Award-Winning SAT Reading Tutors in St. Charles, MO

I am a former teacher certified in both MO and MD from K-5th grade. I enjoy helping students reach their full potential, find new and innovative ways to help kids master new challenges and material, as well as see students succeed. I am now in real estate but miss the classroom so I am hoping this opportunity allows me to do both! I am happy to help!

I just finished my junior year at the University of Tulsa, on a pre-med track with a minor in Spanish. I have tutored extensively over the past 6 years with a variety of age groups, and helped kids prepare for the ACT for the last 4 years. I enjoy all subjects but am most passionate about math.

...understanding of the material. I hope to provide fun, engaging, and effective tutoring for my students. I have benefited from great tutors myself so I understand how important tutoring is. My tutoring approach is to provide solid fundamentals, a strong understanding of the tests themselves, and simple strategies that increase the number of correct answers. Questions on these tests repeat themselves, so students can be trained to quickly identify and answer questions with high accuracy.

...I especially love the 1 on 1 connections that tutoring provides. If you want to improve your SAT score, strengthen your writing, deepen your reading comprehension, or learn about film, let's work together! To learn more about my background, visit my website at http://williamgkohler.com/about/ Education: Master's in mass media, Bachelor's in film, and Bachelor's in linguistics. Subjects: I tutor ACT/SAT/PSAT prep, English, writing, basic/intermediate filmmaking and video editing, film history and criticism, and linguistics.

...views each of these seemingly separate subjects as parts of the greatest story ever written: the ever-evolving narrative of the human experience. Throughout my undergraduate career in Political Science at Truman State University, I allowed my interest in the lived experience of peoples to guide both my choice of elective courses, and the way in which I approached a variety of topics and concepts. I have explored and excelled in courses from economics, to Russian...

...thinking skills to face the challenges our society will expect of them. The reason why I teach is to inspire the future of our society to reach beyond what has been achieved before. How I teach is a process that requires constant cultivation and adaption to ensure that the uniqueness of each pupil is best catered for within the wider class. My pedagogical approach is to proactively challenge students to engage in inquiry-based projects that...

...as part of my undergraduate education, and currently write for Ordinary Times, a group blog whose alumni have gone on to write full-time for Forbes, the Atlantic, and other prestigious publications. For the latter, I scored in the 98th percentile of the LSAT and achieved admission to a a top-25 law school with a generous scholarship. It's tremendously fulfilling to see students grow as writers and as thinkers as they progress through a curriculum, something...

...year. I tutor because I like the feeling of working with people through their challenges. A common culprit when a student is feeling unable to improve in a subject is that they can't figure out exactly what it is they don't know. My goal as a tutor is to help students find where these conceptual gaps are hiding, and show them how the missing knowledge relates to areas they want to improve in.

...both History and ESL and am fluent in Spanish as well. I played football at Westminster and at Greenville and am currently coaching. In my free time, I enjoy learning about history, watching Star Wars, and cheering on my Cardinals and Blues. My philosophy of teaching is twofold; I want to create a safe environment where students can grow as critical thinkers. In other words, I don't want them to be afraid to make mistakes...

...my teaching philosophy has been to prompt my students through discussion, using questions as much as concrete examples to promote understanding. Currently I work as the managing editor for the internationally acclaimed literary magazine Boulevard, where I spend a good chunk of my time selecting short fiction, essays and poetry for our pages. Then proofreading those same works for publication! In my non-reading/writing time, you can find me training for a 5k trail race or...

Experienced tutor looking forward to working with students of all ages. I believe that there are skills which anyone can learn to improve their score on the ACT or the SAT. I can teach you those skills.

...also had the rare experience of receiving grants to travel to Israel and Palestine three times. I learned from my rich, rewarding and often troubling observations and conversations than I ever could from news media. I learned about the complexities of that troubled area in the world from extensive reading before I arrived and much more from my encounters with human rights workers, taxi drivers, laborers, waiters and waitresses, business owners, and other people on...

...My favorite subject to tutor is probably anything pertaining to the biological sciences (especially neuroscience). My tutoring style is relatively relaxed and student-driven. I believe building strong foundations proves to be the most beneficial in the long run, so I really like to make sure my students have a solid grasp of basic concepts and skills. Outside of academia, I like to watch movies, play the ukulele and some piano, breakdance, learn languages (Spanish and...

...families. In sixth grade, I left my Jewish private school and I began my time as a student in the University City School District, or U-City, as it is known colloquially. U-City schools were vastly different from my Jewish school--they were poorly funded, consisted mostly of black students, and a vast majority of students qualified to receive free or reduced-price lunches. Many of my U-City friends had only one parent raising them, forcing them to...

...applications for funding. Today, I continue to assist grant-seekers with one-on-one application reviews. I am passionate about helping each student reach their potential. Learning to study, read and write effectively is transformational and helps students become strong life-long learners and communicators. My teaching style is patient but firm, as well as adaptive. In my spare time, I make art and play music, and I am building up towards making my handcrafted products available online!... There is...

...to be the best they can be. I view education as a holistic experience. I love my content area and care deeply about it. However, I care more about my students. This means that I strive to help my students in ways besides simply understanding the content. I want my students to be better learners, problem solvers and citizens when they leave my classroom. I believe that a teacher has the unique position to truly...

...also extremely crucial; it is important to recognize multiple approaches to learning and problem-solving and to be able to think critically and form ones own opinions. I tutor Spanish, English as a Second Language, Grammar, Reading, Writing, and Test Prep in the Reading and Writing sections. My personal favorite is writing; as an avid reader and writer, I appreciate the power of words and the beauty of language. Outside of academics, I am a deep...

...the malaria parasite. I believe my extensive research experience places me in a strong position to tutor for the MCAT, an exam very centered around reading portions of research articles and understanding figures. Although I have not tutored for the MCAT before joining the Varsity Tutors platform, I have served as a Teaching Assistant for a large introductory biology and genetics course at WUSTL, and have experience teaching science at a higher level.

...an avid reader, writer, and learner. Literature and writing are my passions, and I want everyone to have the amazing experience I have when I discover a great novel. Understanding and analyzing a book doesn't ruin the story--it only makes you love it more. I look forward to helping students through the anxiety-inducing process of applying for college and receiving a good GPA. I've been there. I've been anxious. I want to make the process...

...taught high school English and earned a Master's degree in the Humanities. Teaching and learning are where I belong. Since high school, I've known in my heart that I want to be a teacher. It may have taken a circuitous route to return to that passion, but now I cannot imagine another job. When I tutor, I remember that high school version of myself. If I can teach you what my teachers taught me both...