Award-Winning Social Studies Tutors serving Washington Park, IL

My name is Amanda and I am an experienced, energetic tutor who loves to teach! I enjoy instilling a love for learning in all of my students and helping them reach their academic goals.

...have over a year of experience educating and working with students. I observed one middle school classroom and one High School classroom during my sophomore/junior year at Bradley. During my senior year at Bradley, I was given the opportunity to intern at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. There I performed live planetarium shows, educating museum guest...

...graduated MD with a strong academic background hoping to share my abilities to help students maximize their education and gain an edge in their academic endeavors. My goal is to help students make learning fun, especially in the challenging areas such as biology, chemistry, anatomy and mathematics. My hope is that students leave their session...

...learning style, prior knowledge, and timelines! I currently tutor full time and love every minute of it! While I have worked with students from Elementary School level to College students, I thoroughly enjoy, and I'm an expert working with students in Middle School and High School. I can meet with students individually, or in a...

...and Business Process Improvement. After my kids were grown, I decided to take a leap of faith and pursue my lifelong love of art and design. Retiring from my first career, I went back to school full time to study art and design. After earning my BFA from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design...

I am a professional educator with about two decades of experience, both in the U.S. and overseas. My main areas of expertise are history and the English as a Foreign Language. Online tutoring is exciting because I believe the future of education is online.

...World History. My favorite subject to tutor is standardized test preparation because I find it rewarding to see someone's score improve. I prefer an interactive teaching style because I want the student to have input on their learning style and preferences. My hobbies include yoga, reading, going to the movies, spending time with family and...

...an intuitive feel for the concepts and will know which formula to apply to any given problem. When teaching History, the focus will always be on the big picture. Once the student understands the larger concepts, the names and the dates will fall into place. My hobbies include Cardinal's Baseball, guitar, literature and walking my...

...Fontanez and I am excited to help individuals in their educational journey. I have always had a deep passion for knowledge and throughout my life have gained it in formal and non-formal methods. Everyone learns differently and I am dedicated to help determine what method is best and help facilitate the learning process. Education and...

...learn! I have 10 years of experience in teaching. I have multiple subject certifications. I am certified to teach all of the Social Studies subjects, English/Language Arts and Special Education. I have also taught Math for years. I received my Bachelors from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and my Masters from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

...to medical school. This has given me a wide range of subjects that I am familiar with and comfortable tutoring, especially in biological fields such as Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics. I am originally from Omaha, Nebraska, but over the past 5 years, I have gotten to know and love the Saint Louis area. I am...

...dad who loves to help students. I will do my best to teach in a way that fits each student. Everyone learns in a different way, and I will pay attention to that. Learning can be fun, and it's important. Hopefully I can help students to learn in ways that are suited to their needs.

...critical thinking and philosophical discussions into my children's daily learning, encouraging them to explore ideas, question assumptions, and develop their own unique perspectives. My goal is to help others develop a deeper understanding of complex topics like philosophy, law, and critical thinking. I bring a patient, thoughtful approach to tutoring, fostering an environment where students...

...reading, and then moved up to a position in the central office as a curriculum supervisor. I'm very experienced in helping students with organization skills and building their confidence. My favorite activities in my free-time are sewing, quilting, reading, hiking, biking, and traveling. Last winter I visited Cabos San Lucas in Mexico and in the fall,...

...tutor my students with tailor-made approaches. Some learn better with a simple layout of facts, repetitive practice, visual aids, or simply focused one-on-one time. I believe that any student doing their best is to be commended and supported, and I strive to ensure that my students understand how much I support and want to help...

...policy. I firmly believe that putting the material in cultural and historical contexts gives students a concrete way to understand the lessons. I encourage students to analyze why the information is important and to apply their new knowledge in other situations. Teaching someone to use knowledge, rather than just to regurgitate it, is the hallmark...

...a student, I tutored underprivileged teenagers in a wide range of subjects. During this time, many of the other tutors came to me for help and dubbed me "the math guy." I was in high school not too long ago and understand the pressures of having a high GPA and impressive ACT scores, so I...

...under-performing students. In this capacity, I served as the principal of this small academy and tutored middle and high school students in English, Social Studies and Math. My passion is to see students master concepts and skills and develop into confident learners This confidence allows them to take on future challenging academic tasks with a...

...at the high school and university level for the past ten years. My students have consistently achieved significant growth on the ACT English, ACT Reading, and Common Core tests. In schools where students had never passed AP scores, over 45 of my students scored 3s, 4s, and 5s on the AP US History, AP English...

...also served as a volunteer tutor at the International Institute of St. Louis, assisting high school students with English coursework. In addition, I worked for ten years at Washington University Medical School as a technical writer and research administrator. I very much enjoy being in the classroom and helping students reach their individual goals. I...