Award-Winning Study Skills and Organization Tutors serving Somerville, MA

...needs. It is important to respect each students' individual learning styles and help them figure out how they can best work with their strengths. Students need information presented as simply as possible, yet can benefit from thinking about the same information in different ways; striking this balance keeps students engaged. I also answer and ask...

...I most enjoy tutoring in reading and writing. I love helping students learn to express themselves more thoroughly through language. Outside of academia I enjoy reading and spending time outside, being active. In high school I was a competitive swimmer, which lead to my playing on the varsity water polo team while I was in...

...my master's degree at Harvard. Each student is unique, and I excel at determining your specific needs, then focusing on accomplishing your goals with skilled and thoughtful expertise. Collaboration and active learning are focal components of my job as tutor, test prep instructor, and essay editor. I am looking forward to working with you and...

...worked with many first-year students as they tackled their core courses. Additionally, I helped graduate students write their term papers by helping them shape their ideas into coherent narratives. However, I am proudest to have supported students in their pursuit of graduate education. Sometimes this meant helping with admissions essays and personal statements, strategically planning...

...am intimately familiar with ways to approach it successfully, from mastering subject material to time management methods. I am here to help students through an empathy-driven, holistic tutoring approach that involves getting to know students' strengths and areas for improvement, personalities, schedules and potential stressors outside of the classroom, as well as providing tips for...

Just like a sports coach, I provide strategies and options to handle situations instead of promoting ONE model to win. If youre struggling to get your thoughts across, let me help you become a better speaker!... Assess personal goals and previous methods of study.... I want my clients to get outside of the academic bubble. I take a real, practical approach, with a coaching mindset. Let's work on multiple strategies to win.

...and traditional teaching. Tutoring one-on-one is the best of teaching. I like to present any given material in two ways, such as aurally and visually, so that various learners can access the depth of the content. An example might be to have them select quotations from Civil Disobedience, put them in their own words, write...

...help with English, Reading Comprehension, Writing, and ESL skills. I see myself as a "professional explainer." My undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Arts from Goddard College with a concentration in biology. I also hold a Master of Science from Boston University in Communications with a concentration in science and technology. In this degree program,...

...high school level. I previously have tutored students with learning disabilities, English language learners, and regular education students of all levels. I am a Wilson Reading System certified teacher as well. I am a mother of three boys under the age of 15, one of which is dyslexic. Every student can learn and succeed. I...

...I have over 5000 hours experience in online tutoring on different platforms. My computer science tutoring experience includes computer programming (C++/C/Java/Python) as well as data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and theory of computation. My tutoring approach is that I look for gaps in a student's understanding. Then we focus on plugging those gaps. I believe...

...many different ways to explain and approach students' problems. Mathematics is a language of science. After I learned this language pretty well, I decided to use it for my future education. My goal for coming years is gaining biotechnology knowledge which includes biology, chemistry and physics. From the college I master new procedures, laboratory techniques...

...seeing students grow in confidence as readers and writers. My main expertise as a tutor is in literature, writing, and English in general. I am very passionate about education and hope that helping others to learn and enjoy learning is something I'll be doing for the rest of my life. In my spare time I'm...

...proved my reliability, and enhanced my leadership and mathematical skills. Math has always been my strongest subject, as shown through my math testing scores, and advanced placement upon entering college. Similarly, my enriched abilities in organization and communication would prove extremely useful for this position. As I worked my way up from a retail employee...

...science and math problems because I'm patient, fun, funny, understanding, and know how to explain topics in a wide variety of ways. My teaching style is unique. I first listen to my students and learn how they like to learn, and memorize new techniques and skills. After learning about my students, I devise strategies to...

...find my bus. When it was obvious that I had chosen the wrong station, he took me to the correct station and again accompanied me inside to ensure I found my bus. Over the next four months, I repeatedly encountered such kindness and support from the university and community. These advantages helped improve my fluency...

...college at Stanford University. I am extremely passionate about strengthening students' writing skills. I believe that being able to articulate oneself in writing is critical no matter what path a student chooses. As a lifelong learner, I strive to inspire that same passion for education in my students and find what subjects excite them!

...know who the person I tutor is as an individual before I start lesson planning. Whether it's learning a new language or working on public speaking, it can be a lot. Which is why I think tutoring should be interest-based in order to make tutoring sessions truly yours! As far as my professional experience goes,...

...10 years. My aim is to discern the individual learning styles of my students and to work with each of them in a manner that addresses his/her individual style. My greatest joy in tutoring is seeing the sparkle in a student's eyes when he/she understands a concept and is able to explain and it back...

...love connecting with people, and languages has always been my path towards doing so. Creative writing and English classes have helped me to connect with other authors and texts, and learning different languages allows me to do the same with different cultures. I have spoken French for 8 years, German for 4, and began to...

...and English in a multi grade one room schoolhouse with students aged 5 to 12, I also tutored middle and high school students in English after school. I have also been a youth mentor and enjoy making connections with students and encouraging them in their academic journeys. I worked for four years as an engineer...