Award-Winning Writing Tutors serving Avondale, AZ

...and Literacy. While teaching reading and writing is my passion, I have experience in tutoring Spanish and History as well. I also enjoy reading and editing student essays. I read and edited every essay my daughter wrote while she was in high school. If I weren't an educator, I would be a book editor!

...Northwestern University with a degree in History and Economics as well. I enjoy teaching high school math, and all levels of standardized test prep: SAT, ACT, PSAT, AIMS, LSAT and GRE. I have taught Algebra at the high school and community college level. I have also tutored students for the ACT, SAT, and GRE tests,...

...takes to get the job done the right way. As your tutor, I will do whatever it takes to make sure you really retain the information as well as find processing methods to help you completely understand what we learn. I am a passionate, experienced manager in my full time day to day.

As a college graduate, I look forward to enhance the learning experience of students through tutoring. Academic success and excellence are goals that should be supported, and together we can achieve them, one step at a time.

...I have a decade of experience working higher education at UMD and Stanford University. At UMD I worked in the Veterinary Medicine department as a grant manager, and at Stanford I worked in the Radiology Department at the School of Medicine as an academic program manager. Creatively, I am a freelance writer and author, with...

...foundational approach to tutoring by focusing on the individual building blocks of a topic; I identify which of those building blocks a student is comfortable with and which we should work on together. Once those building blocks are established, we can more easily transition into the next levels of the topic. Most importantly, I work...

...classroom. Also, other than teaching world history and yearbook currently, I am an avid musician spending much of my time writing and performing my own songs. I am absolutely addicted to record collecting and accumulating what my girlfriend deems to be "useless guitar pedal junk". I believe that I am a passionate person in all...

...Europe, Southeast Asia and Central America. I spent four months as a nanny for a family in Italy, teaching English to their four children. I also spent six weeks in Guatemala, volunteering to help educate students with special needs. These experiences truly helped to make me a more well rounded and cultured individual who can...

...in Elementary Bilingual Education major at Arizona State University. Since a small age, I have been passionate about teaching, children and inspiring children to pursue their passions and fight to improve the education system. I am also a part of the Next Generation Service Corps and am I working to get certified in Cross-Sector Leadership....

...Each time we relearn material it is easier and is more likely to be permanent. Vygotsy's theory of the "zone of proximal development" or ZPD states that a person will learn best within the range of their current development. If it's boring, it is to low. If it is confusing, it is to high. Adjusting...

...with a love of learning and teaching! I have three years of teaching experience (grades 1-5) at a technology school. I understand that each individual student learns differently and I have ample experience finding resources and instructional methods to match the needs of each learner. I hold all students to the highest expectations and believe...

I'm Annelisa, originally from Phoenix, Arizona. I recently graduated from Yale University, where I studied art and its interactions with political journalism and science. I'm happy to tutor on a wide range of subjects, especially writing, college application, and the SAT!... How a student learns is a very personal process - what's best is to creatively adapt to what works well, as per the philosophy of educational pioneers like Maria Montessori.

...scientific process to be exhilarating! My goal as a tutor is to not only help students understand the material on a conceptual basis but to also help them develop strategies for learning and studying that best fit their unique ways of thinking. As a neurodivergent individual, I am passionate about accepting and accommodating all forms...

...my confidence and made learning fun. This changed my life and inspired me to learn. From then on I was always willing to work hard to learn. Learning can unlock the world around you and open up exciting opportunities in life. Working with computers was always easy since I worked hard in math. Math is...

...three years as an SI leader helped me grow my leadership and tutoring skills, as well as my love of teaching. SI leaders use the challenges posed by high-risk/high-failure courses to guide undergraduates to discover, not just "what to learn," but also "how to learn." Knowing how to learn and how to obtain information is...

...Venezuela, Costa Rica, Panama, and India and traveled to many other countries as well. I studied Spanish throughout High School and Hindi while I lived in India. I love to learn and teach about other cultures and also English as a Second Language. I believe that when I am passionate about what I am teaching,...

...up to two or more grade levels in just one year! In my 20 plus years in education, I have learned teaching is not just about math or reading but about creating a love of learning. My enthusiasm for learning is contagious! I love seeing the "light-bulb" come on when my students learn something new....

...This is never the case. There are many ways of approaching new knowledge and new skills, and students can very quickly begin to see how their own learning process works. One of the things I enjoy doing with my students is helping them to gain insight into how they learn, so that not only will...

I do not merely want to know, but I also want to understand how things work. And, in everything I engage in, I pursue understanding and wisdom, the tools that keep me lastingly equipped for success.

...students understand the material through guided practice. I have been tutoring with Varsity Tutors for over three years now, and I previously served as the course tutor for several of Pepperdine's upper-division economics courses. In my spare time, I love to watch movies and tv shows, exercise, and spend time with my dogs.