Award-Winning SSAT Tutors serving Pittsburgh, PA

...abroad in Scotland, Australia, and Switzerland, and I love to travel. In law school I tutored privately for the GRE as well as served as a teaching assistant for Civil Procedure. I tutor a wide variety of subjects, but my favorites are Writing and Editing as well as the English/Verbal portions of standardized tests. In my free time, I enjoy reading genre literature, volunteering, and learning to cook with new ingredients from my CSA share.

I enjoy teaching and mentoring people of all ages. I have excellent STEM education with Princeton BSE and Duke MBA. I enjoy project management work in business and teach Information Technology at 2 local colleges.

...from the east coast and have traveled the world during my service with the Air Force, where I also instructed aircrew students on checklist discipline and the responsibilities of being an aerial refueling specialist, as well as passenger handling and operational cargo movements around the globe. I'm passionate about guiding students as they find/strengthen their creativity, and want them to be empowered to succeed. I mainly tutor subjects related to art such as drawing, painting,...

...background in linguistics and professional experience as a Japanese/English translator and interpreter, along with professional fluency in Korean. I have lived and worked in Japan as well and am able to teach about the culture of Japan and how it compares/differs from that of the United States. I have taught Japanese from elementary schoolers to adults and adjust my teaching method to have a personalized experience for each student. I have received a 5 on...

...Education, and Masters of Arts in Reading with an Emphasis in Elementary Education. I am certified to teach Early Childhood PK-4 and Special Education PK-8. While I have experience tutoring in different subjects, I am most passionate about Reading, Math, and Phonics. I taught in Florida for 2 years (Kindergarten and First Grade). I am a firm believer in education, believing it to be exceptionally necessary to achieve and excel in lives endeavors. In my...

...and exams! As a licensed and experienced teacher, I can give you the knowledge and tools you need to excel in any area. My teaching philosophy is to help you achieve new heights beyond your expectations. My tutoring style is interactive and upbeat. After graduating from Mount Holyoke College with a BA in Sociology and a minor in Education I went on to receive my teaching certificate in New Mexico. Currently, I live near Pittsburgh,...

...arts, and social studies/history to students in grades 4 - 8. Within those last twenty-one years of classroom teaching, I also became an after school tutor for the school district, along with tutoring home bound students and students having extended school year through the summer months. I also privately tutored students whose family and /or classroom teacher knew that tutoring one-on-one with their student would bring school success. Because I had been a child who...

...in neuroscience and conceptual foundations of medicine. Since freshman year of high school, I have put forth many hours tutoring students of all ages, ranging in many subjects. My personal favorite subject to tutor in is Algebra, but I have tutored in math ranging from elementary school level to high school level. I have also tutored in the sciences and Spanish. Although I started learning Spanish in middle school, I spent half of high school...

...in Korea where I learned how to incorporate technology and multimedia materials to make lessons as engaging impossible and developed a holistic, project-based, interactive style of teaching. Later I moved to Europe where I got my Master's in Literature in Germany and began teaching adult learners and private clients of all ages English both in person and online. I was also a university English instructor to Japanese exchange students for courses such as Essay Writing,...

Hello! My name is Nicole and I have been with Varsity Tutors since 2015. I am a licensed family law attorney, but in my spare time, I tutor to help students achieve their dreams. I believe that learning can be fun and the more people I can convince of that, the better! In my spare time, I enjoy long distance running, reading horror novels and hanging out with my calico cat, Webby.

...a small middle school in western PA. Ten of those years have been spent as an 8th grade language arts teacher. I love what I do because I love working with young adults and exposing them to different texts. I find that I work well with this age group and am able to relate to them. The cornerstone of my teaching philosophy is that once students know you care about them and their success, they...

...interventions. I have 5 years of data analysis experience, and several years of experience diagnosing disordered readers. As a member of the International Literacy Association, I work patiently and encouragingly with students across a wide range of academic abilities. My professional goal is to develop my students' self-efficacy and growth mindset. MATHEMATICS BACKGROUND I was identified as gifted in mathematics in elementary school and took college mathematics courses while I was still in middle school....