Award-Winning Tutors serving Tucson, AZ

...University in Religious Studies, but really came into my own in Tucson, where I earned a MA in History of the United States and a PhD in the History of Latin American. I am currently enrolled in the Teacher Education Program at Pima Community College. I have enjoyed teaching at the college and high school level, in a variety of subjects, including government and politics, and classes in the history of Latin America, the United...

...middle school math teacher, but have experience teaching students from first grade up through eighth grade. I have also taught elementary science first through fourth grade and have been formally teaching for five years. I am passionate about the subjects of math and science. I believe that a student's ability to learn should be the skill that is honed above all others and encourage the use of learning from one's mistakes to improve academically. My...

Eager to teach math classes by making it interesting and relevant.

...It was not long ago that I was an accounting major. Students would be given a few chapters and they would study it and then be tested on it. The next test there would be few more chapters to study, but the students did not understand how these chapters applied to the past chapters. The majority of the second test would cover topics specifically from the new chapters. What ends up happening is the student...

...Professional Writing from St. Catherine University. As part of my role as a grad student, I also work as a Graduate Assistant Teacher. I teach writing composition and American and British literature courses. I have experience teaching students with varying proficiency levels, including some whose first language isn't English. I believe in meeting students where they are at in order to help them develop and refine their writing, editing, and reading comprehension skills. Writing and...

...an artist, too, and love creating visual art), my graduate work focused on School Leadership, with a focus in Principalship. I've worked as an educator in Southern Arizona for many years, including in the border town of Naco, Sonora, Mexico. I love empowering students to understand and tackle Mathematics, and to see the connections between Math, Visual Art, and everyday life. I absolutely love working with kids and young adults, and fostering the passion to...

...graduated from the University of Arizona with bachelor's degrees in molecular and cellular biology and music. I love to learn and enjoy applying the knowledge I've gained to helping others succeed through tutoring. I have two years of experience tutoring biology, ecology, cell biology, genetics, writing, reading, and chemistry at the undergraduate level and some experience tutoring chemistry and biology at the high school level. I look forward to meeting and working with students through...

...Senior (100 to 400 levels) course vitaeAccounting I and II, Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Auditing I and II, Business Ethics, Business Employment Law, and Macroeconomics In 2008, I founded Armstrong Owen, a business consulting firm specializing in "Next Step Solutions," a broad business, human resources, finance and accounting method of best-business practices for my clients. In 2009, I resigned my position as Corporate Controller in Scottsdale with a large financial servicing company to begin a...

...my lessons lighthearted and with three younger siblings I have become very patient, so don't worry about saying you don't understand! During my free time I have a number of activities I enjoy. I grew up camping and fishing with my parents and continue to do so with friends and family and I've even spent a season building and repairing hiking trails. I enjoy music and messing around on my banjo and trying to sing...

I believe that children can achieve anything they put their mind on. I am so excited to have the opportunity to be part of someone's learning experience. It's amazing to see their minds grow and learn while making it a fun learning experience.

...inspired by my own Language Arts and Visual Art teachers at my public middle and high schools. Patience, focus, positivity, and grit are qualities I possess that work hand-in-hand with the teaching career. The past 17 years, I have earned a Masters degree and am a National Board Certified teacher, all while teaching in public schools grades K-12. Much of my experience is in middle school Language Arts, where my personality and subject knowledge come...

...who can find something interesting in everything. This is why I am a teacher and a tutor! Even the process of teaching and learning interests me to no end. I have my BA in journalism from the University of Arizona and my MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College. Writing and reading are my main vocations and past times, though I have had about every kind of job you can think of! My real world...

...I have studied, lived, and worked in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Germany and bring my passion for history, language, and travel to my tutoring and teaching. As an instructor for the History and Spanish & Portuguese Departments at the University of Arizona, and as a freelance English teacher in Germany, I have taught students of all ages, backgrounds, and interests for over a decade. In the history classes I teach, I ask students to...

...undergraduate essay tests and term papers, and worked with some students on an individual basis. I have spent the past couple of decades in sales. During my sales career, I have worked with individuals from all walks of life. Often, I am asked by other salespeople for assistance and advice, and have been asked to train a number of newer sales associates. My approach to teaching and tutoring is to get the student to interact...

...a rising senior at the Rhode Island School of Design where I am pursuing a BFA in illustration studies with a concentration in art history. Previously I attended Pomona College before transferring to pursue my interest in studio art. At Pomona, I worked as a writing mentor for high school and middle school aged students. In addition to art, I am passionate about literature and math and am eager to help students struggling in these...

...Certification, focusing on cloud operations and networking, to beginning or experienced learners. I graduated from the University of Arizona with a BA in Linguistics with Honors in 2012. I then spent 3 years in my graduate studies in Linguistics. Not only have I studied English, but I also have deep knowledge of linguistics and language sciences. I also studied Latin for multiple years and Ancient Greek for one year. I was a writing and public...

...my own experience in education, I appreciate the incredible impact that teachers have on the lives of young people. I know that teachers provide skills and knowledge used by young people throughout life. Therefore, as a teacher, my greatest aim is to be a role model. I want to cultivate open minds, the knowledge and ability to look at the world critically, and students belief in their own capacity to make positive contributions to society.

My goal is to help students develop the skills necessary for success in college while working through the material in question.

...and writing, as well as the SAT. I like to tutor geometry because I understand that while it comes naturally to me but algebra took a while for me to fully grasp, many people are the exact opposite. I greatly enjoy helping people along the road to that understanding in geometry. My love for writing comes from a similar place, though from the opposite side. I was a terrible writer in middle school, but one...

...taught music and reading at the elementary level. I have worked with high school students on college test prep and taught undergraduate Music Theory at the University of Arizona and Yale University. I have tutored Math through high school Algebra privately and am certified to teach middle school math. I enjoy helping students understand challenging material and love that aha moment when a student finally gets something that they have been struggling with. When I'm...