Award-Winning Phonics Tutors in Huntley, IL

...learning styles. Noticing how students learn is the first way I can figure out what they need help with, and alert them to methods of success. The goal of my tutoring is to make students as independent as they possibly can be. As well as directly teaching content, I try to build confidence with skills...

...influence the people around us. During a mission trip, I taught second grader classes about the government, politics, commuit, and taxes to name a few. At the Junior Achievement facility, I taught fifth graders about entrepreneurship, workplace readiness, and financial literacy. Additionally, I was a math and science tutor everyday in high school. These experiences...

...This skill based learning helps students understand information more thoroughly and generalize the skills across questions more effectively. Outside of work I like to keep active through running and volunteering with a local animal shelter. My ultimate goal is to one day raise and train a dog as my partner in animal assisted therapy services.

...Linguistics from University of Illinois at Chicago. I also have my ESL endorsement and enjoy teaching reading. Reading opens the door to all learning. I have taught Spanish and Italian to all ages. I enjoy using music and stories to create memorable learning experiences and help in verbal proficiency. Developing a meaningful connection and making...

...in Global Technology and Development and I would like to help other students by tutoring them. My main areas are Spanish and English, and international-related subjects. I can also help in tutoring students who are writing essays. I am very flexible and I truly want to meet the needs of my students. I have a...

I love to share my knowledge of the political process and my love for history and philosophy with others. Language is very important to me and I hate it when words are mispronounced and misspelled. My interests are singing, movies, history and television, as well as politics and current events.... Always make the lesson light, and inject humor when possible.

...as a tutor is to create individualized plans to target strengths and weaknesses and foster academic success. Additionally, I want to give my students the tools to become problem solvers and gain confidence and interest in their studies. I believe that these goals can be accomplished through a positive and supportive environment conducive to learning.

...a unique way of understanding the world. As a tutor I analyze how each student learns best and patiently adapt my teaching style to his/her needs. My aim is that each student think critically and come to understand the material in his/her own way, rather than learning answers and methods by rote memorization.... I believe that every student is unique and deserves the very best opportunity to succeed. My job as a teacher is to help students learn to maximize their strengths to overcome every challenge.

...to tutoring. It is not enough for the student simply to be presented with information about language, whether English or Latin. Most students benefit more from assistance in approaching the material and through the development of study skills such as learning the material in different ways or recognizing the root of the confusion. Therefore, I...

...the most important lesson that I teach my students. I believe that for a child to be truly successful in life it is important that they have a strong sense of what is right and wrong, the ability to think critically and to ask questions, the heart to care for those around them, and a...