Award-Winning Writing Tutors serving Dayton, OH

...education for my entire professional career. I started by teaching for 5 years in public school at the elementary level. After that I was involved in Early Childhood Education for 3 years before leaving the field to stay home with my own children. My favorite thing about teaching is seeing the progress that students make from my instruction. I truly enjoy building relationships with my students to help them succeed in all aspects of their...

...graduate school to complete a PhD in organic synthesis. As a testament to my success in college and in chemistry, I won the Excellence in Chemistry award for being among the top five chemistry students at the university. I also love music and math. I have had numerous opportunities to tutor physics and chemistry while in college. I aspire to invoke as much participation as possible any time I am teaching and encourage questions...

I am currently a student at Washington University in St. Louis. I'm pursuing a degree in anthropology with a minor in french on a pre-health track. I have 5 years of teaching experience of students ranging in age from kindergarten to high school. I tutor a variety of subjects, but I prefer tutoring English, French, and math.

...as they navigate their personal learning choices. Every learner is unique, with personal strengths, weaknesses, goals, and accomplishments -- and teachers must be able to apply personalized strategies for each case. Having taught in public and charter schools for over 16 years, I have worked with a broad variety of students, and I am immensely proud of the growth I witness year after year. My teaching style incorporates brain science to learning, tapping into your...

...finished this year on the A/B honor roll. I was assigned another student part way through the school year, and from his mid-year standardized I Ready assessment to his end of the year test, he raised his reading score by 69 points and he went up 45 points in math. I like to maintain close and frequent communication with the parent(s) or guardian. I typically include very detailed notes in my invoice explaining what was...

...and several contemporary literature and genre courses including horror and children's literature. I also spent two years as the interim faculty co-director of the Ohio Writing Project for the Master of Arts in Teaching, where I taught the four course sequence of classroom research and writing and acted as the research director for all MAT projects. In my fourteen years of teaching experience, I have worked in middle and high schools, a community college, a...

...years tutoring kids. It was the high light of my time in college and I can't wait to continue to spread my knowledge. As a medical student, I love biology and physiology. I love sharing my passion with others. I also enjoy being organized and helping people stay better organized and develop great study skills. I believe that knowledge is meant to be shared and I love being a part of that transfer of knowledge.

...1998 - Freshman English, Creative Writing and Topics in Lit. From 1998 - 2002 I raised a family and did free lance writing and editing work. In 2003 I returned to teaching and have been teaching 8th grade LA and Social Studies, Creative Writing and Music at the El-Sewedy International Academy of Cincinnati. I am still currently teaching there. I have worked with students as young as 10 and as old as 40. I have...

...I'm here to help you not only learn your material, but gain new learning skills that will carry forward to your next class and get you many more light bulb moments. Let's learn together! I have a Bachelor's degree in Psychology with a concentration in Neuroscience. I have studied Parkinson's Disease and the biochemistry of motivation. I also have a background in Toxicology and Public Health. I am fluent in Spanish, and have taught English...

...them better -- that's why I became an English teacher! I'm cheerful and enthusiastic and try to make learning entertaining. I have a B.S. in 7-12 grade Education with an English Language Arts concentration, and an M.A. English with a Teaching Concentration. I have 6 years of experience as a classroom teacher in grades 7-12, 3 years experience as a teacher or tutor at the college level, and 1 year experience as an ACT/SAT test...

...him one day. At 15 it became more clear that the teaching profession would become an integral part of my future. I was a gymnast and inevitably I would gravitate over to one of my teammates who was struggling with a new trick. I would spend my practice time teaching my teammate how to get that new trick and it occurred time and time again. I actually got as excited as my teammate was when...

...grasp of grammar and syntax. I am skilled in GRE Analytical writing and graduate test prep, and have experience tutoring High school and middle school English. I earned a Master of Science degree (University of Wisconsin), a Bachelor of Science (Jomo Kenyatta University), and an associate degree (Community college of the Air Force)in technical disciplines of Engineering and Health, Nutrition, and Biotechnology respectively. Am also active duty military and have tested for CLEP, ASVAB, and...

...years. I have taught preschool and kindergarten for both general and special education. I have worked with all grade levels of students in special education. I enjoy teaching all subjects, but I especially enjoy teaching English and grammar. Teaching children to read is a magical experience! I think that learning should be fun and engaging. I look forward to working with you on all of your tutoring needs in the near future.

...Phelps and I am currently in my Junior year studying English at Swarthmore College. I have been tutoring for nearly two years, and specialize in helping students improve their language skills, whether for writing essays or boosting standardized test scores. Writing is a crucial skill that reaches far beyond the English classroom, and watching students gain confidence and agility in their reading and writing is easily the most rewarding part of my job.

...years teaching 9th Gr. English in Brooklyn. Then off we went to spend 8 years in Europe, mainly in Southern Spain. There I taught all subjects for an American/Spanish family while we raised a garden of amazing food and practiced Yoga. Finally, back in my hometown in Massachusetts I taught 9th Grade English again and took Graduate Education courses at Assumption College. Responding to a rare offer, our whole family taught English as a 2nd...

...Education and English. I taught at a Christian Hybrid School in Ohio for three years, in the subject areas of 5-6 grade Language Arts, cooking, home-ec, and American Sign Language. I recently had a baby and have not returned to teaching, but I look forward to using the teaching skills I have acquired for tutoring. Getting one-on-one time with students and seeing individual students grow and develop was my favorite part of teaching. I look...

...getting closer to several students and soon realized teaching was an interest I wanted to pursue further. During my summers, I had worked as a tutor in Math and Reading at the Kumon Center, where I assisted struggling elementary to middle school students in these subjects. I am a firm proponent of education, believing it is absolutely necessary for an improved quality of life and most importantly, want to share my love for learning with...

...ages over the past 40 years to facilitate their growth academically and achieve their personal goals. I create an environment for learning that is free from guilt or judgment - I believe that academic struggles of the past are not necessarily indicators of an inability to learn - rather they show us methods that did not bring the results that were desired. Everyone has the ability to learn, anything, given the right motivation, methods, and...

...I have an extensive background in etymology and Latin and can help students learn to decipher unfamiliar words. With regards to writing, I am equally comfortable emphasizing essay composition techniques to enable excellence in timed-writing scenarios, or guiding students to develop their own unique voice as a writer. The subjects that I enjoy digging into the most are english and history. I firmly believe in the interconnectedness of everything, and find that in understanding the...

...didn't work for me and why, offer suggestions, and help them determine where they utilize those suggestions, rather than making them figure it out on their own. I also make sure to tell them what did work for me, that way they are able to continue including those aspects of their writing in the future. Outside writing/editing for the website, I enjoy reading and writing on my own time. I hope to bring my same...