Award-Winning Reading Tutors in Villa Park, IL

...tutoring students in grades K-7. I have a B.A. degree in Elementary Education from Millikin University with a middle school endorsement in Math. I have a Master's degree from Concordia University in Curriculum and Instruction and have completed classes toward a certification in special education. My passion is Mathematics. I believe instilling confidence in my...

...in Music, and although I now sing and play flute around the Chicagoland area, I simply couldn't resist also enrolling at Columbia College Chicago to pursue studies in Acoustics. At Northern, I tutored various subjects for two years and grew to love the act of teaching and sharing knowledge. I especially enjoy working on test...

I'm a 4th year at the University of Chicago, and I love teaching. I'm elated to help others learn and gain confidence in subjects that may not be their strong suit today. Also, I want to give students the tools to succeed in subjects outside of what we directly cover. ... When I teach someone something, I want them to know the material well enough that they feel comfortable teaching it to someone else.

...University in Chicago. Between Lake Forest and going to Roosevelt, I taught English at all levels, and history, literature and philosophy to high school students in Guadalajara, Mexico. Also, I was an editor for a high school English Composition Class. This involved reading the assigned topics along with the students, helping them form their...... My teaching philosophy is centered around my students. With them, I try to figure out how they learn best and plan lessons around their learning style. For example, if someone is very visual, then I have him/her draw pictures to help remember vocabulary words, but I also make suggestions of strategies that I think might help someone learn. I usually prepare a plan A and a plan B for my students.

...an undergraduate, I tutored young girls and middle school students in Reading, Math and other subjects as needed. Since graduation, I have taught English in France, worked with adults learning English as a Second Language, and tutored elementary, middle, and high school students in a wide variety of subjects, including Math, Science, Reading, English, ACT...

...the field is seeing the growth in students. I myself strive for improvement in my field. I became a certified teacher in Illinois through Teach For America (one of 13% accepted of 50,000+ applicants in 2012) and Dominican University. I attended many optional TFA professional development sessions ranging from understanding the developing brain of an...

...in tutoring K-12 children in math and reading, and have personally succeeded in a large variety of standardized tests, including the ACT, the SAT, and various AP tests. I am especially passionate about teaching students optimal test-taking strategies for conquering standardized tests and honing their critical thinking skills. I believe that education is not only...

...I earned certificates in both European Studies and TESOL. I studied abroad in Madrid, where I had the opportunity to tutor privately and work as a TA in the English Applied Linguistics Department at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. While there, I discovered a passion for teaching. After graduation, I took a job at Antalya...

...talked to all the time. As an English major at Columbia University, I hope to be able to use the critical thinking skills I have acquired along my personal journey to work with students and adapt to any learning environment and situation. I hope that someday, too, students will find learning fun and engaging, because...

...certificates in Global Health and Health Policy and Translation and Intercultural Communication. I will be attending Columbia Law School from 2014 to 2017, working toward a Juris Doctorate degree. I have tutored a wide range of subject areas during college, including languages (I have native fluency in Chinese and French - and have also tutored...