Award-Winning SSAT Tutors in Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, IN

...old. I love the joy of helping students understand concepts, by showing them a goofy or original way to think about things. I have also been a teacher for a number of years, and I love teaching science and math. I received my degree in physics and biology from Xavier University. I have minors in...

...learners. I had the opportunity to spend the summer of 2015 in China, teaching students English through an intensive learning camp. Throughout college I also volunteered at Girls, Inc. in their homework help room. My love of teaching started in high school when I was a peer tutor for the essential skills classroom. Currently, I...

...and experience working with children aged 5 to 15. I've also taken on many tutoring opportunities throughout my ten years of teaching, mostly centered around reading and math. I t is my strong belief as an educator, as well as a stakeholder in the public school system, that every child can learn. It is my...

...passions today by tutoring students. While I tutor a wide range of subjects, my passion lies in math. I love working with students that struggle with understanding basic concepts. I have seen students go from hating math because they do not understand it, to learning how to think like a mathmetician and love it. My...

...communication and social issues is fundamental to our society's growth and development. As a tutor, I try to identify the strengths and motivations of my students in order to find out ways to help students identify with the subject matter. I find that identification of the material with concrete examples or applications makes any subject...

"I touch the future. I teach."... I am pretty animated, so first off I will say "When I talk, I use my hands a lot." I like to use pen and paper or an article that relates to the topic we are addressing; something new that is going on today that is relevant to something that they are going over in class. I use several examples of jumbled up sentences or scrambled sentences, missing one word...

...of my students to perform academically, at a level no less than their very best, yet there is much more to teaching than just making certain that students answer questions correctly on a test. A teacher must never lose sight of the idea that he is preparing his students to be successful no matter what...

I have been a certified teacher for over 20 years. I believe learning can be fun and engaging. Let's build a relationship as life long learners together.

...whatever works in terms of approach and lesson activities, adjusting my methods according to client needs. As for my interests, I have a lot, including writing, reading, travel (I have been all over Asia and lived in several Asian countries), cooking, photography, racquetball and football (both kinds), among others. I have also visited dozens of...

...abilities. This can be due to a variety of reasons, including test anxiety and ADD/ADHD. I focus on helping students to learn the approaches they need to raise those scores, and on building their confidence so they see that those higher scores are attainable. This not only helps raise scores, but makes them more confident...