Certified Tutors From Kenyon College

...Shakespeare play might seem daunting (or impossible) right now, but it is absolutely possible to feel calm and capable when you approach an assignment for your English class. I have a toolbox of strategies to help middle school, high school, and college writers. Together, we'll find what works best for you, and I'll never stop...

...history, art, and literature to the international spotlight. I am also interested in Religious Studies because I believe our approach to religious and/or spiritual thoughts informs our conception of life and our place in it. Inspired by these interests, I compose light, colors, and words to capture the truths and meanings I see in the...

...experience at the college level. I've taught at Penn, University of the Sciences, and Methodist University in various social sciences, including anthropology, sociology, statistics, public health, and psychology. As a teacher, I'm guided by the idea that what I'm doing with students should be useful to them long-term. Making topics interesting, relevant, and accessible is...

...students. I started as an upper elementary teacher for the first 12 years of my time in the classroom. Then, I began working with older students in middle school and high school as well. At the same time, I was the head coach of a year round, competitive swim team and I worked with swimmers...

...teaching, whether it was staff or clients. A diagnosis of ADHD for our son convinced me that teaching was where I was meant to be so that I could help him. I was accepted into an accelerated teaching program in New York City, earning my Masters in Special Education at CUNY-Hunter College, and taught in...

...help students communicate their ideas. In my experience preparing for standardized testing, I have been able to best support students by encouraging their strategic thinking and creatively applying their strengths to the challenges they are struggling with. I am most familiar with the SAT reading/writing section and the AP Literature or Language test, but I...

...physics. I also spent two years teaching painting and drawing at the Community College of Philadelphia. I love teaching some of the less intuitive subjects in physics such as special relativity and quantum mechanics, but have most experience teaching newtonian high school concepts. I am a visual learner and tend to teach visually using diagrams,...

...and Literatures (Chinese) and a minor in Women's and Gender Studies. Since graduation, I spent a year teaching English abroad in Taiwan. Through my Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certification I was able to hone my language teaching skills as well as my Chinese language skills. I have experience teaching a range of...

...am happiest when I am able to teach writing, whether when I'm working at the Writing Center as a writing tutor or volunteering at Hola! Tutoring with the local Hispanic/Latino community. While I have tutored a variety of subjects and worked with students from preschool-aged to adult, I work best when tutoring high schoolers in...

...Irish history and memory studies. I began tutoring while getting my BA at Kenyon College, where I worked with middle and high school students of the surrounding community. I went on to tutor in Rhode Island, Germany, Philadelphia, and Boston. I have worked with individual students as well as small groups and I also have...