoy math tutoring and I have experience tutoring it up to the SAT level. In addition to my private tutoring, I tutor elementary school students in an academic enrichment program run by the New York Public Library. I...