Award-Winning Science Tutors serving Summit, IL

...experience by identifying each student's unique learning style, ensuring that our time together is tailored to foster the most meaningful understanding and engagement. Aside from helping students achieve their academic and professional goals, I am passionate about public health and improving legislative policies. I have written and edited numerous policy proposals, white papers, literature reviews,...

...being able to recognize the Alphabet and count beyond 10. The year ended with all but 1 reading at a second grade level and adding and subtracting double digits. 5 students ended the year reading at a 3rd grade level. I also taught in a Montessori school in inner-city Kansas City working with student 1-6.

...my job is to help students tap into their incredibly unique potential. This means that I will work to help students complete their assigned material with their previously gained knowledge and current, relevant interests. Who wants to learn something that doesn't seem to matter, or is uninteresting? No one. I hope to make your tutoring...

I'm a recent college student who graduated with a Bachelors in Biological Sciences from the University of Illinois in Chicago. Since graduating, I have been interested in tutoring students in subjects I feel confident in.

...chemistry, medicinal chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, Genetics, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics, and many other courses that helped solidify my scientific knowledge. I am currently enrolled in the UIC PharmD program, and am going into my P2 year. During my time at UIC, I was also a TA in the Arabic department, and helped students navigate the...

...incorporating lots of different activities that would help all learners succeed! I've also previously tutored ACT for approximately 3-4 years, where I helped high school students not only understand the test, but most importantly, develop skills to master the test. I've also conducted ACT and SAT tutoring sessions at the school that I teach, where...

...something I want to share with every student. Aiding in a student's growth, not only academically but also mentally is something I find inspiring. Currently, I am completing my bachelors in electrical engineering and finishing my associates in applied sciences for electricians. Throughout my time as a student, I developed an immense love for math....

...topics in computer science including data structures, algorithms, and many programming languages. I am also able to tutor English, as I have completed AP Lang and AP Lit, and four years of Latin has given me a good grasp of English grammar. I want to give students intuition behind subjects, as I believe understanding will...

...make complicated or scary things easier to understand - and I will have the same goal for my students as a tutor. I have experience tutoring students in math and biology, and I have taught trumpet players to play, march, or play in mariachis for years. All of these experiences have taught me how to...

...the same way. It takes dialogue between tutor, students, and parents to determine the best plan of action for the student to attain their academic goals. I believe in an active learning environment that includes discussion-based learning, supplemented with hands on learning activities within my sessions that is specifically tailored to each student's needs and...

...getting a major that would teach me the necessary skills so that I can be an adequate support for people. The same love of helping others is what brought me to Varsity Tutors. Through my major, I learned how to talk to students, how to teach, how to manage time, as well as how to...

...preparation. My tutoring style involves student-directed and collaborative learning. I am flexible to students' needs and goals, and prefer to teach in a way that encourages students to think independently. I also enjoy visual learning, mnemonics, and other active ways to remember complicated concepts. Part of what attracted me to the medicine was the collaborative,...

...assisting business people with their writing for over twenty years - everything from proposals to resumes and executive communications. A part of my formal role has included writing articles, creating newsletters, interviewing executives, and designing and writing content for marketing materials around the insurance and employee benefits industry. I'm a big advocate of learning how...

I'm an elementary school teacher with a passion for education! I enjoy tutoring in my free time, because I love being part of the learning process. In my lessons, I try my best to make sure my students feel relaxed, confident, and eager to do their best work.

...Kumon Instructor for math and reading, teaching between the age groups of four to sixteen. I am passionate about physics, because I believe that it provides the world necessary problem solving skills and the sphere of physics is so large. I love travelling abroad, studying Chinese, and being a designer for Pomona College Chinese theatre.

...to their learning process. I think I am talented at helping people understand topics by explaining each step, as necessary, to demonstrate how to go about solving a problem. My education has provided me with expertise in the biological sciences, medicine, math, statistics, english, writing, and test preparation, among other subjects. I have experience teaching...

...Latin America. I have tutored my peers in college in their lower-level math classes and Spanish. Additionally, I have volunteered as a reading tutor for children in elementary school for 3 years now. My style is accommodating to how each student learns and what their goals are; whether it be to help with homework assignments,...

...in the lab conducting experiments. So I was always excited to tutor students to share that love in chemistry I had with them. After receiving my bachelors degree, I have spent time working in industry as a research scientist in a polymer chemistry lab. Outside of my professional life, I have two little twin boys...

...received extensive training via the military, I tend to remember many details of both the thousands of hours I have spent in the classroom, both teaching and as a student, and the world that I have observed. I believe I can teach almost anything because teaching is an intensely personal endeavor. It is my job...

...Gillingham method, which is a structured, multisensory, and sequential approach to teaching reading and writing. I believe that this approach is highly effective because it is tailored to the individual needs of each student. I take the time to assess each student's strengths and challenges, and then create a personalized learning plan that is tailored...