Award-Winning Phonics Tutors serving Washington Park, IL

...I am a speech-language pathologist. During the day, I currently work with 18-21 year old students with disabilities teaching them social, emotional, and life skills. I have experience working with students as young as 5 years old tutoring and/or teaching in the areas of reading, writing, math, science, and providing speech therapy services. I received...

...from the University of Missouri at St. Louis with a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. I love working with children of all ages. Each child can and deserves a chance to learn. By joining Varsity Tutors, I hope to help many student's learn by creating a fun and caring environment. I am a very hands...

...to help students. I will do my best to teach in a way that fits each student. Everyone learns in a different way, and I will pay attention to that. Learning can be fun, and it's important. Hopefully I can help students to learn in ways that are suited to their needs.

...I was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. After receiving my B.S. in Psychology at Truman State University, I completed student teaching in Germany and went on to receive a Masters degree in Elementary Education. After working with special needs students in Hazelwood School District, I pursued my heart's desire and taught in the...

...University. I successfully taught and earned a 4.0 GPA in my masters program in two years at Missouri Baptist University. When I am not taking care of my new little one, I love to cook, go to Cardinals games and take my dog on walks. I am enjoying every minute of watching Oliver grow this...

...children reach their goals! I have my BA in Elementary Education and my teaching certification. I have experience individual tutoring, in the classroom, and in after-school programs. I love to tutor students in math and reading because there are so many fun activities and methods to work with. I am passionate about differentiation and integrating...

...after having my own children. I quickly learned how much I loved helping them learn new things and started pursuing my teaching degree. While pursing my degree, I worked as a teaching assistant in a variety of special education classrooms. I recently graduated from Fontbonne University with my teaching degree in Special Education. I am...

...Arts. While working on my engineering degree, I also taught at an alternative private school, instructing both middle and high school students in a broad range of subjects. My academic and professional background has provided me the skills with which I can help students succeed in the classroom, as well as enable them with homework...

...I led a tutoring program for a local college access organization for under-resourced high school youth. One of my main responsibilities was to help tutors to overcome barriers with their students such as frustration or a lack of motivation. Given my extensive and diverse background, I feel comfortable tutoring all types of students from consistently...

...of Iowa with a degree in journalism and political science, I taught elementary school for two years in St. Louis with the program Teach for America. While in the classroom I received my Masters in Education from the University of Missouri, St. Louis. I now work for a STEM non-profit, combining my passion for education...

...in my final year at Saint Louis University finishing my Bachelor of Arts majoring in Spanish and International Studies with a focus in translation and international business. I’ve lived, studied, and worked in Ecuador on and off since 2012 with stints that include an internship at a Fair Trade cooperative, volunteering on organic livestock and...

I have experience creating lesson plans for early readers through my work as editor of Bookrags.com. We have two kids of our own, 5 and 8, and I am excited to share the love of reading with kids of all ages!

...subjects at many different grade levels. If I had to pick a favorite subject to tutor, though, it would be writing because I enjoy helping others develop their thoughts and ideas into something they can share with others. My teaching philosophy is differentiation, differentiation, differentiation! No two people are the same so no two people...

...every individual student's learning habits and specific set of strengths and weaknesses to better mold my lessons and advice. I am a current applicant for the medical school class beginning in the fall of 2015, and I am also a life-long soccer player. After playing in college, I spent the summer of 2014 playing semi-professionally...

...help them achieve their educational goals. I love working with kids as well, teaching them what I know and making learning fun! I have a huge amount of business experience I built my own company from the ground up and opened up two more into other states. I also have nonprofit experience including grant writing...

...has always been an excellent rapport between my students and with their parents. We work together for the success of the child. I have also written a book! With others, I have established a not-for-profit organization to help people with mental illness get the treatment they need. We do a lot of public speaking and...

...to inspire a child to identify and move toward achieving goals in their academic work, whether s(he) is middle school aged or a kindergartener. My prior experience as a teacher and specialist in the public and parochial education system is enough to qualify for being your child's tutor in reading, writing, mathematics and organizational/study skills....

...students as knowledge is the key to understanding and helping students especially children unlock this opens a world of new possibilities. I've worked with elementary students, middle school student, high school students, and college students. I've tutored and just helped fellow classmates in areas where they struggled and I excelled. I have a BS in...

...next school year. I usually ask to have sessions for these students a minimum of two days a week over the summer in order for greater retention of lessons and homework assignments that I assign. I am skilled at collegiate level writing support and am an excellent researcher. I am.able to support students from K-...

...benefit my future students. Furthermore, living in Spain has allowed me to deepen my Spanish skills, making me an effective communicator in both languages. As a lifelong learner, I love getting students excited about the material they're studying. I'm happy to help with a wide range of subjects, but my skills really shine with Spanish,...