Award-Winning SSAT Tutors in Racine, WI

...my years of working with children, both in and out of the classroom, I have learned many things. However, two main things have stood out more than anything else. The first thing would be that flexibility is the key to success. The second thing would be that if at first you don't succeed, try again...

I am hoping to gain many new teaching skills as I work on becoming a fully licensed teacher. I enjoy substituting K-12 and Special Education for Teachers on Call. I have two daughters, a dog, and a Siamese cat. ... I try to focus on positive aspects of learning in order to encourage the motivation to learn the material.

...am a senior in the College of Education at Marquette University. I will be graduating in May, and plan to become an elementary school teacher. I love to teach, and am very focused on the idea of a differentiated classroom that works for all students and types of intelligences. This carries over into tutoring, and...

...has always been a passion of mine. From my days growing up and playing school with my younger siblings, to running study groups in high school, I never tired of the joys of teaching and learning. It was a natural fit that I pursued a degree in Education and became a licensed teacher. I received...

...of Swipe Out Hunger, a non-profit organization focused on ending hunger by allowing college students to donate their leftover meal points to feed their food insecure community. Although I currently spend my days working as a philanthropist, I have a passion for working with children and would love to help your child feel confident and...

...a graduate of UW-Madison in the Elementary Education and Psychology departments. I'm currently teaching at a Milwaukee area elementary school with 60 wonderful 4th and 5th graders. With so many students in my classroom, I have a lot of experience working with many different types of learners. Even though I am certified in and enjoy...

I am a retired elementary school teacher. I taught for the past 15 years in grades 3-6. I currently hold a Wisconsin State Teaching Licence for grades 1-6, and have completed a Master's Degree in Education in 2010. I enjoy working one-on-one with children and helping them reach their goals. ... Reading comprehension starts with understanding that reading requires more than just decoding words. It involves making meaning from the text. In order to do this, students must understand that if they lose their focus while reading, they must reread to understand. This requires them to monitor their thinking as they read. Some strategies for helping students that understand and practice this skill involve the use of marking the text in some way while they read. I like to use "think sheets" or post-it notes. Here, students record their thoughts, questions and connections to what they are reading. Reading with a question in mind is also a strategy used by good readers. It gives the reading a purpose and keeps the reader focused. Inference skills are especially important in reading comprehension, so the attention to bringing a student's background knowledge to their reading becomes essential, as it is this background knowledge that is drawn upon to help the reader understand new vocabulary and bring deeper meaning to the text. Modeling and practicing fluency and expression is also vital to growth in reading comprehension. This can be done by a partner reading with the student and having them read some of the text orally.

...am a graduate of National Louis University. I received a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education and have a minor in Biological Sciences. Since graduation, I have been teaching Middle School Math, Pre-Algebra and Algebra at a school in Waukegan. I have a passion for teaching, nothing I enjoy more is seeing the look on...

...I have tutored students in all grades, but most recently have worked on Reading and Organization/Study Skills with students 4th grade and up. For children and teenagers, I believe motivation is essential for learning, so we will select texts together (when possible) and develop an interactive tutoring plan to increase engagement and learning.... The new lingo here is "Gradual Release of Responsibility." This involves modeling a skill/strategy (the number of times this is necessary will vary depending on the student, the skill, the content, and other variables), doing it together and then working toward student independence. This is a process!

...love helping students learn. I grew up in Milwaukee and Wauwatosa. I went to Marquette University and received an Education degree to teach grades 1-9. I also took extra classes that specialized in Math. After graduating I taught at Mary Queen of Heaven in West Allis. I taught Middle school for 1 year and then...