Award-Winning Middle School Math Tutors for Students in Alexandria, VA

...working with two elementary school students, helping them reach their goals of entering an elite school in their area. While living abroad, I taught English as a second language in both a small classroom setting and privately. I believe in setting goals and helping students find their personal path to reaching those goals. I received my Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, with a focus on policy and law, and an associated...

...Services, and am currently working to complete a Master's in Professional Behavior Analysis. I have been working with children with developmental disabilities at an ABA agency in the Washington, DC area for the past few years. My job includes creating measurable milestones to help learners achieve their goals, and determining what teaching methods will be most effective for each individual client. I believe that active student responding, personalized programs, and a focus on measurable goals...

...I gain nothing but pleasure in helping students dismantle their fear and in it's place blossom passion. The only thing I love as much as physics is being able to teach it to others, spreading the inherent beauty of the subject as far and wide as possible. With physics comes mathematics, a beautiful quantitative language. My favorite type of math is Numerical Analysis, where I get to incorporate both theory and computation. From my experience...

...I really enjoy tutoring students in both english and math. While I always excelled in math, I know this is an area in which many students struggle. In middle and high school my peers would often come to me with their math questions because I was able to understand their confusion and help them move past it. I have continued to improve this skill and I delight in seeing the aha moment when one of...

...Tailoring the material to the student will be an important way for him or her to, not only, understand and retain the information, but also to apply it. There are many educational tools that are either not used in classrooms or are not suitable for groups, finding the right tool for the student will be central to my approach. My background is interdisciplinary and broad. I am a practicing attorney in Washington, DC with prior...

...University of Sussex. I know first-hand the challenges associated with manipulating equations and writing extended essays. My favorite subjects to tutor are Math, Physics, History, and Engineering. During tutoring sessions, I strive to make students comfortable with the material and confident in their abilities. I'm glad to work with you when you feel in over your head, when you want that little bit of extra polish, and at all times in between. I ask a...

...Peru. Last year, as a sophomore in college, I was a TA for the Spanish Department, responsible for creating and executing my own lesson plans for two one-hour classes per week for Spanish 102, grading homework and designing my own quizzes. I also tutored occasionally through our on-campus 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...

...Singapore University of Technology and Design. These two universities have students that are very different from each other and I excelled in teaching both groups. My background is in mathematics, I have a bachelors and masters degree in math from UT and NYU respectively, but I branched out from pure math and received a PhD from the McCombs School of Business in financial engineering. I left my job in Singapore in August and I start...

...our student's attendance, behavior, and course performance. If you have any more questions about the organization, feel free to ask! I love working with my students and breaking down lessons and subjects for them so its easier to learn and digest. Whatever you as a student needs to learn is how I will tailor my style of tutoring. Education is very important to me, and I am excited to support your learning!... My teaching philosophy is...

...economics class. It is my favorite subject to tutor and I love to keep up my self learning in advanced concepts. While taking economics courses I started tutoring by helping struggling students through classes we had together, and by word of mouth ended up tutoring a number of students in the economics department. I am passionate about learning and took as many courses as possible in college including courses in chemistry, physics, biology and opera...

...have much experience with HOW to learn, study, and stay organized (this is necessary for a small business owner!). I've tried numerous techniques and styles personally and helped people, "learn how to learn." This is an area I've done a lot of work in personally and have also helped students, friends, and colleges. I've very excited to work with new, enthusiastic students who are willing to learn and work through challenges! I'm also an athlete...

...Waltham Group, which involves tutoring local high school students. Regardless of the subject, I greatly enjoy watching my students work hard and experience the feelings of accomplishment which accompany success. I love being able to work together with a student as a team, both looking to reach an ultimate goal. When the goal is reached, it is extremely gratifying for both the student and the tutor! I am very adaptable in my teaching style and...

...or disability, can achieve to their highest potential when provided with academically and developmentally appropriate instruction and supports. It is therefore my teaching and tutoring style to appropriately create, differentiate, and modify content and/or lessons to make them accessible, engaging, and rigorous for students with a wide range of ability levels and/or disability classifications. I graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a Master of Arts in History, degree by thesis, and served...

...which specializes in research for malaria vaccine development. After my research internship ended, I began attending the University of Maryland, College Park as a post-baccalaureate student seeking a second degree in General Biology (B.S.), which I obtained in August 2016. My extensive educational background and previous research experiences at WRAIR and Johns Hopkins gave me the opportunity to learn how to communicate complex scientific ideas through discussions, presentations, and writing. I would like to apply...

I am an energetic person who loves science and math. I have experience tutoring all levels from elementary to high school, to undergraduate to graduate/professional students. I look forward to working with you to hopefully help you to love science and math, or at least to better understand them.

I am very passionate about helping students succeed in their educaiton. I believe one-on-one tutoring is the key to ensuring students are taught at their own pace and achieve full understanding of the material. I bring to the table my skills in math, reading, and writing. I am a freshman at Rice University studying philosophy and economics on the pre-law track.

...role model for my sister, my younger cousins, youth fellowship members at church, and my Godsons. My cousin just recently graduated from high school and during his high school education, I tutored him in math and science. I enjoyed spending time helping him to understand concepts he was displaying difficulty grasping. Allowing him to gain clarity and understanding was a very rewarding experience. I tutored with varsity tutors a few years ago and really enjoyed...

With an array of experiences within the biomedical and healthcare industry, I desire to assist students in strengthening their foundation in the basic sciences that will assure them success in a science related career.

...in addition to teaching younger riding students the ropes of riding. After my year of training, I took a job with an equestrian product company. I assisted in marketing, sales, and operations management. I truly missed teaching and inspiring students; therefore, I began to teach some riding lessons again as well as help tutor students. While I enjoy tutoring many subjects, I am most passionate about tutoring science and more specifically biology and chemistry. I...

...punctuated by two professional experiences: a semester-long job back in the D.C. area working on a presidential campaign and a semester-long stint as an eight grade math and English tutor in a L.A. school. These job experiences, along with my time at Occidental, have imbued in me a passion for working towards improving the quality of and students' interest in education. I am particularly passionate about doing this by tutoring in history, writing, literature and...