Award-Winning SAT Reading Tutors in Tucson, AZ

...Pima Community College's Post-Baccalaureate program. I have stayed up-to-date with online learning techniques by taking professional development courses with ASU's Arizona Virtual Teacher Institute. I enjoy teaching and tutoring English Language Arts at the high school, college, and adult level. ELA covers a wide umbrella: I teach grammar, writing skills, composition, reading comprehension strategies, rhetoric, literature, and public speaking skills. I teach grammar with a practical approach, centering it around writing and grounding new lessons...

Life long learning is a hoot! Even with what I have accomplished, I'm not through yet. Curiosity has me constantly looking for things I don't know and mastering them. With 50 years in the classroom - yes this is an old picture - I'm still sticking nose into new things and pushing to learn all I can. If you can express your needs, we will find them together.

...grade, AP Micro & Macro, and Game Theory), to 8th-12th graders. All of which I tutor. I've also worked as a vice principal at a primary school. A BA in Economics from the University of Arizona and a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown prepared me well for all of those things. I believe strongly that a well-rounded, high-quality education for every student is the most effective means of ensuring equality of opportunity for all....

...school teacher and over this time I have cultivated the skills to communicate effectively with students of all ages. I am very adept at finding creative ways to communicate difficult concepts through the use of digestible metaphors and examples. Additionally, I am able to maintain a laid-back and positive atmosphere with students, in which I can correct their mistakes and guide them to the correct answer without them feeling judged or penalized. I appreciate that...

...especially essay writing and editing, grammar and mechanics, reading comprehension and critical thinking, public speaking, Spanish language, study skills and organization, and U.S. history and politics. The courses I have designed and taught at the University of Arizona have been cross-listed in economics, mathematics, psychology, political science, law, and family studies and human development. When I'm not tutoring, I enjoy learning old time and bluegrass fiddle tunes by ear and playing them on the street...

...have plenty of experience at teaching and tutoring Math and Science. I work at the University of Arizona, at Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ. I am an energetic and experienced tutor and mathematics lover who makes things look easy. I have a solid background in Math, and a bachelor in Math Education. I don't mind explaining things many times (and in different ways) until you understand. I can also tutor you in Spanish! I also...

...that scores can go up significantly with studying and tutoring. My teaching style is focused on engaging the student and using their own unique learning style and base of knowledge to move forward. I look for ways to help a student connect with the material and use appropriate study techniques to improve performance, whether it be a letter grade or a test score. In my free time I love to write, cook for my friends,...

With the right support and guide anyone is able to improve where they would like to. I am passionate about literature and writing, but also about teaching and helping others. My goal in life is enable my students to be life long learners who are thrive in the areas they they choose to focus on.

...peers with school work and helping explain concepts that maybe they didn't quite understand. I transitioned this desire to help my peers, into becoming a math and English tutor to middle school kids for three years in high-school. My goal in tutoring is to not only teach students the specific content but teach them why that learning matters! I honestly believe learning is a lifelong process and I hope that through working together with all...

...of the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in English and a Bachelor of Science in Biology. I am currently going through the process of applying to medical school, and hope to be admitted into the class of 2021 at the University of Arizona Medical School in Tucson. I have two dogs and I enjoy drawing, writing, and reading in my spare time. I also love learning new things, and helping...

...tutoring: I try my best to make it enjoyable, be it outlining an essay, understanding the critical content of a passage or preparing for Standardized Tests. I am flexible, patient and can adapt myself to any learning needs a student has. My interests are reading literature (as well as some sci fi), travel and getting up with the sun to go hiking or to go for a long bike ride in the beautiful desert.... My philosophy...

...Social Studies, History, Middle School General Sciences, Geography, and Political Science/American Government. I taught English, Health, Ancient Civilizations, Geography, and World History as a high school classroom teacher for a couple years, but I enjoy one-on-one tutoring much more. I have been tutoring independently and through VarsityTutors for about four years now and have ample experience with all aspects of the SAT and ACT. Outside of work and school, I enjoy playing board games and...

...to the challenges students face in their intellectual growth. I look for the student's unique perspective and gifts as a means to empower them into techniques for deeper and more effective learning. Outside of tutoring, I am a professional jazz musician and have a decade of experience teaching music. I specialize in woodwind instruments. I look forward to working with students regardless of background or academic history. Let the joy of learning commence!... We all have...

I am passionate and committed to education.

...worked on organic farms, mucked out horse stalls, jumped off of cliffs, built an adobe hut, and led field trip groups at Native American museum, to name a just few, all while falling deeply in love with the desert Southwest. I've made my home outside of Tucson, AZ, where I'm happy to spend much of my time outdoors, hiking, riding my horse, and, as some things never change, reading many, many books. As a tutor,...

...and I have a Bachelor's of Science in Health Sciences. I have been tutoring since I was in middle school. I began with private tutoring sessions, then worked with Kumon Learning Center, and most recently I tutored college students with learning and cognitive disorders at the UofA. I began tutoring at a young age because as an immigrant from India I personally struggled with the school system and I understand how integral tutors can be...

I am a senior at the University of Arizona studying Economics at the Eller College of Management. I have held several leadership positions including instructing a class of 5th-8th graders for a month long summer camp on how to develop a software game. I am the oldest of all my siblings and cousins and I have been tutoring/mentoring them throughout their life.

...at The George Washington University in Washington, DC, in 2001. After my first teaching job at an elementary charter school and taking a year off to have a child, I earned a Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing with a concentration in Poetry at the University of Arizona in Tucson. After graduating with an MFA, I was recruited to my first full time job at a high school. While working, I concurrently earned a...

...center for UA athletes, where I helped students struggling with English composition and Spanish courses. Though I enjoy tutoring students in writing classes, I am most passionate about Spanish and have studied the language for nearly nine years. I am a firm believer that with the right instructor and plenty of hands-on practice, anyone can learn a foreign language. In my free time, I enjoy reading (yes, I am a proud, self-proclaimed nerd), writing, and...

I am currently student teaching 7th grade English in Tucson. My educational journey at Northern Arizona University to become a certified teacher with a degree in psychology is nearly complete. I have experience tutoring students with various abilities and interests for differing lengths of time. I look forward to meeting you!