Award-Winning Social Studies Tutors serving Mesa, AZ

...writing with my friends and my students! I love helping people unlock the value of understanding history, or appreciating someone else's religion, or just writing an efficient paper. When I'm not in school, I am probably playing the guitar at my church, drinking specialty coffee, or walking my dog with my wife. Truthfully, I believe each student has the potential to become a scholar, and I will do anything to empower students in their studies.

I taught writing, literature, and women's studies for 13 years for jr. high through college age students. I've worked as an academic coach at a med school, and tutored in writing, test prep, and helped many students write the college essay that got them into their dream school.

...first started tutoring when I was in Middle School with a student that cut a deal with the teacher Korn will play at school dances if he went up a letter grade. Needless to say he succeeded and got his wish and since then I have tutored on and off. I decided to join Varsity Tutors because I want to continue helping people closely one on one and get the rush when a student finally...

...how to successfully gain admission to Ivy League universities and on how to be academically successful and prepared for the university. I have successfully mentored and tutored students who have gained admission into Harvard, Princeton, Brown, and UC Berkeley to name a few. I am effective at tutoring because I love working one on one with students and helping the student achieve their goals of improvement. I have been tutoring students since high school. During...

...student to find how they can be successful in life by finding their own passion. Through middle and high school, I tutored any elementary subject that was needed for the children I babysat for. For my friends that I tutored, I mostly stuck with math and history because those are the subjects I did best in. I don't have a specific tutoring style because I think it is best to accommodate for the students needs...

...chemistry, physics, and math 1992-2020 though I've taught many other subjects. I been only tutoring and short term substitution since public high school retirement in May 2018. I have also taught reading, grammar,history, earth science, life science to 5th-7th grade for 11 years 1985-1996. I most enjoy tutoring and motivating students in special projects. I am gifted in targeting what you know and how you think, and I can adjust to learning styles. I will...

I have extensive experience in English, Writing, communication, public speaking and classroom teaching. I have been trained and educated in effective public speech, rhetoric, persuasive argument, and humor.

Life is beautiful. Our mind is our only asset. Learning is all there is that is truly valuable (and exciting).

...teacher. I enjoy helping students and my goal for math, is not to make students love math, but to be able to understand math, and all other subjects I tutor in as well. My teaching philosophy can be described as practicing math over and over until it becomes second nature. I also believe it is important to understand the process in math and not just remembering problems or getting answers. It is important to understand...

...I love music and I was a piano major at the University of Tennessee. I teach music now at a local charter school. I have been a substitute teach for 16 years for all grades. For fun, I consider myself a historical traveler. All of my trips are based on my family origins. I hope to travel to Europe soon and continue the exploration of my ancestors. I teach because, like most teachers, I love...

I believe that improving one's self is the highest pursuit in life, and that institutions dedicated to the improvement of one's self are sacred. As such, I have dedicated myself to both improvement of myself and to assisting others in their own self-improvement. I am both a student and a teacher.

I have been lucky enough to have been taught by some truly inspirational teachers and am well aware of the effect they have had on my life and the choices I have made subsequently. My own passion for working with young children extends from my desire to emulate these role models and perform the same inspirational function in the lives of my students.

My name is Jon Van Doren and I am a tutor with a years worth of experience working with students from grades K through 12. My expertise is in essay writing and other subjects related to English as well as the field of Psychology. Most of my experience tutoring has been with children who were very unruly so I'm ready to rise to any tutoring challenge available.

...and I was able to obtain a bachelors degree from this prestigious university in the discipline of English. In 2010, I returned to School at Rio Salado College and received a Post Baccalaureate degree in Special Education. In 2023, I returned to school to obtain a Certificate in the field of IT Support. I passed the CompTIA ITF+ Test and received a few other certifications from Google. I am currently working on a certificate in both...

I have 10 years of experience in education. I have Bachelor of Science Degree in Middle Childhood Education, and a Master's of Arts Degree in Curriculum and Instruction. I taught in the traditional middle school classroom for nine years. During those nine years, I taught reading, language arts, social studies, and math. I believe in a student centered differently. I love helping students learn and achieve their goals.

My name is Austin. I am a certified teacher in grades 1-8, Special Education EC-12, and I have my Principal Certification EC-12. I have been a teacher at all levels for 17 years. Both of my college degrees are heavy in reading and writing. I love tutoring and have a rapport with students of all ages. In 2008, I was "teacher of the year."

...our two local granddaughters (grades 4 and 8) from school every Thursday and I have the opportunity to help them with their homework in the afternoon. It is a joy to participate in their learning and I would like to have a similar experience with other students that I tutor. I enjoy hiking, traveling, reading and volunteer work. Together with a friend of mine, I have just started a monthly book club. I look forward...

...in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, working in the research group led by Prof. Amanda Clarke. I was born in Sardinia (Italy), and I achieved my Master at the Universita degli Studi di Cagliari in 2005. I am a geology major and focused my interest on volcanology and igneous petrology, with particular interest to explosive eruption physical processes. I achieved my PhD at the Universite de Geneve (Switzerland) under...

...have the proper help and the perseverance to keep on trying. My own interests have been broad and keep growing, so while I don't believe in piling on degrees, I do believe in lifelong learning. That means keeping up with the world as it continues to change in communications, social dynamics, and medical and scientific technology. Spiritually, we must remain integrated with the people we work and play with as well as the tasks we...

...to experience success in the areas that are challenging for them. I have been a teacher for 18 years. I have taught grades Prek-8th grade. I love to teach people how to read and how to use reading strategies to comprehend text. I also enjoy using props and manipulatives to make the lesson fun. My belief is that practice makes perfect. At the beginning things may be difficult or impossible, but the more we practice,...