Award-Winning Reading Tutors in Pittsburgh, PA

...same street). Currently, I spend most of my time wandering around the city, learning its ins and outs, as well as reading any book I can carry around town. Working with Varsity Tutors, I hope that I can help students to teach themselves and to find out what fascinates them most. Sometimes the ideas that interest a student most aren't taught in a classroom. In school, often I'd prefer to teach myself to play the...

...English and Writing, for students of All Ages. I know that taking standardized tests is difficult and can cause anxiety for some students. As a knowledge-able and patient tutor, I can give students test strategies and skill-based knowledge that will help them feel more confident and familiar with test questions and help them improve test scores. I am passionate about helping students achieve success! I can help students work on reading comprehension, English grammar and...

...I have enjoyed tutoring K-5 students with their math and reading, and supporting high school students with their chemistry. Currently, I am available to tutor my favorite subjects-elementary and middle school math and science, and high school chemistry. My educational background that helped to prepare me as a teacher and a tutor includes a Ph.D. (Virginia Tech) and Master's and Bachelor's degrees (Radford University) focusing on teaching and learning, mathematics, and chemistry. When students are learning...

...theory and tutoring, and have worked in a writing center as a tutor, focusing on both academic essays and college admissions essays. I enjoy helping students discover their passion for a subject and build the fundamental skills they need in order to continue individual success. My teaching philosophy is based on a student focused approach in order to asses and fix fundamentals integral to the subject area. I try to balance those long term goals...

...being stuck and the anxiety that comes before a test, the longing for a better GPA to get to your dream career, and the need of being able to communicate in a foreign land. I love making learning fun, and practical, I love to give examples for you to grasp concepts, watch you be able to rationalize them and explain back to me. I believe everybody can achieve success with proper direction, and as I...

...technology and multimedia materials to make lessons as engaging impossible and developed a holistic, project-based, interactive style of teaching. Later I moved to Europe where I got my Master's in Literature in Germany and began teaching adult learners and private clients of all ages English both in person and online. I was also a university English instructor to Japanese exchange students for courses such as Essay Writing, Advanced Grammar, Oral Presentation, and American Culture. I...

I am a passionate tutor who is willing to meet students where they are in their educational journey. I have an Associate's degree in English and a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design/Media Arts. I specialize in various art forms and enjoy storytelling. I enjoy helping students reach their goals by helping them better understand their material, and completing their tasks one step at at time.

...is, as the great Stephen North said, to make better writers, and not just better writing. I am interested in helping each individual writer learn the craft of writing so that they can become self-sufficient in their own way. I am not a copy-editor, nor am I a quick-fix advisor. I take great pride in that statement. As for the fun stuff, I'm an active writer, an active reader, a musician (I play guitar, and...

My personal statement is that I should be teaching students tools to learn, not just facts. How we learn is just as important as WHAT we learn.... My teaching philosophy has always been to meet a students needs. Teaching according to HOW they learn.... I typically build a positive rapport with my students. Having a common ground is necessary for learning as well as teaching.... I help a student become an independent learner by providing scaffolding....

...was extremely challenging and exciting, but I always wanted to have more time to work individually with students because they improve so much with that kind of personalized attention. I have lived and breathed improving students' reading, writing, and thinking for half of my life. What I have learned is that there is no one right way to teach all students. Everyone learns differently. Different methods, different materials, and different experiences capture young people's imaginations...

...Special Education, to students of all ages, for 7 years. She is currently teaching third grade at a charter school designed for students with dyslexia and other language based difficulties. She started by teaching Mathematics and Science at this school, where she was trained in multi-sensory math interventions. She quickly saw the positive impact that the Orton-Gillingham based methods had on her students' reading abilities and then pursued training in the Wilson Reading System. Brittany...

...him to absorb the knowledge in the book. Of course, realistically, some days you just have to memorize Math tables. I decided last year, as a way of giving back for all that I have been blessed with in my life while finding work more meaningful, I accepted a position as a substitute teacher in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. I specifically work in the Montessori elementary school as a building substitute. I love being around...

I have been teaching for 15 years and currently I am teaching 1st grade. I have a masters degree in reading and have recently completed a Reading Achievement training. I have experience teaching students with special needs in the general education curriculum as well.

I strive to help and assist students to achieve their fullest potential. I am dedicated to helping students do their absolute best!

...have taught all grades and ages. I always knew I wanted to be a teacher. I set up a classroom in my home when I was very young and would spend all of my free time there pretending I was teaching. It has been a lifelong passion of mine and always will be one. I have 2 sons, ages 21 and 15. I also have 2 chocolate Labrador Retrievers that I adore. I enjoy spending...

...A certified 7-12 English Teacher, I specialize in tutoring English skills (reading and writing) for success in middle school and high school and on the reading, English, and writing portions of the SAT and ACT. I can assist older students on GED English preparation and in their English college courses. I provide relevant homework for students who desire it. I appreciate feedback (online or in person) from every lesson, and I will work to improve...

...intention with each tutoring session to to incorporate fun, engaging activities to enhance learning, in turn building confidence. I am a certified teacher for grades K-6, and certified Reading Specialist for grades K-12. Through my Reading Specialist training I learned how to develop literacy skills ranging from beginning to read with concepts of phonemic awareness to reading comprehension in content area subjects. My goal is to use my skill set to deliver tutoring for struggling...

...mentor who is skilled and intrinsically motivated to facilitate students’ intellectual, ethical, and social development. While I believe learning can and does take place anywhere and everywhere, I propose that there are four multi-faceted elements particularly conducive to fostering an effective classroom environment: 1.) a caring, patient, skilled, and prepared instructor acting as a facilitator and guide; 2.) a consistent atmosphere of encouragement of students’ diverse exploration and self-directed learning endeavors; 3.) an overarching focus...

...taught English to Chinese-speaking students in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. I attended Millsaps College in Jackson, MS, for my undergrad, where I majored in English and anthropology, was president of the English honor society, and graduated cum laude and with honors after defending a year-and-a-half-long research thesis. I earned my masters in journalism at New York University, where I interned at the websites for The New Yorker and New York Magazine and as a fact checker at...

...and American History: Pre-Civil War. As such I feel very confident tutoring any sort of history course as my own experiences and notes should match closely with your course requirements. I also received very high academic marks on both my LSAT (law school admission test) and SAT's. In addition, I took these 2 exams fairly recently so I am familiar with any new changes or adaptations which may have been made. I stated previously I...