Award-Winning Phonics Tutors in Syracuse, NY

...the learning strategies and life skills necessary for becoming strong, confident learners who will continue on to excel in higher pursuits. During my student teaching placements in Rochester, New York and Kumasi, Ghana, I witnessed the many frustrations that struggling readers experience in all academic areas. Students struggling with reading comprehension could not solve math word problems because they could not identify information necessary for creating equations. Similarly, children with limited academic vocabularies had difficulty...

...in Tutoring Theory during my undergraduate career, which was a rigorous semester-long workshop to train tutors for working in a walk-in tutoring center. The course was intense in its focus on all of the idiosyncrasies of formal tutoring - we even practiced ESL tutoring with students from Aichi, Japan. I have also served as a tutor in my university's library for both English and Philosophy. For art, I worked as a Teaching Assistant for Acting...

...of anyone's education. Having a personal, one-on-one mentor to guide you through subject material is a factor that can prove to be a difference maker in achieving at the highest level. From my experience in undergrad at Cornell University to the many test-prep classes I have taken, I feel that I am knowledgeable in science subjects and mathematics and have developed strategies to best apply these techniques to standardized tests. I look forward to working...

...I am certified up to 6th grade, and have passed the assessment tests for Varsity Tutors so that I can tutor a wider range of subjects. I am very passionate about education, and every student is precious to me. No matter how many students I am working with, I will make sure that each and every one of them gets the time and dedication that they deserve and need. I look forward to working with...

...My specialty includes using phonics and site-word recognition teaching techniques for a child who is struggling with reading competencies. Such instruction incorporates focus on the acquisition of reading comprehension, spelling, writing, speaking, listening and study skills, as well. I am an avid reader and very much appreciate the importance of helping a child unlock the joy reading. I will do this by using individualized, interesting, multi-sensory activities to motivate and excite any child to want to...

Behind ever dedicated teacher is a dedicated student. I am a life-long learner. Life-long learning is absolutely necessary in order to keep up with the ever changing society we live in. It is my personal mission to take advantage of trainings and learning the latest teaching techniques, ideas, laws, polices and procedures to stay current in my profession in order to help my students learn to the fullest. ... Behind every dedicated teacher is a dedicated student. I am a life-long learner. I truly believe this is the only way to be a great teacher in our ever-changing world. No two students will be alike. Each year our classrooms will change. Teaching techniques, ideas, laws, policies, and procedures will forever be changing. It is up to every single teacher to take the time to learn about their students each year. With enthusiasm and excitement we should try to discover the most effective ways to meet our students' needs both as individual learners and as a classroom whole. We should know that this may require creativity, communication, and collaboration with others. Due to the changes within society, children and the world itself, I know I will always need to be a student. I will need to take it upon myself to take the time for professional growth. I also firmly believe that although I am my students' teacher, sometimes the best teachers are the students themselves. Within each student and classroom is a learning experience waiting to happen.

...speech patterns with middle school students, and taught the finer points of business English to late career professionals. I spent three years teaching in Japan, and I can unreservedly say that I have never enjoyed my work more! Other than my interest in tutoring ESL, I also love to work with students on their reading comprehension and writing. They are fundamental to teaching students to understand--and be understood--in an increasingly complex world. Outside of work...

...same way so once you know what works best for you and use those skills, you can learn anything! Albert Einstein expressed this idea best when he said, "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." No one is truly incapable of learning, it's just that we each have our own strengths and that's what...

...that indicates, I love writing and literature and they are a couple of my favorite subjects to teach. I also love books and reading in general, as well as creative writing and poetry which are a couple passions of mine. I also could be caught coaching high school volleyball, out for an afternoon horseback ride, or singing loudly into my car windshield at a red light. Everybody has that one teacher from high school that...

...wonder, developing a resonating curiosity for the world around them—a stimulant for the insatiable appetite of the inquiring mind. I believe in differentiation through play. I believe in lessons that are designed to take in the consideration the values of freedom and creativity. If students are provided with only a limited set of acceptable responses, then, as teachers, we cannot expect them to respond with fervor or 100% accuracy, as various learning needs dictate a...