I graduated with my Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from Rice University and I am currently a first-year medical student at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis. I am very passionate about learning and love discovering new facts/ information. This also extends to watching students grow and become experts at subjects they initially struggled with.
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I am a kindergarten teacher with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. I have taught lower elementary for 6 years. Teaching is my passion. I believe that all children can learn, no matter their background or challenges. My favorite part of teaching is when a student has finally understood the content, and I can see the excitement in his/her face!... I believe that all students can learn, no matter their backgrounds or challenges. I approach teaching with an...
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...volunteered in an afterschool enrichment program for inner city students. In this program I helped fourth and fifth graders with their homework. I also was able to set up many fun group building activities. I love giving back to the community. I have worked with Habitat for Humanity and I am an active member of my school's ESL Club. In ESL club I help adult Spanish speaking students learn the vocabulary they need for their...
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...at Indiana University where I will focus on health care and nonprofit management. I began tutoring when I was a high school student and continued throughout college. For the past four years, I have worked full time as a Director of Operations with the National Student Leadership Conference. At the NSLC, I worked closely with the Engineering and Medicine and Health Care conferences where some of responsibilities included writing lesson plans, revising the curricula, and...
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...to motivate students is through conversation, rather than strict lecturing. Instead of asking students to memorize facts, I want to help them develop passion for the subjects through real-world application, and through a deep understanding of important concepts. I also like to use plenty of practice problems, to help students apply their knowledge and track their progress. In my free time, I like to read, listen to podcasts, play cello, and cook. I look forward...
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...teaching when I started tutoring children in English and several other subjects every vacation that I went back home. I've also tutored adults in ESL classes and some classmates in Spanish. Languages are my forte but I enjoy helping kids with their homework as well. This past summer I covered for a TA in first grade and helped the students in every subject. I personally liked every situation in which I was able to encourage...
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...Educational Leadership and Ministry. During both my undergraduate and graduate careers I have been fortunate enough to help students with SAT preparation, college application essay writing, and have experience teaching both History and Religion classes at a high school level. While I tutor a variety of subjects, I feel a particular affinity for History and helping students become the best writers they can be. Skills in these areas tend to translate particularly well to improvement...
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...tackling the intricacies of grammar, composition, and criticalreading that will benefit a lifetime of reading and writing. Having closely examined the challenges of the SAT and ACT, I am excited to share strategies that will certainly lead to more confident test takers. Most importantly, I believe the tutoring experience should provide students with relevant skills that will make all future education more successful. Learning is a skill all its own and there are so many...
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...if students see the relevance to their lives. I am a very patient person, and I believe that making mistakes is often when the most learning occurs. Specific to ACT tutoring, I use a variety of books, including The Complete Guide to ACT Reading and the Ultimate Guide to the Math ACT. Outside of tutoring, I am the director of counseling services at an agency that serves the homeless, where I spend most of my...
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...for a rich, satisfying life. My 35 years of teaching experience, ranging from pre-school through grade 12, from reading and art to voice lessons, French, and Latin, have provided me with many happy hours helping young people discover the joys of learning about our interesting and exciting world. My most satisfying moments, I feel, come while working one-on-one, helping students discover and build on their personal strengths in order to acquire reading, writing, and other...
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I am currently a sophomore on the Varsity Tennis Team at Williams College majoring in Economics and Psychology. I have 3 years of experience tutoring/mentoring struggling students and those wishing to excel beyond their curriculum. I absolutely love to guide students towards their full potentials. In my experience, I have tutored all subjects from 5th-7th grade, and have the most fun working through Math and English.
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...tutoring ever since high school, where I tutored many of my peers in algebra, calculus and French. At the University of Pennsylvania, I have had the privilege of working for our Tutoring Center, which offers private student tutors to fellow peers struggling in a particular subject. In particular, I have spent my time at Penn tutoring Calculus and Physics, two of my favorite pre-med subjects. Tutoring has always been a passion of mine in that...
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...University of Louisville, I pursued a variety of different majors, in French, Philosophy, Math and Physics due to the diverse range of my passions, and finally settled on the Humanities because it allowed me to study all of them at once. I am most passionate about teaching anything within the Arts (e.g. Literature), French language and culture, and the purer side of Mathematics, where the abstractions of numbers give us the freedom to do with...
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I'm an experienced teacher and tutor with a Bachelors in English from the University of Alabama and a Masters in Literature and the Humanities from St. Edward's University, looking to help my students share in my love of learning!... The answer is out there. I really do think that, no matter what the problem is, a solution can be found if we all work hard enough!... Discuss what subjects or concepts the student is struggling with,...
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...Consultant where I assisted students in academic writing. By far one of the most rewarding milestones of tutoring is the moment you witness the student satisfied with the achievements you have helped them accomplish. Tutoring is a collaborative process whereby tutor and student work towards a common goal of academic success and achievement. I enjoy tutoring in ESL, Chinese, Writing, and beginner Japanese. Aside from tutoring, I am a musically inclined individual who dabbles in...
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...government professional with teaching experience at two top-tier universities (Brigham Young and Arizona State) and a continued interest in teaching, tutoring and promoting education in everything I do. I'm a published author, a proud father of 3 kids, and a lifelong learner. I have a BA degree in economics and business, an MPA degree in public administration, and I'm happy to help with business, political science, math, English, economics, German, statistics, Microsoft Office or whatever...
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...also work in the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) at University of Richmond, as a Fellow for Educational Programming and Mentoring. I have been tutoring since I was in high school, from my own siblings and fiends to clients in school-based settings. I am currently a reading tutor for two elementary school students. My favorite subjects to tutor are English and Social Studies. I love essay writing, grammar, history and government! I believe all...
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I am a teacher who is passionate about helping students achieve and succeed. Not all students learn the same way so I have to adapt my teaching to provide my students with learning opportunities that meets their needs. The learning should be about the students and what they need.... I believe that all children have potential and they need someone to bring it out. Learning comes in all shapes and sizes. Children do not all learn...
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I have B.A. degrees in secondary education and Spanish from UNLV. I also have previous experience teaching various levels of Spanish at the high school level. As a tutor, I can help students with all aspects of Spanish language proficiency including vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, listening, and speaking. I can customize tutoring lessons to accommodate different learning styles at all levels from beginner to advanced to help students reach their full potential.
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High school English may not always be the most interesting class on a student's schedule, but it is among the most important. If you or your child seem to be falling behind your peers in this area, Varsity Tutors can help you connect with a quality high school English tutor who can work on your schedule.
Here are some of the most important topics commonly studied during high school English tutoring sessions:
Reading Comprehension
Literary Analysis
Writing skills
English grammar
You may think that reading comprehension and literary analysis are effectively the same thing, but they're not. Reading comprehension is the ability to understand what you read and recall it later. This is the skill you need when trying to retain information from an assigned reading, and it may be reinforced by jotting down a few notes as you go along. In contrast, literary analysis is going beyond what is literally printed on the page to answer outside questions. Why did the author write this? What techniques are they using to get their point across? This is what your teacher is generally looking for when discussing a novel in class.
High school English tutoring can teach analysis in several ways. If you are a visual learner, your tutor may create flashcards detailing literary techniques such as alliteration and allegory to make them easier to study. Alternatively, an auditory learner could learn the same information by listening to podcasts discussing several popular books.
A high school English tutor can also help improve your composition skills. Structure is an underrated part of writing an essay, so working off of a well-structured outline can improve your work considerably. If your essay is about literary analysis, having all of the information you need in front of you also makes it less likely that you'll forget something you originally meant to include.
Furthermore, high school English tutoring can help you prepare for several standardized exams. Both the SAT and ACT include vocabulary and reading comprehension questions, making English skills a substantial portion of your grade. Likewise, national Common Core standards require students to pass a test on Literature and Composition to graduate high school. Your tutor may administer practice tests to give you a feel for exactly what you need to know as well as a sense for how much time you'll have to demonstrate it.
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