Award-Winning Writing Tutors serving Rensselaer County, NY

I have over thirty years combined experience as an elementary classroom teacher and as a reading teacher. I have always maintained a love of teaching and a strong dedication to my students, families and profession. I have a thorough understanding of reading assessments, interventions, and educational materials to focus on student learning needs and styles.

...Ignacio Estrada and made them a personal slogan of sorts "If a child can't learn the way we teach. maybe we should teach the way they learn" This is my personal mission as an educator, to always find the best way to reach students and ensure that they become life long learners.... My teaching philosophy centers on students doing as opposed to just listening. I utilize various different methods of presentation so that students can get...

...what they are learning is important. Once you know why you learn something you are much more inclined to focus and challenge yourself with it. I believe education is vital in the world today but more importantly having a desire and wanting to learn is significantly more important. I make it my goal to encourage...

...SUNY Albany, offering outstanding tutoring services. I am passionate about getting students confident in their writing abilities. I have experience as an undergraduate writing tutor, helping students in all disciplines proofread, research, and improve their writing skills. I specialize in English subjects like literary studies, American literature, British literature, critical theory, and creative writing. I...

...when we open our ears and eyes to learning, we allow ourselves to respect others and listen to new ideas. This, in turn, brings respect and admiration to us. By becoming a lifelong learner with an ambition for learning, we cannot become stagnate in knowing that we are always striving for more knowledge. Being stagnate...

...to the student through reading a variety of different texts. I am cheerful, enthusiastic and committed. I convey this into my teaching by creating positive relationships through communication, trust and respect with students and parents. I thoroughly enjoy teaching and remain totally committed as it gives me fulfillment and a sense I am making a...

...like the challenge of having to think on my feet to explain a concept in a way that an individual student can understand. The big reward is seeing that "Aha" moment when a student gains an understanding of a concept that had eluded them. I have a B.A. with honors from Rice University, with a...

...to me that each student makes academic goals and that I help achieve those goals so that every student feels successful and well equipped to handle material on their own. I think that it is crucial that students also learn what resources they have available to them when a tutor or teacher is not available,...

...I have about a year and a half of teaching experience. I did a two full semesters of student teaching (adding up to one year) and I have worked for a year at an elementary school being a permanent substitute. Thus, I have experience working with students ranging from kindergarten to 11th grade. My teaching...

...I'm working towards my B.S in Biology. I'm interested in going into medicine. I believe that my personality and past experience would make me a great fit for medical school. I've taken a decent amount of upper level Biology and Chemistry courses in my undergraduate studies. I've worked in the medical field as well as...

...graduate school, majoring in school counseling and specializing in addiction treatment and recovery. Additionally, I am a decorated veteran, having served in the United States Air Force, obtaining a technical certificate in aerospace maintenance and trained to the level of Journeyman Aerospace Maintenance Technician. With a background in psychology, I am confident in tutoring psychology...

...brief, this learning-by-doing mimics lifepreparing students to assess and make decisions based on what type of person they want to be, regardless of the their interests or intellect. Like my best teachers before me, I am continually learning alongside my students, so we enter the wide world together, each with better answers and bigger questions.

...am a Middlebury College graduate and recent Brooklyn transplant. As an English Literature Major I love working with students seeking to improve their skills as analytical or creative writers. Whether it's a close reading, research project, or college application essay, I can help students refine the structure of their and express their ideas in the...

...the italic method of handwriting, which was the method used in the earliest published handwriting textbooks. Ever since then, for the past several decades I have been teaching students of all ages and abilities how to improve their handwriting. Usually, I teach individually and in small groups; I have also taught large groups. (My largest...

...Albany, NY teaching approximately 130 students each year and had a 100% passing rate on the Biology Regents, more than half of those students scored in the "Mastery Level" with over an 85%. Most of those students were in remedial math and ELA coursework and performing below grade level, this was unprecedented success for the...

...engineering courses. In addition to tutoring, I am always more than happy to give no nonsense advice to any student interested in going to engineering school. I look forward to getting to know you and passing on my experience and knowledge to help you accomplish whatever it is you wish to achieve.

...and Interlochen Alumnus. I'm here to make learning simple, engaging, and sometimes (shocking I know) even fun! In all seriousness I think that learning should always be fun, and I'm here to get you there. I am here help out with essays, applications, self presentation, and visual art/drawing. I have a deep love of language,...

...and Geometry. I also support students in English and Living Environment/Biology. I'm a firm believer that there's no one-size-fits-all approach to learning. I'm patient, encouraging, and always willing to explore problems from multiple perspectives because every student thinks differently. My goal is to build confidence, not just comprehension, by creating a safe space where students...

...University of Maryland-College Park in 2011. I believe that education is freedom. Education allows those that were once silent to be heard. I am a great educator because I have had successful teaching experiences in the Prince George’s County Public Schools system. I am highly qualified to teach all Pre-K. through Grade 6 subjects. Evidence...

...of what to expect: certain instruments might be playing at a certain tempo, while the general format of the examinations almost never changes. Even so, there's always something new at hand: notes can be combined into chords played in different orders, and the numbers of a math problem might be altered. Listening to music and...