Award-Winning Writing Tutors serving Duval County, FL

I have been an educator for the past 20 years for students in general education and special education classrooms. I am a dedicated teacher and I want to support students in meeting their educational goals. I look forward to teaching reading, math and language skills to students through the Varsity Tutors platform!

...a tutor, coach, mentor or just someone who is on your side of success certainly helps. I would love the opportunity to get you to your NEXT LEVEL! Sooooo..teaching wasn't my first career. Actually, being a trainer at a major corporation was. There I discovered I loved being able to share information with people that would help them be more effective on their jobs. I changed careers 15 years ago becoming an elementary teacher and...

...that is important to them and have fun while doing it. I graduated from high school with honors and was able to receive the Gates Millennium scholarship. I received my degree in Psychology from Duke University in 2016. I recently received my admissions letter from Columbia University where I will be studying sociology and education in the fall. I worked really hard to achieve academic excellence and will continue to do so in my next...

I believe that education is a vital part of every child's life. Every child learns differently, and it is my job to find the best way to teach them. I am a lifelong learner who is creative, enthusiastic, and hard-working, which I believe to be vital characteristics to bring to a classroom.

...speak English. It was a challenging and very educational experience. During the course of that semester, I traveled all over Europe and visited many different countries. Several years after graduation, I attended Queens University in Charlotte NC where I graduated with a Master of Arts in Teaching degree and a certification in Kindergarten through 6th grades. I have taught first, third and fourth grades full time, as well as having taught beginning French in elementary...

...tutoring for over 13 years. I graduated from Flagler College with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education, with endorsements in ESOL and Reading (K-12). I am also beginning my Master's Degree in Early Childhood Educational Leadership. I have a huge passion for teaching, and especially for struggling students who need an extra push or additional strategies to be successful. I have experience tutoring both reading and math, and I have also taught both subjects professionally...

...favorite strategy for working with a student on either their writing or their critical reading skills is reading aloud. Since English is primarily a spoken language, I strongly believe that you can improve your understanding of literature and your ability to write by hearing the words on the page, instead of just seeing them. I am most passionate about helping students because I have been so fortunate to have teachers and professors who cared about...

I enjoy working with people and make a difference in others lives, the reason I became a teacher. I have effective-highly effective evaluations with yearly growing data of my students in terms of academic gains. I believe in teaching is a holistic approach through establishing the rapport with my students to be able to help them academically. Understanding my students needs, weaknesses and strengths are priority to the success of my students.

...ELA continued to my adult years. I have been teaching ELA since my first year of teaching. I started out in elementary (4th and 5th) and then gained my middle school certification. I have taught 6th grade ELA and 7th grade ELA. I believe that literacy is the key to success for all academic subjects. Strong foundational skills-specifically vocabulary analysis- will build strong fluency and comprehension. I believe in gaining rapport with students which helps...

My mission is to provide the highest level of effective instruction. Promoting independent life skills to all students by helping them understand and meet their academic and personal responsibilities with integrity and fairness to all.

...from Nova Southeastern University, my Master of Arts in Organizational Management from University of Phoenix, and my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Marymount University. My passion is teaching and helping students and adult learners achieve academic, professional, and personal success through engaged innovative technology, lessons, and discussions. I have over 15 years of experience tutoring, teaching, coaching, and mentoring students and adult learners. My belief and motto is: "Preparing today's students to become tomorrow's...

...private school instructor, as an HRM corporate trainer, as a US Army Commander and command historian, as a performing arts studio owner, as a sports fitness trainer and as a special needs mentor and life coach. I am a parent and know the complexities of family life. My hobbies are many but currently I am grooming young musicians in how to function in jazz and rock bands as well as teaching them to play their...

I am currently a graduate student at the University of Miami enrolled in their Master's of Science (STEM) in Sustainable Business. I'm passionate about teaching, experienced in ESL related subjects, environmental studies, and business subjects. I recently got back to America after having spent two years multi-subject teaching in Madrid, Spain. I obtained BA in Political Science and minor in Environmental Studies at College of Charleston.

...when needed. Sharing my knowledge with students to enhance their desire to learn is the key of my classes. In my experience helping struggling students prepare for Standardized Tests, we always seem to have the most fun (with remarkable advancements) prepping for the Critical Reading and Writing portions of the exams. I am a firm proponent of education and tutoring, believing it to be absolutely necessary for an improved quality of life, and I try...

...June of 2024 from the University of Central Florida. She loves teaching students how to develop strong skills in the areas of written expression and critical thinking. She also is an expert at time management as she navigates her large family, work, school, and other life demands. She does not like teaching by rote memorization and feel like it is more fun to learn through story and interactive lessons. She also loves reading and think...

...knowledge with others in a way that will help them make positive differences in their lives. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Marine Science and a Master's Degree in Education. I taught science (middle schools science, high school biology, anatomy/physiology) for nearly ten years before a desire to change fields steered me into information technology. I still tutor in the areas of science, math, ELA, and offer test prep as well. To me, tutoring is...

...Helping others and employing a Servant Leadership style is an innate trait of mine. I enjoy helping others in all aspects of life. Simply witnessing a student experience an 'aha' moment, or the mere excitement they experience when their grade improves or they pass a major exam simply brings a smile to my face and joy to my heart. Over the last decade I have been working in the Earth Science field as a Meteorologist/Oceanographer....

...hired to lead application development as well as a team member on corporate mobile software projects. I have also worked as a Security Consultant with an emphasis on mobile and web application penetration testing. My passion is software, which has led me to becoming skilled at platform-independent programming. During college, I worked as both a Research Assistant as well as a lab instructor and tutor of freshman-level Java programming but I frequently helped students of...

...certified Language Arts/English teacher who is passionate about making an impact through education. I have led my students to great gains in the classroom with a combination of hard work, targeting misconceptions, catering learning styles to specific needs, and focusing on improving specific skills (rather than a general concept). I believe that for great teaching to take place, there needs to be a deep knowledge of both the subject and the student. I will work...

...few credits shy of obtaining my degree. I am currently a Credit Analyst at a local office in Jacksonville, Fl but i was previously a Preschool teacher. Teaching/tutoring has always been a passion of mine. It's something very rewarding about seeing the results of an student who just mastered an area they were struggling in. Math has always been my favorite subject so it easily transitioned into what I enjoy teaching the most as well.