Award-Winning Tutors serving Somerville, MA

I believe in learning and helping. Everyone has the ability to learn it just takes confidence and determination.... Everyone can learn.... Get to know the type of student they are and their strongest areas.... By asking them questions and helping them to ask questions.... Positive reinforcement and compliments.

I have been a Reading Specialist & Certified in Special Education for more then 20 years. I currently am teaching reading part time and conduct private reading tutoring the other half of the day. Wilson Level 1 Certified.

Teaching is a special calling. As educators, we can, and should, apply all of our knowledge and skills to positively affect students' lives for the rest of their lives. A good teacher, at every turn, continually endeavors to augment his/her pedagogy; yielding students knowledge, well-roundedness, a positive personal image, happiness, quality of life, and good citizenship. A good teacher's day never ends. Once a teacher, always a teacher.

...tutoring for about six years, working with students ranging from elementary school to college in various STEM subjects. I also worked as a physics TA while I was in undergrad. My passion for tutoring stems from the unique tutor-student relationships that develop as we work together towards personalized goals - every student is different, and I have as much to learn from them as they do from me. As a tutor, my responsibility is to...

...turn that knowledge into useable information. As a tutor, my role is to use my aptitude and experience as a problem solver and communicator to help my students to acquire new skills and reach their learning goals. My teaching philosophy is based on experiential learning, which simply put means that my students learn by doing. Whenever possible instead of solving a single problem, I will give my student skills or frameworks to solve many problems....

...is also something I offer. I have always enjoyed working with young people from middle school through college. For four years I coached college students in a pilot program helping them develop mental wellbeing habits, like mindfulness, and other issues like time management, goal-setting and more. I believe in working with the whole person. School, life and work are intertwined. If there's difficulty in one area there are probably difficulties in others, so I offer...

...and have many years of experience teaching and tutoring high school students, home-schooled students, college students and adults in writing, mathematics, the sciences and test preparation. My academic background is varied--I've studied writing (technical, professional and creative), civil engineering and biochemistry extensively at the undergraduate level, and education and mathematics at the graduate level. In my own classroom, I incorporate a variety of methods and tools to help all of my students reach their potential,...

...can have real-world applicability, so in the classroom I often use a lot of analogies and stories in order to make the information relevant. I also specialize in connecting with all people--regardless of age--on their level, which makes teaching and tutoring a lot of fun for both of us. I am CELTA certified, and have learned the appropriate pedagogical techniques to work one-on-one with people. I applied those skills in France, where I tutored three...

I'm a chemical engineering student at UMass Lowell entering my senior year. I've been inducted into the chemical engineer honor society Omega Chi Epsilon this past semester, and have been serving as its secretary since. I hope to use this tutoring opportunity to practice for the required tutoring service when I return to school.

...and continuing through my MD/PhD training, I have tutored students in PSAT and SAT I preparation and for the Advanced Placement (AP) Biology, US History, US Government and Politics, AP European History, and AP English Literature and Composition. During this time, I also have tutored students in ESL, and (non-AP level) high-school level biology, English literature, US history, and European history. As an MD/PhD student, I have also tutored undergraduate students in college-level biology and...

...will work harder if they realize why they are in the class. It is the teachers responsibility to remind them. For instance, what is the greater goal? What do they hope to achieve? How can we make the present moments count towards a larger vision? The test is just a piece of paper unless they realize it means a lot more in terms of setting the standard for discipline, creativity, measuring their progress, and work...

...a current graduate student enrolled in the Linguistics program at Boston University. I am a life-long lover and learner of language and hope to share my passion for the languages I have devoted much of my time and career to, Spanish and Japanese. I aim to help my students succeed in their language learning goals and achieve fluency and competence in all aspects of language learning. When not studying, I love to read, cook and...

My name is Saintel Metelus, I am fluent in four languages : Haitian Creole, French, Spanish and English. I have a bachelor degree in languages from University of Massachusetts Lowell and a master degree in Education from Boston College.

...the sciences; there is so much to discover and there is no limit to what you can learn. I can say that some great teachers and professors have shaped my interest in science and would love to help other students see this joy in learning. I know science and math can be really tough, and many times I have wanted to give up, but I pushed through, and I want to give other students the...

...am a rising senior at the University of Maryland and am studying biology. I have spent time tutoring second graders in English and math and have also worked with children as a camp counselor for the past 5 summers. I am able to tutor for many subjects but I am strongest in math for elementary and middle school and biology. I really enjoy working with children and hope to work with them in my future...

...of subjects, my passion is teaching writing. Working alongside Ireland's great poets and playwrights has taught me that good writing should spark the imagination as well as stand up to careful criticism. I love and understand the shape of the English language, from the components of a well-constructed sentence, to the structure of a paragraph, to the discursive crescendo of a well-written essay, and I convey these concepts to my students with passion and humor....

...in the classroom. If they do not see the point of the subject matter then they will not be interested in it. Lastly, I believe that high energy levels and a positive attitude from the teacher are key elements to a successful learning environment. To be a good role model for students goes beyond being successful, kind and caring. Teachers must also have a positive attitude in order to show their students that learning can...

...well. Most of my teaching experience has been with young adults in both domestic and international locations, but I have also worked with children learning English. I look forward to opportunities to spend some additional time with younger learners as they do not have as much interference from their first languages, and their youth allows them to absorb new words and linguistic structures more easily. In addition to many years teaching, I have also had...

I'm a graduate student in the Applied Linguistics program at Boston University. I'm also a certified TESOL/TEFL teacher. I have extensive experience working with students of diverse backgrounds and improving their academic output by helping them get better grades on their assignments and exams. I'm passionate about helping and supporting others in achieving their academic and professional goals.

...I learn just as much from my students as they do from me. I strive to tailor each session to student's needs and learning styles, I also find it useful to make the connection between classroom and real-world applications. In my free time, I enjoy playing video games (The Sims is how I knew I wanted to become an architect!), watching movies, listening to music, exploring museums, and catching hockey games whenever I can!