Award-Winning Tutors in Hamburg, MI

...countless hours after school preparing students for the ACT and various math courses. In my free time I love to play soccer, basketball, hike, and go camping. I strongly believe that every child has the ability to do great things, and with our support and high expectations we can expect to see results.... My teaching philosophy is to remain patient, help students gain confidence, and knowing my student's learning styles. Every person does not learn the...

...this May. I studied at St. Ignatius College Prep and graduated summa cum laude from Villanova University (including a two-term stint at Cambridge University). Between Villanova and Northwestern I worked at an academic non-profit organization and evaluated hundreds of fellowship candidates' writing and academic work. I will work with each student to craft a personalized...

...way I was taught: learning to recognize my own mistakes. I will never give a student the answer, but I will help them realize where they went wrong so they can focus on their mistakes. Especially in mathematical subjects, the true knowledge is in understanding the process of answering a question, and just knowing the...

...and relationship building is crucial for students to open up about their struggles and also for me to identify problems they don't realize they can improve on, so this is a key aspect of all of my lessons. During my free time, I enjoy playing sports or snacking on desserts while binge-watching Friends!

...addition to my sessions through Varsity Tutors, I am currently a peer tutor at the NYUAD writing center, where I work with students from a range of academic disciplines and participate in weekly pedagogical training. Through this work, I have developed a passion for helping students identify and improve their communication skills. One of my...

...as well (as difficult as that may be for high school students!). In line with my aspirations to work in higher education, I believe that education is an incredibly important and rewarding endeavor, and I look forward to watching my students succeed. In my spare time, I enjoy running, reading and cooking.

I think that access to education is deeply important to every student and part of that access is having lessons personalized to each student. To teach well, a tutor has to find different ways to communicate concepts to different people.

...if that time is not spent efficiently. Tutoring is the most effective way to learn new concepts because when a student hits an obstacle and has difficulty fully understanding a concept, there is someone right there to show them the right way to think about it. This one-on-one experience is much more effective than the...

...several years tutoring and teaching. I have worked with students of all ages, from 3 year olds learning phonics to graduate students studying histology and physiology. I specialize in general sciences, medical sciences, reading comprehension, literary analysis, and composition. I love working with students of all ages and I love to teach.... I love teaching and I love working with kids. I understand that a good teacher needs to combine perception, patience, persistence, and respect. A...

...polymer clay, and bead. I watch Gotham and anything on sci fi/history/discover/news channels. I like to stay at home and work or play video games. I really believe that math can be fun. There are so many ways that it can be used and applied in business and in your personal life, but many of...

...I was able to hold a job, I have given my time and energy to giving back to my community by way of working within the school system. I understand that by having a solid support system, a student is able to find ways to succeed. It is my mission to be a part of...

...full-time in addition to doing research through the Michigan Clinical Outcomes Research and Reporting Program. I believe that all of the students I work with are intelligent, but often lecture-based learning does not fit their personal learning style. I love working with students to bridge this learning gap, helping them to genuinely understand course content...

...sciences, film, art, composition, and science, among others. The University of Michigan-Dearborn and Oakland Community College have honored me with several awards for my writing over the past few years. I believe that for a student to achieve improvement in a tutoring session, the goal must be a collaborative effort of the student and tutor....

My name is Sydney. I'm a high school math teacher in Detroit, MI. I love building relationships with my students as I believe this helps motivate them to want to push harder. I teach because I want to show others that they can succeed in math even though it is challenging.... I believe students need to try first, even if it may stump them initially. I always ask my students questions to get them to think...

...helping students learn how to work the puzzles themselves. My philosophy for tutoring is if one explanation doesn't work, try to explain in another way. I am a ubiquitously empathetic person, and it helps me approach problems and schoolwork through the students' perspective and find the best way to explain any given topic.... If one explanation doesn't work, try to explain in another way. Everyone understands things in different ways- it's important to find a way...

...I worked with mentoring undergraduate and graduate students in the subjects as well as co-teaching with professors in the humanities and the sciences. Since then, I have completed my student teaching in both Warren, MI and Darwin, Australia in high school English and middle school English/geography classrooms respectively. I then continued to complete long-term sub...

...University of Michigan. I have a lot of experience with tutoring elementary-aged children with various special needs, but my skills are not limited to this demographic. I love grammar, so if this is something you struggle with, particularly on the ACT, I would be a great fit. I also really enjoy math classes, and have...

I am a lifelong learner, and I hope to share that mindset while tutoring. I believe that any subject can be interesting as long as your approach it with an open, optimistic mind.... Any subject can be made interesting, with a motivated and optimistic mindset.... In a first session I like to find out a student's strengths and weaknesses. From there, we can determine if our best option is to multiply a student's strengths, or incrementally...

I would like to help students perform better on their GMAT and in math at all levels. I have been tutoring people throughout my life and I greatly enjoy helping people understand material better.

...all of my subjects with equal enthusiasm. Outside of teaching, I am an avid equestrian and animal lover/caretaker. I have many pets that require my attention, and I have also nurtured wild animals back to health, most recently, a squirrel I found on my college campus. In high school, I was very active in theater....