Award-Winning ASPIRE Tutors in New Jersey

...17 and 15. I enjoy working with all ages and all types of personalities. I especially enjoy helping kids who otherwise feel bored or frustrated with their classroom experience. I like to make my sessions as fun and "pain-free" as possible in the hope that the time passes quickly for the student, while still achieving maximum results. Because I believe wholeheartedly in the theory of differentiation, I customize my lessons to accommodate each individual student's...

...want to be somewhere or do something that I have not yet achieved. I believe it is this drive that allows me to pursue my passions, both academically and socially, and to be successful in both. I find that my greatest happiness comes in the form of little victories such as a good grade on an exam, or making a friend laugh! Its because of this that I really slow down and try to appreciate...

Kelle currently works as a Special Education and Mathematics teacher at a local school. She believes that in order to be a great tutor, it is important to understand that each child has individual needs. She likes to figure out where a student is struggling or what is causing a lack of confidence, and work to improve those areas first.

...mathematics from grades K-12. Students benefit from tutoring sessions with me because they feel confident with the assignments they are given, and are able to retain and utilize the concepts that I have taught them. I know that they usually understand or master the topics I teach them, because I informally assess them at the end of the session and their results are at or above the level they are expected to be at. In...

...and a minor in Music. I taught SAT classes though the university, and I have seen significant improvement in just a few months of work. I also worked at Kumon, teaching students (~3 to 7 years old) in Math and Reading. Additionally, my teaching experience includes coaching Little League softball to the 10-and-under age group, and I was told that I was able to relate and interact well with the players. I have mostly tutored...

...School. Unfortunately, my school phased out their licensure program my sophomore year. I took a semester off and taught Outdoor Education at the YMCA of the Ozarks in 2010. I returned to school and graduated in 2011 with a BA in Political Science with minors in History and Education. Since returning to St. Louis, I have privately tutored two high school students struggling in Math. I have also enrolled in the graduate teacher certification program...

...and helping him to gain citizenship and employment. Education has given me the opportunity to find what I am passionate about, and I hope to help others gain that same opportunity through tutoring. I tutor in English, French, and standardized tests, and especially enjoy helping students think about subjects creatively and from new angles. My largest interest, outside of education, is music. I worked throughout college as a music director at Wesleyan's radio station, and...

...with a minor in Biomedical Engineering. I attended graduate school at Georgetown University and my concentration was Physiology and Biophysics. I work as an Environmental Analytical Chemist and my job title is QA/QC Director. I review analytical data obtained from soil, water, and air samples where we are looking at environmental pollutants such pesticides, PCBs, heavy metals, and fuel products that impact the air or drinking water. As the QA/QC Director, much of my job...

...throughout college. For the past four years, I have worked full time as a Director of Operations with the National Student Leadership Conference. At the NSLC, I worked closely with the Engineering and Medicine and Health Care conferences where some of responsibilities included writing lesson plans, revising the curricula, and lecturing to students. Math and science have always been my favorite subjects, and I love bringing real world applications into lessons! I believe that a...

...attend Cornell University, where I am majoring in Biology, minoring in Business, and on the Pre-med track. I also attended a competitive specialized high school located in New York, NY. I graduated with honors and recognition in Biology Research & with special recognition by the Guidance Department. I have also been dancing for the last seven years and am versed in modern, hip-hop, contemporary, kathak, and Bhangra. I have also been a professional photographer for...