Award-Winning Middle School Math Tutors for Students in Schenectady County, NY

I graduated from Penn State in May 2016 with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. I tutored for three years helping kids in freshman and sophomore level math, physics, and chemistry courses. I have tutored groups and individuals. I am an extremely friendly person who loves teaching! The best way to teach a student is to have them answer problems on their own. As a tutor, I am there to help students reach the answer, not to...

...museum studies. I have experience in teaching various visual arts and enjoy combining materials and techniques in both my lessons and my personal work. My teaching philosophy is that every student, no matter their age or ability, can benefit from the arts, especially when incorporating multimodal methods to engage students in viewing and creating artwork....

...teacher through NYU's America Reads and Counts program, where I saw firsthand the impact that individual attention and encouragement can have on a student's growth. Over the past eight years, I've worked with students of all ages and learning styles, both in person and online. While I tutor a variety of subjects, math is my...

...goals and specific needs and provide strategies to address them. - I tailor lessons to fit your interests, cultural backgrounds, and learning styles. - I help to smooth out accents, improve fluency, and build confidence. - I teach the essentials of English grammar, lexis, form, and phonology. - I develop your understanding and familiarity with...

...for any of your interests - I will bring out the fun in them. Learning should not be a tedious chore, it should be a fun, enriching experience. For the same reason you can probably recite your favorite movie line-for-line, but can't seem to remember when the Magna Carta was signed: We tend to be...

...creative side of Marketing and the analytical/financial aspects involved. I am a pretty laid-back, low-pressure guy who expects students to make mistakes so we can learn from them. Mistakes are expected, inspected, and respected. I believe that learning should be relevant and relate to students' lives. I believe that all students can learn mathematics, but...

...a student I was a member of the honors program, taking part in an accelerated classroom setting. Currently, I attend Sage College of Albany and anticipate graduating in the spring of 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. The subject I tutor is mathematics. I am qualified to tutor anywhere from elementary math...

...learn and grow, I come to each session prepared to make a difference. However, I also know that learning is not something that I, alone, control. Learning is a cooperative venture and students learn best when we work within their preferred learning styles, using a context that is relevant and interesting to them. The goal...

...ski, play soccer and do a variety of other activities in order to have a good time. I have a fairly laid back approach to tutoring, with first establishing a baseline with each student and then working to improve the student overall, with focusing on the critical points first. I am most interested in tutoring...

I have a passion for teaching and the physical sciences. The physical world is a marvelously fascinating place, and I enjoy helping others appreciate and understand it better.

...along with practice, patience, and perseverance. These virtues allow individuals to rise to any challenge and to perform at their highest potential. I enjoy inspiring students to be their best and to show them learning can be fun. Watching students gain confidence and become independent learners is my greatest reward as a teacher.

...words of Ignacio Estrada and made them a personal slogan of sorts "If a child can't learn the way we teach. maybe we should teach the way they learn" This is my personal mission as an educator, to always find the best way to reach students and ensure that they become life long learners.... My teaching philosophy centers on students doing as opposed to just listening. I utilize various different methods of presentation so that students...

...While I am confident in both my quantitative and verbal skills, I consider my primary strength to lie in standardized test-taking, the process of which I profoundly enjoy, strange as it is to say. To my mind, taking a test imparts the same kind of pleasure as listening to your favorite kind of music. You...

...math, English, Spanish (high school and college), and core sociology courses, I am also a strong writer and have experience with academic-style writing. I love helping others learn, and I believe that education is the first step in imparting social change. In my spare time, I enjoy solving Rubik's cubes, baseball, golf, and music.

Highly experienced Tutor with diverse subject expertise. Friendly and energetic professional with Bachelor of Applied Science and Masters in business Administration and advanced knowledge of mathematics, engineering and science. Adept at improving both group and individual concept understanding and performance.

...baseball in high school, I always am up to throw the ball around or talk about the game, especially if you are a New York Yankees fan. More importantly, however, I have a genuine interest in helping students succeed and empowering them with the knowledge and skills to become independent learners and thinkers.... I believe in guiding the student along to allow them to truly engage with the material and gain a greater grasp of the...

...and I aim to help my students share this passion. I have several years of experience tutoring students in English and History essay writing, college application essay writing, French, ACT prep, and math. I am an advocate for access to high-quality education for children of all backgrounds, as I worked for four years as a...

...magna cum laude from Northeastern University with my degree in mechanical engineering with a minor in economics. All of methods and study habits I teach my students are ones I have personally used and found to work, either in test prep or in math, science, and engineering courses. In addition to tutoring, I am always...

...a period of many years. From helping elementary aged children gain confidence in their academic abilities to rigorous test preparation, I have a variety of experience with all ages and levels of students. I have always had a passion for sharing my knowledge and that is what I hope to do as a tutor. I...

...I first started tutoring when I was in high school and started a robotics club that taught computer programming and problem solving skills to elementary and middle school students. I tutor in any math, science, and computer science fields. I am also open to tutoring for students taking the ACT or SAT.