Award-Winning Latin Tutors serving Morris County, NJ

...teaching students and watching them flourish as learners. I hope to make the best use of all of my students' time and cater to their specific needs. As singer, I have studied Voice for many years, and I love sharing my expertise in singing with students and aspiring singers. As an English Education major, I also focus on reading and writing, as well as all subjects for Middle and Elementary School students. Outside of tutoring...

...of Science degree in Chemical Biology. As a student, my favorite part of learning is what I call the epiphany moment, when everything connects and the material makes sense. However, I find even more joy when I see that epiphany moment in my students; their confidence soars as their effort pays off. While I have done peer tutoring since middle school, my first legitimate tutoring experience came in high school when I worked at Kumon,...

...English and test prep tutor. Throughout college, I found tutoring to be a great way to help pay for college and meet my fellow peers along with being a part time fitness instructor. After school I worked in start-up business ventures as a manager. I have experience with several different kinds of companies and restaurant businesses. While pursuing different careers, I began to grow my family and needed something part time, at home. Three years...

...middle school math teacher for more than 20 years, and it is my absolute favorite subject. As a tutor, I have successfully prepared hundreds of students for their SAT, PSAT and ACT exams, as well as the ISEE and SSAT. I take great pride in the accomplishments of my students and organize lessons to maximize student learning. My experience has given me a keen understanding of the challenges facing students, and I've found that within...

...with Varsity Tutors. As I prepared to take my LSAT I soon realized how crucial that help would be, without them I would never have gotten as far as I have. In life you need to know when its ok to ask for help and in prepping for the any major standardized test, or just trying to get ahead in a subject you struggle with, turning to others is always a solid option. Lets do...

...a lot over the years. I believe that practice problems are a huge part of learning that isn't taught well in high school/college level. I've worked with students with several different learning styles and who have reported learning difficulties. The thing I struggled with the most throughout school was the volume of information that we are often responsible for knowing. I've developed tons of tricks throughout my academic career to help with that. I'm super...

Four years of Latin in high school, another four at Cornell, several years of independent study, and now three years of teaching Latin professionally, and I still love the language.

The best part of teaching is when my student "gets" something, and the light bulb turns on. I teach you how to do something - writing, test-taking, study skills - so you can do it on your own in the future.

Education is an important adventure that yields development and logical thinking. I find that education is an important experience that must result in the students complete understanding of what they are learning. For some, this is not always easy. While being a teacher, I also find myself considering those I instruct as peers because I too am learning. Thus, tutoring to assist those who need help only further exemplifies the need to improving one's educational...

...have students draw charts showing the patterns and similarities among various noun and verb endings they need to know so they can truly master these fundamentals of the language. Though I went on to earn a degree in Latin and Greek literature in college, I really think my passionate interest in this subject was nurtured and allowed to thrive because of the extremely solid foundation I received in Latin grammar from one outstanding high school...

...with English, and international students in Beijing with Chinese amongst all different types of students with different needs. I connected with them because I understood the struggles students face when language is a barrier. I was an ESL student myself in elementary school, so I understand the importance of patience and how that can shape a student's learning experience. Some children I taught math to were involved in their learning and assessed their knowledge through...

...students, as well as French students when I studied abroad in Strasbourg, France for a semester. I also worked as a French teaching assistant for three years while in college. I especially like helping students learn French. I like to reinforce what they've learned by putting it into practice, whether through worksheets or mock conversations. I also often supplement lessons by introducing them to aspects of literature, videos, and history with which they can practice...

...the student in the material. By involving different methods of approaching the material, the student will be exposed to the material in different ways, allowing him or her to become interested in the subjects. Though I have mastered the topics I am comfortable tutoring, I treat each tutoring session as a learning process in which the student and I learn the material together as a team. This type of tutoring dynamic fosters a positive learning...

...small liberal arts school in the Midwest. I earned a dual PhD in Comparative Literature and Germanic Studies from IU Bloomington and a BA (summa cum laude) in English from NYU. Over the past twelve years I have lived, studied, and taught all over the world, including a year as an English instructor at the University of Paris Nanterre and a year as a postdoc research fellow at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. I consider...

...and classics double major, which may seem like a strange combination, but I think my broad range of interests is a huge strength of mine, and it allows me to successfully tutor a wide variety of subjects. I am passionate about tutoring Latin and Math, and one of my favorite tutoring experiences came when I participated in a program where I helped Italian students in Rome with their conversational English skills, preparing them for exams....

I am currently a rising sophomore at the University of Chicago majoring in economics. I have prior experience tutoring as I joined the SAT Tutoring club my freshman year. I tutor both the SAT and ACT in all sections. I really enjoying helping other students learn and do their best. In my spare time, I enjoy watching sports, especially football and soccer.

...Comparative Literature department, the English Writing Program, and the Honors College. Prior to Rutgers, I was a High School teacher where I taught for 7 years a variety of courses such as French, Latin, Spanish, and English. I have lived in France and return often to travel and to visit friends. My goal is to educate students in both character and content and to motivate them to work independently. My teaching style is easy going...

I am a tutor that is interested in helping people to succeed in their classes and enjoy learning.

...on anything related to History (US, European, and World), Economics, Government and Law, English (Critical Reading and Writing), and Foreign Languages (French, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese). I hope to not only help you with prescribed academic work, but also to help stir a passion within you to never stop learning. As the adage goes, knowledge is power, and in this increasingly-complicated world, it is in your best interests to learn as much as you can.

...research about cosmic ray acceleration at supernova shock fronts in the Princeton University Department of Astrophysics, simulating how the turbulent plasmas push protons and ions. I have also worked at the Norfolk State University Department of Engineering, designing, simulating, optimizing, and building light filters for wavelength-division optical-electronic multiplexers. Another field I study is the mathematics of quasicrystals and aperiodic tilings, such as the Penrose tiling of rhombuses. Outside of school I play the trombone and...