Award-Winning Writing Tutors in Washington DC

...student not only means to succeed in school but to become a lover of knowledge. This philosophy has guided me since I started tutoring freshman year in college. My strengths lie in reading, writing, and all things humanities. I have a genuine love for tutoring and the subjects I teach, and I aim to create an open, informative, and effective atmosphere with my students, one that can shape them into philosophers or true lovers of...

...anthropology, and in AP courses and tests relating to social studies. I earned a 5 on the AP exams in American Government, European History, Human Geography, US History, and World History, and I have insights on essay-writing techniques for these exams and their associated classes. Furthermore, while I have never tutored it, I have been certified as having Advanced Low proficiency in Hindi on the OPI scale, and I would be happy to tutor beginning...

...ideas, particularly those regarding the world around us. I am a firm believer that a better understanding of the natural world will be a vital part of the future of that world. I also believe that no one is ever done learning, and I truly enjoy helping others to continue expanding their knowledge. I tutor AP Biology, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, and Evolutionary Biology, as well as SAT Critical Reading and SAT Verbal. I am...

...SAT prep in a classroom setting, willed a friend in high school to pass his AP Physics exam by studying with him every day before practice, stayed up many a night in college meticulously editing essays for friends, and been a Big Brother (the program, that is). My philosophy around tutoring simply revolves around developing a vested interest in students' successes. I have some knowledge to share, whether it be in SAT/ACT test prep, math,...

...my Master of Arts in Teaching with a specialty in Secondary English from American University. I taught middle school reading for three years. I taught a number of students with unique needs such as English Language Learners, students with learning disabilities, and students needing remediation. My favorite part of teaching is getting to know my students as learners and tailoring my instruction to meet their needs. In my free time, I like to read novels...

...am working with. I have the ability to teach and tutor students who are visual learners by using charts, tables, and tools for memorization and applied learning, in addition, to those who are, as I like to call them, "listening learners" where I use verbal communication and the art of conversation in ways that the student will remember and relate the material to their current lives. I have experience teaching and working with students at...

...on Phonics, Phonemic Awareness, and Reading Comprehension. I would work with small groups and teach them how to read letters and blend words together in order to read. In the Math program, my focus was teaching basic skills such as adding and subtracting one and two digit numbers and multiplication. During my early years of teaching, I have worked with ESL teachers on teaching English and writing skills to students that had Individual Educational Plans...

...to Writing to Music to German. When I left Germany and came to the United States for college, I became certified to tutor Calculus I and the German language at Johns Hopkins University through their student-to-student tutoring service, "The Learning Den." Tutoring has been such a joy of mine because of the students I've been able to work with. Working together to get through a tough concept or problem is made totally worthwhile when the...

...being accepted to a PhD program in my home state of Oklahoma, I decided to move to my favorite place--Washington DC! In addition to my years in school, I also taught Composition I and II my last year of my MA program, and tutored both in my MA program and for the Athletic Enhancement Center for my BA program! I've dealt with students across ages and levels of intellect, and I CANNOT WAIT to meet...

...U.T. Austin. Since that time, I have carried out a number of jobs in the Washington, DC region involving Spanish translation, interpretation, writing, and research. Since 2005, I have worked as a Spanish teacher in DC Public Schools, as well as several public charter schools. I also taught social science courses, such as government, history and geography, in addition to English as a Second Language (ESL). Throughout my time as a graduate student, as well...