Certified Tutors From Connecticut College

...I have done a six-month intensive French exchange in Switzerland, where no English was spoken. I have also volunteered in France on several organic farms. I love to travel and learn new languages and cultures so I tackled Russian in college. I spent a month in Siberia and a semester in St. Petersburg. My degree...

...all different grade levels. My main goal as a tutor is being approachable and creating a learning environment in which students feel comfortable to develop their skills. My degree in education as well as my liberal arts background give me the tools to approach tutoring from many different angles. I look forward to being your...

...what I am saying and are more comfortable approaching me for help. I've found the teachers that I have learned the most from were theatrical and entertaining and I strive to reach my students in the same way. When I am not teaching or performing laboratory research I enjoy rock climbing, bicycling, gardening and making...

...growing up. I have loved teaching all age groups, from children ages 3-18. While I undoubtedly have a love for the classroom, some of the most rewarding teaching moments have come from tutoring. I believe in creative learning methods balanced with conventional strategies for learning. Sessions are often student-centered, in the sense that the student...

...passionate about education and learning. I graduated from Connecticut College in 2012 with a double major in English and German. My accomplishments in the German major were recognized when I was honored with the German Consulate Book Prize for Excellence in German. While in college, I worked as a writing tutor both at Connecticut College...

...homeland security/emergency management consultant, and instructor. I teach homeland security, emergency management, and public health classes, and design homeland security classes. My favorite subjects to teach are government/political science and homeland security. The first helps me understand our amazing system of government, and the second is about protecting it. My teaching philosophy stems from theories...

...Human Development. Currently, I am a candidate at the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work and expect to receive my masters degree in 2016. While attending Connecticut College, I interned at The Waterford Country School, which is a residential education facility for youth with behavioral and emotional disorders. During that three-semester internship, I...

...use visual, auditory, and sensory methods to help students listen to their own speaking voices and understand the language. I am fluent in French and use techniques such as Cloze stories, Mad Libs, and conversation. My tutoring experience includes my internship at the Alliance Francaise of Greenwich where I helped teach French to young children,...

...in education and architectural studies. I have been tutoring in some capacity since middle school. In college I volunteered every semester as a tutor in the local public schools and I also spent a semester student teaching in a third grade classroom. I really enjoy tutoring students in both english and math. While I always...

...Development. After graduating, I worked as a teacher in the Boston Public School system for two years, before earning a Master of Social Work from Boston College. I am currently a first year law student at Northeastern University School of Law. While teaching I worked with special education students who experienced a number of different...

...from basic comfort to a feeling of being invited, then to a knowledge that they are inspired, as well as an increasing confidence in their own voice as it is elicited in various ways. Subtly they sense the growing realization that they are part of a larger whole???of the human story, of life. I believe...

...Arts degree in Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology. In August, I moved to New York City to begin my Master's Degree in Genetic Counseling at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. While at Connecticut College I served as a peer tutor in the Biological Sciences department in both group and one-on-one settings. In...

...the area of U.S. History, one of my personal favorite subjects. My approach to tutoring tends to revolve around questions; I often begin sessions simply by having the student describe what it is they wish to gain from the time we have and then changing our focus accordingly. Outside of academia my hobbies/interests include reading,...

...me a rather well-rounded candidate to assist with your French education. I have been helping those around me with French for a great many years, and I recently completed my B.A. in Francophone Studies. Additionally, I have just finished earning my DALF-C2 diploma from the French Ministry of Education. I look forward to hearing from...

...my own ideas to those of contemporary scholars. A number of years ago I stumbled into my passion and then took advantage of the tools that various teachers gave me to write my own scholarship. I am excited to help students today have the tools to work on their own projects.... In my freshman year of college, I was struggling with a line of poetry by the Latin author Ovid. Turning to the back of the...

...and I am currently working towards a Master of Arts in Teaching to be a high school social studies teacher. I tutored peers in college in subjects like US History and political science, and I have worked with basic reading and math skills with New American elementary students in Vermont. During my junior year of...

...get the support they need. This means that every single person has the capability to be successful. I do not believe that anybody is "bad at math", some people simply learn in different ways or have not been given the chance to fully engage the subject to understand completely. I believe in teaching holistically, teaching...

Dan spent years building analytics systems for Investment Banks before starting his own technology company. He love all aspects of technology subjects and is an avid rugby player . He lives in New York with his wife and his black lab named Bear.

...prolonged stay in France in 1981. I was placed with a modest family in the Southwestern part of the country, where I learned quickly that there was another way to live other than my affluent background. I was introduced to simple folk who were patient with my broken French and who voted for socialist Mitterrand....

...teaching and tutoring students all over the world and I thoroughly enjoy helping students achieve their academic goals. I have been teaching since 2010 when I joined the Peace Corps and served as an English teacher in a primary and secondary school Ukraine. I also have experience teaching college levels students and worked as a...