Award-Winning Tutors serving Hillside, NJ

...I worked at a Lego robotics school and I taught kids how to incorporate Legos into STEM related concepts as well as NXT programming. I have also worked at my school's tutoring center where I tutored my peers in subjects like Physics, Calculus and Computer Science. My hobbies include anything that has to do with...

...and revitalizing rundown neighborhoods by making them attractive to the public again. I want to leave my mark on the world and be able to say I enhanced the lives of all those who are residing in, working in, or merely visiting the city. My background in mathematics is very extensive. I took all honors...

...the importance of persistence and hard work, and I love sharing these values with my students and helping them to make significant gains. Outside of tutoring, I work as a scientist at a healthcare startup, and when I'm not at work I'm likely to be found running around Central Park, debating public policy, or practicing...

...working closely as part of their Educational outreach programs designing teaching materials and helping at hands-on events in the field. While a student, I tutored m any of my peers in subjects ranging from American history to writing and test preparation. Although I am confidant in a number of varied topics, history, from American to...

I am currently studying at Columbia University and am excited to help others reach their academic goals on Varsity Tutors.

...am able to evaluate my successes and failures. Just as I say to my students, "failure is not final". Using my data, I am able to model resilience to my students by adapting my approach to best meet the individual needs of the student. In addition to my aforementioned pedagogical toolkit, I am a passionate...

I am currently a student at Macaulay Honors at Brooklyn College, part of the BAMD Program. Teaching has always been a favorite past time of mine, and I tend to excel in science and writing classes. My goal is to help everyone I can with these subjects and more! ... Using positive reinforcement and showing them how they have improved from the beginning.

...I had so completely underestimated his capacity for such profound and beautiful words. I quickly realized that I was just as guilty of the snobbery that I despised in others. Yet, each day my frustrations with the systemic lack of high expectations for these students quickly melted as they proved time and again their ability...

...to New York City to attend Columbia Law School, where I will receive my JD in May, 2015. Throughout undergraduate, I regularly tutored economics, math, and statistics courses at the school's tutoring center, and helped several students to turn around their class performance. I also enjoy helping students prepare for standardized test, whether that be...

...engage with and enrich the education of students, has made me both a successful teacher, and a popular tutor. While I have long believed that every student deserves and is capable of academic success, it was my time spent as a school teacher in East New York that most thoroughly convinced me of this fact....

...opportunity to scale my mentorship skills to a larger audience, as well as adapt my approaches to a new demographic (public/charter students in an under-performing district). While work with the TWP necessitated self- and program-wide evaluation, Breakthrough instituted an especially strong culture of administrative and intra-departmental evaluation. The ability to respond well to and implement...

...The past summer I provided one-on-one SAT tutoring sessions to local high schoolers and helped each student improve by at least one hundred points. Currently, I am teaching SAT and SHSAT classes at a New York tutoring center, working with classes of more than 20 middle school and high school students. I am qualified to...

...Math II. I'm friendly, flexible, and always put students' and families' needs first. I also know a lot about teaching, due to my background in ESL teaching, educational nature tours, and private SAT tutoring (see my resume!). I majored in English at GWU and I would love to help you improve the quality of your...

I'm currently a sophomore at Carnegie Mellon University.I enjoy working with kids and helping them work through problems they struggle with on their own, teaching them to solve problems by concept, not on an individual basis. In my free time, I enjoy cooking and playing video games. ... Take the problem down to where the student understands it, and then build it back up to the full question.

...helping students in all aspects of college prep, from SAT prep to time management to managing personal anxiety. I also tutor in English literature and GRE test prep. I believe that education should not only prepare one for the job market, but enrich one as a person, providing a wider and deeper worldview. I believe...

...the last 4 years and have watched and learned how the standardized tests have changed. I'm extremely passionate about learning to work the convoluted system that makes up college applications and teaching others what I've learned. I love learning and school and I hope I can help you feel the same way. I will motivate...

...programs, from boarding schools to Americorps. I specialize in languages (English, French, German, Latin, and Ancient Greek) and test prep. I seek to help my students make connections between new material and things that are familiar to them, breaking down higher concepts with accessible examples that can help foster creativity. I care deeply about my...

I'm a current student at Columbia University studying sociology and business management. I'm passionate about helping others learn new material and reach new heights of academic excellence. In my free time, I'm usually visiting art museums, in a ballet class, or exploring the city. Feel free to reach out to me with any further questions!

...University and moved to New York to take a gap year before beginning graduate school. As a scholarship student at IU, I majored in economics, cognitive science, and piano performance. Outside of tutoring, you can find me playing or teaching piano, doing jigsaw puzzles, watching TED talks, running, or trying a new food or cooking...

...a solid foundation in writing, reading comprehension, grammatical and syntactical knowledge, and time management techniques. Kelsey has experience working with students of all ages and a wide range of subjects through her vast tutoring and editing background; she had worked as a lead tutor at a math-focused center for students ages 5 to 18, had...