Award-Winning Tutors serving Irvington, VA

...like to find resources that I can provide to my students to make their academic careers more enjoyable and manageable. I retired from the US Navy in 2015 after serving for 22 years on active duty. I am enjoying my retirement and each opportunity I get to work with the wide variety of students here...

Computer Science Grad who enjoys teaching programming, cybersecurity and IT. My philosophy of teaching is really simple. I always try to divide a lesson into multiple parts and then let students connect those pieces on their own and suddenly it all makes sense to them. Apart from teaching, I like playing guitar!

...been teaching middle school English and reading support classes for 10 years. I have a graduate degree in teaching English. I can work with all grade levels k-12 on reading and writing. I am passionate about helping students build comprehension, increase their vocabulary, and helping to fill the gaps in knowledge that might otherwise hold...

Currently, I am a graduate student studying Applied Mathematics with a concentration in Community College Teaching. I recently received my B.S. in Theoretical Mathematics at Ohio State University. I have always enjoyed helping students have a better understanding in mathematics. I love tutoring and being able to substitute teach students. Teaching is my passion.

...class that gets everything instantly. I've been in the place of a normal student. I know that creative perspective and hard work are key for understanding math. To get to the graduate level in math I was forced to look at basic topics from different perspectives. This gives me incite into the difficulty students sometime...

...creatively retained information through the multi-sensory approach I try to implement. I am a patient teacher and can motivate a student with out of the box problem solving while instilling an emphasis on the importance of organization. In my spare time, my husband and I enjoy camping with our dog, growing vegetables in our garden,...

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.

...for me. However, that challenge brought so many wonderful experiences that made me who I am today. I attended three elementary schools, two middle schools, and three high schools. This has allowed me to experience a variety of scholastic perspectives and I'm excited to implement my favorite practices from those schools. After high school, I...

...One of my favorite subject is English Literature. I love it because it tells fantastic stories, and I love a good story. When talking with my students I like to make my class interesting by incorporating some fun into the subject. I want to make my students feel comfortable so that they want to ask...

...them to a specific audience as well as working with children and adults. During my after school tutoring and the YMCA I assessed the type of learner the student was and by having this information I could adapt the lesson specific to them. I am a visual learner and enjoy making diagrams, maps and posters...

...at the middle-high school level. I have a wide range of classroom experience with all ages (anywhere from three years old all the way to forty!), though I most enjoy making personal connections with students aged ten to eighteen. I am very excited to be a part of the Varsity Tutors team, and I hope...

I am a licensed teacher and have experience in tutoring for 11 years. I look forward to working with you.

...Medicine at the University of Michigan. All throughout school, as well as my medical training I enjoyed studying and tutoring other students, and formed many study groups. I have won a medical student teaching award, as well as a resident teaching award. My subjects of interest are the sciences, specifically biology, anatomy and physiology, chemistry,...

...to work on my teaching skills, but that the students I teach will become the future generation of [insert profession here!]. I find that interactions with my students and abundant examples (preferably real-life) works best when trying to get a point across. A productive environment for my students to thrive in is of the highest...

...the importance of writing across the curriculum and 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,...

...(TOGO) a french speaking country. I learned english, and was accepted in one of the prestigious engineering school in the Nation Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) .At RPI, I graduated with my bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering. I look forward sharing with you some of my stories which may serve you as guide and motivation throughout...

...Florida in Family, Youth, and Community Science. I started my career out tutoring children full time at a charter elementary school. I also bring to the table my professional competencies in public health, which include health education, health promotion, and technical writing, as well as my experiences working in the nonprofit sector. I look forward...

...better learners and people, equipping them with the ability to think critically and interact with the world around them. When teaching, I strive to create lessons that are connected to the real world, foster creativity, and allow us to have fun while learning! I have come to love teaching every subject under the elementary school...

...fashion. I have a passion for helping students that are struggling in these courses, and try to present the topics they go over in a way that they can relate. With partial responsibility of a student's education in my hands, I strive to exceed the expectations of my job description and not only review material...

It is my goal to share what I have upstairs with anyone who could benefit from it. I've enjoyed math most of my life and, over the years, I would like to think that I have been able to share that enjoyment with many of my students.