Award-Winning PSAT Tutors in Aurora, CO

...Sunday afternoon, you can find me drinking tea, listening to This American Life, or sketching a portrait of one of my friends. My teaching philosophy is simple: Education is at its best when learning feels useful, engaging, and empowering. Assignments and information should be manageable and interesting. As a Tutor, I am calm, thoughtful, and encouraging. I like to ask my students a lot of questions, find out what motivates them, and what makes them...

...Policy and Environmental Science. I am currently completing my Masters in Curriculum and Instruction with the University of Colorado Denver with a concentration in online learning. I believe in a student-centered approach to learning, one that draws on the experiences of the learner to build a solid foundation and natural curiosity that drives the learner towards enduring understandings. I have worked with students ages 5-16 and taught both lower elementary and middle school. My academic...

I've been teaching SAT/ACT test prep ever since I finished my undergraduate degree. I graduated from Florida State University (summa cum laude) with honors in my major. I enjoy teaching math the most, and I've found that my students love my visual approach to understanding difficult concepts. ... Figure out what method of learning works for you! Personally, I'm a very visual learner. I always draw pictures to help myself visualize the material.... Learn their name, their goals, what they've struggled with the most, ensure them that practice makes perfect! It's important to instill the confidence that they're fully capable of understanding the material. Material to be covered will be determined after hearing the student's perceived weaknesses and targeting those areas.

...School in the south suburbs. I assist students in the field of Math but also work with Science, English and Social Studies. This is my 5th year teaching in the South Chicagoland area. I chose a career in teaching because I have always had a knack for helping people understand difficult concepts. Since high school, I was always helping friends and classmates with homework and tests. My favorite part of being a teacher is seeing...

...truly enjoy helping others succeed at math as well as doing math myself. I have taught and tutored math at all different levels and understand the roadblocks that students may encounter in learning most topics. I will always respect your goals and your efforts to achieve them. I will help you master specific skills and help you think mathematically so that you can achieve success in future endeavors. Math is not a spectator sport -...

...a beautiful image, but only if we're looking at the right angle, but a garbled mess of confusion if we're not. I love finding that vision with math problems and helping others to see it, as well. I often play around with math problems in my spare time, looking for new ways to solve them and new ways to interpret what I'm looking at so that I may expand the ways I can teach it...

...my Masters in Architecture at the University of Colorado Denver. I began tutoring math in high school to help other student athletes stay current with material. I then tutored math and science more formally, primarily at the High School and Collegiate level, for the past 6 years. I additionally have held group review sessions and done individual standardized test prep for the ACT, SAT and GRE quantitative section. I believe in personalizing tutoring sessions and...

...worked as a middle and high school science teacher in Mississippi and Colorado. I tutor a few different subjects, but I am really passionate about helping students improve their standardized test scores as they prepare for college. Improving SAT and ACT scores can really open doors to admission and scholarships at great schools! Currently I am a graduate student studying social work at the University of Denver. In my spare time, I can be found...

...improve their overall writing abilities. As a doctoral candidate and law student, I have written extensively for diverse audiences, mastering technical and academic writing. This personal experience, coupled with a background in evaluating written work, allows me to effectively bridge the gap between student abilities and instructor expectations. Not only do I assist students with developing and refining specific written assignments, but I also seek to provide students with the skills and resources to independently...

...working towards my Master's Degree in Sustainable Engineering and Development. I tutored extensively in college and in the years between my degrees, I worked as a teacher with The Institute for Reading Development. I tutor a wide range of subjects, but my first academic loves are Reading, Writing, and Math. I also really enjoy helping students and parents prepare for standardized tests, where it is crucial not only to learn the material but also strategies...