Award-Winning Latin Tutors in Sarasota, FL

...academic scholarship, and I am majoring in English Literature and Creative Writing. Born and raised in Sarasota, Florida, I decided to continue my academic career in the “Sunshine State”. When I am not in school, I work as a home-school teacher at the Miami Learning Center, where I teach English and Literature. In addition to teaching and attending college, I work as a freelance-writer and reporter for magazines and websites across the country.

...After working for the Congressman, I went to law school at the University of Florida. I graduated in 2012 and began practicing commercial litigation at a small firm in Tampa. I have worked with children and students through various volunteering activities, including tutoring students while at Vanderbilt. While I tutor a variety of subjects, my favorite areas are standardized test prep, writing, and public speaking. In my free time, I like to garden, hang out...

...difference. I am a graduate, with honors, of The University of Georgia. Having majored in economics, I also took various upper-level classes in comparative literature, classical culture, Latin, and music, as well as graduate studies in statistics and mathematics. Varied? Absolutely, I've always been an inquisitive learner, and that is something that I strive to inspire in my students. In my spare time, I am a voracious reader who enjoys staying fit, keeping track of...

...acquired Medieval Latin during my MA at the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. When not busy with academics, I fence on the varsity team, practice yoga, write poetry, and travel. During my summers I teach (art intensives, fencing, science, and more) at summer camps to groups of varying ages and ability levels. I am not only uniquely qualified academically, but also adaptable, fun, and invested in my students successes!

...took a position with the Central Regional Middle School as a substitute teacher, where I have discovered a strong interest in working with younger students. Throughout my career I have been recognized and awarded for the skill with which I inspire students in several different disciplines, for the ease with which I build strong relationships, and for the innumerable ways I contribute to the school community. My education in the Classics and in History, my...

I have been a Latin teacher for twenty years teaching all levels of Latin including Advanced Placement and collegiate Latin at multiple schools and universities. I am now living my dream of completing law school, and the content knowledge and study habits I developed in high school and college helped me on my journey, and I'd love to help you on yours. ... My teaching philosophy centers on taking seemingly difficult subjects and breaking concepts down into simpler components and showing students how they work together to create complete concepts.

...to do with grammar! My teaching style is fluid; I like to incorporate other disciplines so that I can help my students develop their weaknesses by playing to their strengths. I believe strongly in the value of a liberal arts education, and I hope I can inspire students to think about how all academic subjects relate to each other. When I'm not working, I enjoy reading, translating, running, playing computer games, and playing trumpet.

...range of World History and English curricula and standardized testing strategies. Having tutored and taught students of many ages, I know how to convey complex concepts in accessible terms, and my exceptional patience enables me to deduce and utilize the learning styles of individual students. Having always found classroom and standardized tests to be intuitive and learnable, I am able to impart testing strategies in addition to teaching textbook material. In my woefully limited spare...

I have been teaching in a variety of settings for the past 30 years. I especially enjoy one-on-one teaching. It affords me to be able to know my students better further enabling me to help them with their individual needs. ... My philosophy is very basic; do what is necessary to meet the needs of the students. Their goals are my goals. It is my job to help the student on the road to success.... I would first like to assess the academic level of the student as pertains to the subject being addressed. From there I can then plan a curriculum that will achieve the goals that the student and I have determined.

...language as well as in the foreign language. Over the course of my years as a tutor, I have seen my students expand their vocabulary and rhetorical skills in English through their study of foreign and classical language. I firmly believe that by grasping the roots of language, students will set themselves apart as writers, not only for standardized tests and in college, but throughout life. During my time off from school I enjoy gardening,...