Award-Winning Tutors serving Elkwood, VA

...addition to my endorsements in Gifted and Special Education, my accolades include Reading Teacher of the Year and Teacher of the Year. As a lover of technology, I realized implementing instruction and assignments using new technologies was a tool to engage students in a way which was very familiar. I am passionate about teaching and...

...and learning French. I enjoy meeting new faces, especially through language teaching or learning. I am a Psychology student, lover of languages, and Yoga + Meditation teacher. I am happy to guide you a long the process of learning a new language, starting from wherever you are in your journey. We will go over goals,...

...my teaching load, so I am familiar with the curriculum and expectations for all students in an English class. In my four years of teaching, I have worked with elementary, middle and high school students, including 12th grade AP English classes, 6th-8th grade English classes and even some work in summer school with 3rd-5th grade...

...an online platform. I enjoy tutoring because it is more personal and focused than whole class instruction. My favorite subjects are English and Language Arts, because I love reading. I can help students become critical thinkers and engaged readers using the methods I have used in the classroom and in tutoring sessions with my students.

...These more recent experiences have felt like a "coming home" for me. I love learning, and I've always enjoyed being immersed in academic environments. More importantly, I love helping others learn. I have the patience and compassion to help students who may be struggling with their studies. I also possess the creativity to challenge students...

...of preparing students for the writing tasks that await them in the professional arena. Journalism, technical writing, business correspondence, and legal and medical documentation are just a few of the specialized writing genres have emerged to compete with academic writing for recognition in the composition classroom. However, these genres may be too occupationally grounded to...

I am a retired CPA with 35 years experience managing tax departments for bank trust departments. My most fulfilling experiences involved teaching, coaching and mentoring staff, associates and clients. I hope to do more of this as a tutor.

...student's needs/feelings with regard to the subject matter. In addition, if the student/parents are interested, I'm very glad to help with study and organization skills. I believe it is essential to assist the student with motivation, enjoyment, homework, test/quiz preparation, special project, and organization of course materials. But most importantly, before taking all of this...

I am currently an Electrical Engineering Student at Old Dominion University. I have passion about teaching and tutoring. I have 4 years of tutoring experience in the following areas: Math Algebra 2 Algebra 3&4 Geometry Trigonometry Science Chemistry Physics SAT Subject Test in Physics SAT Subject Tests Test Prep Teaching English and Arabic including Writing, Reading and Oral.

...completed certification in TEFL/TESOL. I have experience working in both general and special education in private and public school settings. I like to tutor with a student-centered approach using meta-cognition, or constant reflection on one's learning. In addition to tutoring/teaching, I am also a freelance writer for various publications and have published some poetry as...

...tests and can tutor not only on subject material, but also on test taking strategies. I was a biology major at Hampden Sydney College and took classes that included general biology, ecology, organismal biology, genetics, immunology, virology, endocrinology, medical genetics/study of medical literature, and microbiology. I look forward to helping you with your educational needs...

...in different subjects such as English, Math, and Spanish for the past four years. I enjoy tutoring others and helping them understand difficult concepts by using simple methods and ideas! I like to work with each student and adopt a tutoring method that is unique to them and their pace of learning. I am also...

...children ages 8-12. I enjoyed my time teaching the children and watching them graduate through the belts, mastering harder skills. My classes were strict but fun; I mixed games and discipline to encourage the children to perform their best. Unfortunately, I had to stop teaching due to moving out of the city and starting my...

...like work. My name is Malik Laidlaw and from my beginning stages of school I vowed to pursue the life of an educator because I knew from an early age that a student can only become as good as the teacher motivates them to be. I stand for understanding, simply because you wouldn't leave an...

...an opportunity to change the world, one individual at a time. To give all you have about a subject in the hopes the student would take it further and continue the cycle. Thereby, supporting your contribution to the world community. An educator is a guide and should be a source of inspiration.

...Founder/Videographer/Producer of our Shipboard News Crew. I enjoy working with my peers and like having the ability to pass on knowledge to others. Some of my interests and hobbies are singing,playing my clarinet, dancing, cooking, and building things out of wood. I like to keep myself busy and i'm in the process of building my...

...look at the material and connect it to other subjects and to real-life situations, possibly taking the material beyond the scope of the course. When I do not have my nose stuck in a book learning new information, I am most likely at the gym or running around Norfolk, Virginia. As someone who has run...

...My poems have been published by the Moonstone Arts Center, Antithesis Journal, The Bangalore Review, Appalachian Review, and more. I also interned with a Richmond-based non-profit, The Podium Foundation, facilitating creative writing programs for inner-city middle and high school students. My programs focused on the science fiction, biology, and food culture themes, which were always...

I am a psychology PhD student. My background is in psychology (i.e., health, developmental, social, psychopathology), but I also have extensive training with statistics, and some statistics programming packages. Tutoring is my way of trying to give back to my community and to help other students who struggle like have in the past.

...and therefore both learn and tutor best by drawing out diagrams or seeing and working through practice questions. I believe the best tool for overcoming any challenge is the will to succeed. I help students keep up their will by customizing my tutoring plan to each individual client. When I'm not tutoring, I'm in class...