Award-Winning Literature Tutors serving Gilbert, AZ

...healthy, eclectic interest in a wide range of subject areas including Multivariable Calculus, Physics, and Film. It is also worth noting that I was able to accomplish all of this in three years, rather than four, due to my focus and success on AP tests. As for my specific tutoring experience, I have been teaching students since high school, and volunteering with local children of lower socioeconomic status for the past three years. These lessons...

...to see so many wonderful "aha" moments in my students! I love the feeling of helping a young learner gain confidence and independence in their learning skills and subject matter. My personal philosophy is that any subject can be fun, we just have to figure out how to make it so! My personal style is to use what the learner is interested in to make the subject more fun! Who says you can't use Pokemon...

...DC. I have enjoyed setting up roots in Phoenix over the past few years, and am excited about sharing my knowledge and passion for learning with others in the area.I have a knack for explaining complicated ideas to people in simple terms, enjoy deepening people's understandings of issues, and value education highly. All of these characteristics make me an ideal tutor for Varsity Tutors, and I look forward to the opportunity to share my academic...

...Flagship is a competitive program designed to help members reach a "superior" level of language proficiency. As a Flagship member, I have participated in special Flagship classes, weekly tutoring, and a two-month summer study. For my Flagship capstone, I am preparing to study for a year abroad at Tianjin Normal University in China. In addition to Chinese, I am also passionate about English. I am an avid reader, and I especially enjoy books on politics...

...my lunch hour tutoring students who were struggling in their classes. Initially, I found this difficult; it was a challenge determining exactly where a student's understanding of a topic was faulty. Over time, however, I developed a keener sense for the hurdles that students sometimes face when learning, as well as the most efficient ways to overcome them. I also developed more patience and empathy through tutoring - I often remembered feeling the same confusion...

...working with sight words and phonics, teacing reading comprehension and fluency. I have taught preschool and first grade, and student taught in a third/forth grad classroom. I have spent six years in middle school English and four years in High School English. I've taught in an alternative school environment and have taught English language learners and students with IEPs, as a remedial skills teacher. I have a passion for reading and writing and I actually...

...to complete my student teaching in Bamberg, Germany working on the army base teaching 7th, 8th and 10th grade Language Arts. After I finished my student teaching, I came back to my home state of Arizona and began teaching in the west Phoenix area. I have been teaching at my current school for three years. I taught 8th grade my first year and this is my second year of teaching 7th grade Language Arts. I...

I love to help students make the connections needed to master their material. As a Jr. High teacher of gifted students, I have worked with many types of learners and have a wealth of strategies to make instruction exciting and engaging. I have worked with struggling and ELL/ESL students each summer in a variety of grades K-8. I taught 5th...

...in education I worked for NASA as an entry-level scientist/analyst, which essentially means I did A LOT of computer programming. I worked on the following projects: Galileo, Cassini, IRAF, UBV White-Dwarf Sky Survey, and NICMOS on the HST. However, while working on those projects I quickly discovered that my lifelong dream of being an astronaut was not really what I wanted to do. I had always had a passion for music, and was a good...

...program to aid the freshmen class with their required honors course, the Human Event. Because of this mentorship from the faculty, writing is definitely one of my favorite things to teach. Tutoring is all about having a balance- I want my students to feel relaxed and at-ease with the direction of study but also to be productive and engaged in the material. Tutoring is about working together so that he/she can solve it, not me...

...math homework. Not only did I enjoy it, but there were positive results for him as well. I have a well-rounded background including everything most math-related fields (as my major requires me to have an extensive mathematical background), computing, and acting. Although most technical students don't have the time, or perhaps the desire, to engage in an art, I actively pursue my artistic interest acting in movies and taking classes. I also grew up playing...

...several AP and collegiate level English courses and enjoy helping those around me. Anatomy and science courses are my favorite to tutor, as I use them every day and find them very interesting. I tutor various levels of math, English, writing, and science, and like to let students contribute insight on the areas they need help with, and I provide feedback and knowledge from there. I believe that this increases student confidence and ability be...

...and helped students adjust to the new style of learning and whatever classes they needed help with. In college I was a big sister in my sorority and spent my junior year in Spain. While I was there I tutored students English reading and writing. After graduation I started my own consulting business in marketing and social media. While I tutor in psychology, Spanish and writing, I have the greatest passion for writing. I understand...

I have many years of teaching experiences along with administration- leadership roles. As team leader, I was able to develop curriculum and implement procedures. I believe in team work and organizational flexibility according to student needs and goals. I seek professional challenges and personal growth. I look forward to our meeting and exchange ideas.

I am a passionate learner who finds great reward in passing my knowledge on. I recently graduated from Northern Arizona University with a Bachelor's Degree in Secondary Education: English. My studies focused in American, British and Multi-ethnic literature. Specializing in how to motivate, educate and manage students of all learning levels and styles. I am qualified to tutor in the subject areas of reading, writing, & literature, & essay editing at a secondary level.... Students learn...

All are capable of learning new and wonderful information. My calling in life is to assist those who desire to learn by listening to where they are and understanding where they would like to go. ... Encouraging and rewarding the student's independent research and verbalization of their thoughts will stimulate independence in the learning process.... Attempt a different approach in relaying the information, while keeping in mind the student's learning style.... Allow the student to verbalize...

...my Bachelor and Master degrees and became a secondary English teacher. I have had much experience in the educational arena and have worked with varying age groups, skill levels, and course work. I have instructed from the middle school level to the collegiate level. Aside from my formal teaching and tutoring, I have also had the opportunity to be a mother and teach my own children. I have a passion for both literature and writing...

...Currently I am teaching third grade at a public elementary school in Phoenix. During my undergraduate degree work I was fortunate enough to be able to work with third, fourth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. I have a lot of experience with a wide range of students and looking forward to the opportunity to work with many more! I am able to teach a variety of subjects, but the most rewarding subjects for me to...

I am a junior at Arizona State University double majoring in Journalism and Mass Communication, and Criminology and Criminal Justice. I am also working toward a minor in Film Studies. Alongside my education, I am currently an English tutor during the active ASU academic semesters. I am very confident and comfortable in my English, writing, and literature skills.

...educators can have on our youth. Being witness to and a part of such great change on an individual basis continues to inspire me to inspire others. I have loved literature all my life for having the ability to transport a reader into a world where imagination is not limited to a television screen. I have loved non-fiction for having the ability to open up our world as it was, as it is and as...