Award-Winning SAT Writing and Language Tutors serving Waukegan, IL

Hello, I am a Duke University graduate with a Bachelors degree in Psychology. I have experience tutoring all levels of Spanish language, all sections of the SAT, as well as algebra, pre algebra, geometry, and pre-calculus! I love kids & I have a very flexible schedule and a lot of patience! Let me help you...

...a pediatric dermatologist. I love working with kids and have a wide breadth of tutoring, teaching, and mentoring experience. For example, all throughout high school, I served as a volunteer at church, at my local library, and at Swedish Covenant Hospital in the Pediatric Unit. This allowed me to see a lot of different perspectives...

...bit about me, Im a first year medical student at a top 20 medical school in the United States. I also went to a women's college in PA where I majored in religion and neuroscience. As for my tutoring background, it's quite extensive. I worked as a quantitative tutor, a writing tutor, and a French...

I believe in learning as the unlocking of fundamental human potential. I think that knowledge of the world as a whole allows you to be yourself more completely, to express yourself to others, and to make your developing dreams into reality.

...on the road, but I managed to find time to look at her writing. More recently, after coming back from her study abroad in France, she told me that she'd felt more confident about the essays after I gave her my feedback. "You asked some probing questions that made them more relatable", she said. I...

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...to impart that same wisdom to anyone who wants help in their classes. I received an undergraduate education at the University of California Los Angeles from 2008 - 2012, where I earned a degree in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics. Here I earned a prestigious University Research Program Scholarship with the Oppenheimer Foundation for one...

...John Carroll, then taught composition. I taught composition while in graduate school at UW-Milwaukee, and I spent a considerable amount of time teaching technology - in a sense - through a customer service job at a big cell-phone company. I taught 5th grade in Chicago Public Schools, worked as a substitute teacher in CPS, and...

...research skills, literary analysis and the tools requisite for historical perspective. Another example includes my experience working in New York City public schools, K-12, as a Curriculum/Professional Development consultant with Ventures Education Systems Corporation (VESC). As a consultant for this national school reform and professional development organization, I designed and delivered workshops in balanced literarcy,...

...of tutoring and school, I spend most of my free time producing music. What once started out as a hobby has become a part-time job where I sell beats to singers and rappers. I also play piano and guitar. Furthermore, I am obsessed with automobiles, and love to research and watch videos of exotic car...

...I have been tutoring since I was in middle school! Ive always loved teaching and have plenty of experience as a tutor, substitute teacher, teaching assistant, Big Sister Mentor, and Peer Coach. By working with so many different individuals, Ive learned to personalize my tutoring methods to best match each of my students learning styles...

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...know the pitfalls and ambiguities which prevent people from understanding concepts in math and the sciences, and I know how to get around them. I explain every concept in straightforward and totally plain language to describe the relationships between all of the moving parts in math and science subjects. I use familiar analogies as needed...

...to teach overseas in international/American schools. I've taught in Taiwan, China, Belarus, and Kyrgyzstan as well as schools in the Chicago area. I not only have a lot of experience in helping non-native English students improve their language skills, but I have also worked for over 10 years helping Middle School and High School students...

...I have a passion for service, spending time volunteering for Special Olympics Missouri, L'avenir tutoring, and Kids Vision for Life. I have a lot of fun tutoring and watching students grow and understand the subjects we work on together. I am comfortable tutoring many subjects but most enjoy tutoring economics, biology, and psychology.

...continue to motivate students’ high levels of thinking. My reflection rests on my teaching, student responses and their formative feedback to a lesson. This reflection, however, is driven by effective modeling of what I want my students to master. Throughout my experiences both at the middle school and high-school level, I have learned the significance...

...could break it down until it made sense. We knew that making mistakes was the best way to learn, and when we mastered a subject, it was time to learn something new. These results didn't stem from rigorous rote learning. Too often, educators focus on raising test scores with tips and tricks, forgetting to acknowledge...

...I have taught writing classes at SAIC, Harold Washington College, and National Louis University. Literature was my first love and continues to be so. I have been writing for as long as I can remember; poetry, prose, nonfictional personal essays, academic essays, screenplays, and everything in between. I am passionate about teaching and learning.

...expand my career doing research in biology labs. I love teaching math (algebra, geometry, calculus - you name it!) as well as science, including both biology and chemistry. These are by far my favorite subjects to teach because they are subjects that many students struggle on, and I have a strong sense of empathy in...

...have with a given subject. I want my determination to work hard to be an example for my students. I graduated from Wheaton College with a degree in Music History with a minor in Mathematics. I have a track record of excellence in academia overall, and have done well in math courses well beyond calculus....