Award-Winning Summer Tutors serving East Orange, NJ

...am an experienced, creative, and highly successful educator who has been tutoring students of all different ages, ability levels, and expectations for seven years. My students have gone on to the best schools in the country, including Harvard University. I have worked with students who struggle with learning differences. Outside of tutoring, I am a published author and translator who likes to write about science. I graduated magna cum laude with highest honors in the...

...teacher. After teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages throughout college I became a Reading and Math instructor for adults in Boston who were working toward their GED/High School Equivalency Certificate. The perseverance of my students led me to believe that I, too, could return to school! Shortly after I moved to New York City, I started Graduate School at the City College of New York where I am pursuing a Masters in Education to...

...fulfilling than helping clients to develop a recipe for success. It truly brings me delight to see a student discovering the right answers to the same questions that once boggled him or her. When students discover that they are more than capable of finding solutions to challenging problems, they often begin to attain a sense of fulfillment from their work. With the right training, any student is capable of excelling academically. My role as the...

...science at a private school, where I also served as vice principal. Prior to that, I spent a year abroad, teaching students of all ages English. During my high school and college career, I tutored students in a variety of subjects, especially in SAT/ACT/GRE test prep. As an educator with experience teaching in all ages from Kindergarten to post-graduate students, I feel equipped to provide excellent tutoring in a variety of subjects, especially Math, Science,...

...an interdisciplinary context. As an artist and techie, I frequently call on both my creative and analytical sides when teaching and developing curriculum, especially in the areas of science-arts. Some of my fondest moments have been when a student mastered a complicated skill or concept with ease because they were so highly focused on the "fun" project or experiment. I bring this same creativity and passion to all disciplines from literature and history to science...

...Sarah Lawrence gave me many opportunities outside the academic, amongst them was the opportunity to teach in the school's Theatre Outreach program; there I was able to teach Shakespeare to local high school students. We discussed the text both as literature and performance; this opened up the language, made it accessible, and fun! I will be tutoring in Literature and writing amongst other similar subjects. I love literature because it can open up new worlds....

...tutoring. One of the main objectives that I will bring to my tutoring responsibilities is creating conditions that will sustain the motivation of my students to bring out their true potential through their performance irrespective of their prior preparation. This is particularly important students will come in with different levels of preparation for the courses that I will tutor. Creating an open environment where the inexperienced student can also express her understanding of the material...

...I am also available to teach Writing (especially essays), Reading Comprehension, Economics, the SAT and ACT, and Literature. In my experience as a tutor, it is important to be patient. Not only must you understand the material, you must also understand how your students learn and adapt your teaching method to their needs. It also helps if you can make the subject matter as interesting as possible, so it doesn't feel like work to them....

...and again, until the ideas and understandings that form the solution become integrated into their current skill set. Complete explanations, which I review with them, point by point, are printed on the back, first by me, and then, by imitation, by them. I stress the quality of each of these seemingly obvious steps, because the effectiveness of my method depends upon all of them working together. I insist on a minimum of three problems reviewed...

...becoming more outgoing and personable through sports. My academics in high school never suffered while I kept such a demanding schedule. I had honors and advanced placement courses all throughout high school and I finished in the top 7% of my graduating high school class. Participating in all of these activities in high school gave me an excellent opportunity to learn and practice the art of time management and the ability to cope with the...

...have been teaching for over thirty-five years and have enjoyed every moment. To me, education is not just about learning facts and passing exams, it is also about becoming a life-long learner. It is about using knowledge to improve one's life both personally and professionally. There are skills which need to be mastered and this is one important element of education. I also believe that education can improve one's enjoyment of life regardless of the...

...my formal education, internships, and jobs, I have gained respect for professions that assist children in educational settings. I have gained valuable work experience while working with children. My first work experience after graduating UCLA was as a Group Leader for middle school students in New York. I advised them on the importance of developing necessary skills while transitioning to young adolescents. Soon after, I worked as an Elementary School Counselor where I supervised children...

...I graduated college and got a job in a pharmaceutical industry, I continued tutoring students in math, science and English. I enjoy working with kids of different ages. I have a lot of patience and a good method to teach and explain things that are hard to understand. I discovered that my passion lies in work where I can help kids and teens make their studying easier and academic goals closer. I truly enjoy working...

...I start my doctoral degree. I have been tutoring students for the past 6 years in both formal and informal settings. I have tutored primarily in social sciences (psychology and sociology), English (writing, editing, and literature), and biology. My tutoring style varies depending on who I am working with - for example, if someone is a learner by doing then I won't have them watch me do a practice example, instead I will give them...

...the University of Oxford, where I spent a summer internalizing British culture and Shakespeare's canon. I recently relocated to the greater NYC area after getting married. Before I moved, I volunteered at a local community theater and an animal shelter in northeastern Pennsylvania, where I attended college and graduate school. I look forward to becoming a positive, active addition in my new community, and I am so happy to have a rewarding career as a...

...am excited to become a tutor with Varsity Tutors because I have a deep passion for learning and the journey of thinking. My obsession is philosophy, which as a kind of over-arching discipline concerning the knowledge of what is, disperses me into many of the various subjects within which the joy of thinking can inhabit. I am excited to work with students and learn from them and see the ways in which their thinking can...

...educational background consist of a Bachelor's degree in History in which I received it at SUNY Binghamton. For a while now I have been fascinated with the works and research in the subject of History. For a long time now, I have been studying history, primarily European history from the Crusades to the Renaissance. I also studied several areas of Ancient Civilizations starting from the Persian Era all the way to the fall of Rome....

...500 primary school students with very basic English knowledge and found it very rewarding to be able to help them interact in class and learn English in a fun way. I have also worked with adults in a university setting, and have had successful results with helping them move forward in their language acquisition abilities. I am adaptable, energetic, and like to work with each student's interests and needs to adjust his or her learning...

...have been teaching for over ten years. I grew up in Morristown, NJ and went to the Morris School District, where I have been working for the past two years as a 6th grade Language-Arts teacher. Before that, I spent over five years at a private tutoring company called Lindamood-Bell. I have worked with students of all ages (5-55), and in many subjects, including test prep. For fun, I love playing and watching all kinds...

I believe an instructor is supposed to inspire a passion for learning. Through my teachings, I impart to students that learning is less about natural talent and more about hard work and dedication. My lessons are dialogues, I have a conversation with the student to pinpoint their exact academic needs, and make not only show help them where they're having trouble, but also give them the tools to do so on their own.