Award-Winning Phonics Tutors serving Westchester, NY

...a Special Education teacher and tutor, having taught students ages 3-20. My strengths are in ELA and writing, especially the writing process. I recently extended my certification to include ENL for English language learners. I have experience administering the 3rd and 5th grade NY State tests, as well as the NY Regents Exams for high school students. I can also speak conversational Italian and my interests include art, photography and film. In my spare time,...

I look forward to working with students to help them achieve their academic goals.

...the rewarding opportunity of teaching and coaching beginning reading, writing and math skills within both a kindergarten and a 1st grade integrated co-teaching (ICT) classroom. In addition, I've taught academic subjects to 6th and 7th grade students in a unique, dual language, bilingual Spanish school in Brooklyn. Many of these students were ESL learners who were simultaneously struggling with learning disabilities and/or hearing impairment. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, my primary passion...

...improve their english. Another thing about me is that I am also proficient at tutoring students online because of my previous experience of teaching an online Arabic class. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate in the subjects of English/Literature, History, and Biology. I also enjoy helping students prepare for standardized tests. I believe that a good education is vital in one's life and every child has the potential to...

...is Daniel Kearney, and I'm a recent college graduate living in New York City. My entire professional career has been spent working with youth. I love working with kids of all ages. Their ability to soak up information and improve is inspiring, and their energy makes work not feel like work. I believe that all students are capable of academic success and that sometimes all it takes is a novel approach. This is why it...

...bilingual in Spanish, I am also conversational in Italian. I love to travel and learn about other cultures. I even had the unique opportunity to study abroad in Venezuela. I enjoy helping students achieve their best and have fun in the process. I have always believed in making lessons interesting. I have achieved this by using games, songs and manipulatives to enhance instruction. In my free time, I like to read, spend time with my...

...studio. I tutor in all elementary and junior high subjects, as well as high school math, science, and history. I love teaching in an environment where the student is made to feel comfortable and that their efforts are rewarded and appreciated. I like to provide my students with as many tools as possible to make sure they get the most thorough understanding of a particular concept. Often times I use hands-on materials, one-on-one settings, and...

...Counts program in college and as an independent tutor in subjects including essay writing, SAT prep, elementary math, phonics, and English as a second language. My style is to adapt to the needs of students and their personalities rather than prescribe a catch-all approach. Coming from an academically high-pressure background (I am a graduate of an International Baccalaureate program high school), I excel at meeting the needs of students trying to succeed in similar environments.

Everyone is capable of learning. I am here to help move the roadblocks out of you way to help you achieve your goal. I have been tutoring kids and teenagers for over ten years and have treasured all of my time assisting the future leaders of our world.

...Columbia University, earning my MFA in Nonfiction Writing. I write articles and essays, and I’m working on my first book. I love writing and teaching. As a graduate student, I taught a course in personal essay writing to Columbia University undergraduates. I have also taught SAT prep classes and helped students prepare essays for their college applications. I fully believe that writing and test-taking skills can be learned and that one-on-one instruction is the best...

...school, I tutored students in math; when I was in college, I tutored accounting to my peers. When it comes to tutoring, I do not believe that there is one set teaching method for every student. The only thing I make sure to do with all of my students is to listen, to be patient, and to be encouraging. I try to understand what they currently know about a subject, where they are having difficulty,...

Adaptable educator versed in collaborating with parents and students to best meet each individual's unique needs. Attentive to the physical, emotional and social needs of each student.

...foreign affairs. Previously, I completed my undergraduate degree from Sarah Lawrence College with a year spent abroad at the University of Oxford with concentrations in Political Science, Global History and Journalism. Though journalism and writing is my chosen career path, I have a strong foundation in Mathematics and spent much of my school years competing in national and local Math competitions (alongside a brief internship spent at NASA's Kennedy Space Center engaging in robotics design)....

...my community as a teacher in such a progressive district! As an undergraduate and graduate student, I attended Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, NJ. In 2008, I received my BA in Psychology and MA in Teaching in 2009. Over the course of my high school and college experiences, I tutored students in primary grades (K-5) in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics. Currently, as a Language Arts teacher, I meet with students individually and in small groups...

...birth to sixth grade). Previously, I worked as a co-teacher at a private preschool in Manhattan. Currently, I am a PreKindergarten teacher on Long Island where I have my very own classroom. If one were to step into my classroom, you would see lots of positivity. I believe the key to a successful education is the connection between teachers and students. There must be a sense of rapport established in order for one to truly...

...time, to succeed. I am also a chess player, a cello player, and an ultimate frisbee player. I graduated from a liberal arts college (Carleton, near Minneapolis), which means that I experienced a tradition that values student perspectives and seeks to bring each individual to a conceptual space where (s)he can achieve by objective standards. I also believe very strongly that a teacher's primary obligation is for the safety and welfare of his/her students. This...

...of language and my desire to help people. My ambition is to work in a school for children with special needs. While I am in graduate school, I want to give back to the community by helping students achieve academic success. It is quite rewarding. I have experience tutoring students of all ages. I specialize in math through the high school level, including Algebra. Because of my speech-language pathology background, I also enjoy tutoring reading,...

...well as French students when I studied abroad in Strasbourg, France for a semester. I also worked as a French teaching assistant for three years while in college. I especially like helping students learn French. I like to reinforce what they've learned by putting it into practice, whether through worksheets or mock conversations. I also often supplement lessons by introducing them to aspects of literature, videos, and history with which they can practice what they've...

...on the autism spectrum to improve their social and critical thinking skills. My greatest tutoring interests are history especially East Asian history, geography, writing, and literature, all multifaceted subjects which lend themselves to open discussion. I consider dialog between the tutor and student essential as my experience has been that students who actively engage make much larger and more rapid improvement. Besides simply memorizing facts, I find that in-depth discussion of historical figures, characters, and...

...from Kindergarten to College within both subjects and love to help students find their own niche and voice! I have also worked with students of varying degrees of ability and have extensive experience helping struggling students catch up. One of my favorite aspects of teaching English is helping you develop a strong writer's voice which will help guide the tone and structure of all your future essays in a way that makes sense to you....