Award-Winning Writing Tutors serving Minneapolis, MN

...given the right support! Having the right tools and equipment is essential for doing any job. You wouldn't build a house without blueprints, you wouldn't run track without good shoes, yet we as teachers frequently send students home in these untenable situations. We ask students to complete a project without a full understanding of the process or a clear plan of execution. As a tutor with decades of classroom teaching experience I can help students...

...GED classroom assistant at Hubbs Center for Lifelong Learning, I helped adult learners study for the RLA (reasoning through language arts) portion of the exam. I have taken numerous advanced Spanish classes in high school and college and have studied abroad in Guanajuato, Mexico last year for a semester. There, I lived with a Mexican family and took all of my classes exclusively in Spanish. I believe that learning one-on-one is a great way to...

I enjoy teaching math because to the student who doesn't understand, it is a riddle with no answer. By teaching them how to recognize the type of problem and how to decode the clues, the student gets to be on the other side of the riddle, the side on which they solve it and feel good about it.

...different levels style involves being aware of the piece's intended audience, understanding voice, and generally making smart choices that make a piece of writing best serve its intended purpose. While writing is a skill that is required across all academic fields (and in life outside of school), my degree is in literature, and I can definitely help students with that as well. My focus has been on more contemporary American literature, but I've read widely,...

I'm a St. Paul editor with experience with both teaching and standardized testing.

...artist based in MN. I earned a BA in Cinema and Media Studies from Carleton College in 2016. In addition, I completed my IB diploma in 2012 from the International School of Geneva, Switzerland. I am passionate about teaching. As an artist, I am always seeking creative solutions to problems. This is part of why I am drawn to teaching. The act of teaching/tutoring requires creativity and awareness. As a tutor, I think it's important...

Hello! my name is Khuaten Maaneb de Macedo. I grew up in Madison Wisconsin (yes I do love cheese!) and have been living in Minneapolis for the past 2 years. I graduated from Carleton College in 2016 with a BA in biology.

A good tutor is someone who understands your learning needs and desires, and adapts their teaching style to meet those needs. Learning should be an interactive process, with the tutor and the one being tutored offering equal conversation and interacting in meaningful ways together. The best tutors are able to balance the need for specific content mastery and the desire to instill a love for learning as a general concept.

...background affords her a B.S. Manufacturing Engineering from UW-Stout and a B.S. in Applied Math from MetroState and a M.S. in Education (emphasis Math) from SMSU. Career wise, she has always taken a special interest in education, and her day job is working at a local technical college as an instructor in math and science courses. Her experience with younger students extends to being a Lego League Coach for a team of elementary school students...

...lover of learning. I like working with people and would love to work with you and/or your student to help you achieve your educational goals. I worked in an alternative high school for the past 2 years so I have experience working with 15-21 year olds. Before that, I served as a Peace Corps Vounteer in El Salvador and worked with my local community's school to teach English and tutor in Spanish. There, I worked...

I am a PhD student in English at the University of Minnesota. I am currently working on my dissertation, which focuses on the experiences of 17th- and 18th-century British women in the theatre. I have taught many classes including Introduction to Literature, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Shakespeare, and Freshman writing. I love to help students get a sense of why something matters to them, and how to navigate the difficulties of an assignment or project.

...Lawrence University, where I received my Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Psychology. I discovered my love for tutoring at Lawrence's Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). While there, I enjoyed working with my peers to succeed with their projects and tests, but also volunteered to read with elementary school students. We always managed to have fun while reading! I have babysat since the age of 14, had 2 positions camp counseling, and volunteered in...

I'm an English Literature Major and Creative Writing Minor. My strengths are essay writing, college-level reading and writing, GRE verbal/analytical writing prep, and conversational Spanish. I believe that tutoring should be collaborative and that the tutor and client need to work together for the client's success. I also believe that all tutoring should build upon previous knowledge. I look forward to working with you!

...over 4 years of experience teaching and tutoring students from ages 5 to 65. My areas of expertise include elementary school reading and math, K-12 science, ACT, SAT, and IB test prep, and MCAT prep, especially reading and biology sections. After graduating from the University of Minnesota in 2009 with a B.A. in Theatre and minor in Public Health, I taught English to K-6 students in Seoul, South Korea for two years. I served for...

As a tutor, I strive to put scaffolding in place so that students can succeed on their own. That means my approach adapts to a student's individual strengths, interests, and goals. I have a deep respect for the process of learning. In my experiences as a learner and a teacher, I have seen how small strategies make a big difference, and I am excited to work with you to achieve something big, piece by piece.

Having tutored for over two years, I take pride in my ability to meet students where they are in their understanding and present material in ways that are tailored to each student. I'm an extremely patient and determined tutor and my number one objective is the success of the student. I specialize in organic chemistry and calculus and look forward to meeting you!

...Charlie Stanton. For the last two years, I taught kindergarten and first grade on the South Side of Chicago. I served as a Teach for America Corps Member. I earned a master's of teaching at Dominican University in Illinois and graduated with a B.A in Geography and Urban Studies from Macalester College. I currently am taking a break as a classroom teacher and am working on a political campaign in Minneapolis. In my free time,...

...educator and professional with extensive experience in higher education and accounting. I hold a PhD in Education from the University of Rochester and am currently pursuing a Master of Accountancy at the University of Minnesota, where I maintain a perfect GPA. I am preparing for the CPA exam and have significant experience in both academic and practical settings. My teaching philosophy emphasizes clarity, engagement, and practical application, ensuring students not only understand but also can...

...with students and to facilitate their learning and school engagement. I have graduated recently enough to remember what school and class are like. It's an exciting time in life, but it can bring challenges too, at any level of education. That's why I'm here to collaborate with any students who can benefit from my tutoring. I hope to show clarity, professionalism, and respect in helping students master their work and continue to feel eager about...

...skills build on themselves year after year, small learning gaps from past years can snowball and leave students confused. My challenge is often to figure out where exactly those learning gaps are fill them in. For higher-level math, it can sometimes be a matter of explaining things different ways until one of them sticks. The abstractness and hierarchical nature of math is a challenge for tutor and student alike, but it is also one of...