Award-Winning Writing Tutors in Waltham, MA

I have Bachelor of Arts degrees in Government and Religion from Bowdoin College. I have a Juris Doctor, with honors, from Georgetown University Law Center. During law school, I was an editor on law journal ("law review"), where I edited and guided the writing of 4 other students. After law school, I had a brief stint in a big law firm before I left to...

...I achieved my Bachelor's degree in Writing and Rhetoric, graduating Summa Cum Laude. Writing has always been a passion of mine, and although it is not for everyone, I believe that passion is contagious. I first began tutoring in my college's Writing Center during my senior year, helping students of all ages improve all different aspects of their writing. As I loved tutoring others so much, I began to tutor professionally, working with students from...

...Classics with a focus on Roman History and a minor in Environmental Studies. Since graduation, I have worked as a teacher in Lawrence MA, where I help design curriculum for social studies and science and teach reading, math, social studies, and science to kindergarten through first grade students. I have also tutored adults working towards their GED, led ESL conversation classes, and worked with high school age students. I have experience tutoring a broad range...

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...environment. I realize learning new information takes hard work and is often very challenging, but my experience as a Biomedical Science Masters student at The Commonwealth Medical College and a biology major at Wake Forest University has taught me that the best way to learn is to place yourself in a fun environment. As a tutor, I share this outlook on learning with my students by creating an engaging and gratifying environment conducive to the...

...current student, I understand how some subjects can be extremely overwhelming. I believe that one way to strengthen one’s understanding of a topic is to take a step backward and reinforce the knowledge of prior topics. My goal is to help students understand the basics before moving onto more complicated topics. In addition, I would like to help students foster an appreciation for education and to understand why they are learning these subjects. In my...

...the classroom for two years, working directly with students, as did my time serving in the Peace Corps. As a teacher, I believe in listening first. In order to find where the bottleneck is, a teacher has to hear his/her student. From there, I identify the students learning style. I'm a visual learner, so I always have a lot of graphic organizers and templates ready to go. Breaking something down, from essay writing to foreign...

...I have traveled the world, along with hiking, skiing, biking, yoga and consider myself highly multicultural. As far as my approach to teaching and tutoring, I strongly believe in blending patience with encouragement. I try to instill in students a certain kind of fearlessness: not being afraid of getting stuck, or worse, getting panicked when finding yourself stuck. Being stuck, and then getting unstuck, is how you get to the next level in your performance....

I have more than ten years of experience in education as a published writer, a tutor, a high school teacher, and a literacy coach. My passion is education and I promise that passion will come through in each tutoring session until the client exceeds the goals they set for themselves. I will individualize the instruction and scaffold skills with modern materials and instruction methods, learned in graduate school, to grant maximum success. ... Depending on the student's goal(s), I would ask to see a sample of work to ensure tutoring is starting at the appropriate level. We would discuss the student's goal, and then get straight to work on taking steps to achieve that goal.

...Beach, VA. As an Algebra I instructor, I provided supplementary Algebra I instruction and support for students struggling to understand algebraic concepts during school study block hours. I also collaborated with the high school’s Algebra teachers to ensure that students were provided the correct instructional and material support. Prior to moving to Virginia, I worked in program coordination for a California after school program and also substituted in the classroom, providing tutoring services for students...