Award-Winning Latin Tutors in Springfield, MA

...as a Jumpstart Corps Member taught me to adapt my teaching style to each childs needs. While some learned better through mnemonics and letter-to-word associations, others preferred to process information and teach content back to me themselves. The greatest lesson I've learned as a tutor is to first step back and let a student tell...

I thrive in tutoring humanities - English literature, Latin, art history, music (keyboard, music theory and music history), philosophy and history. I am liberal arts trained and excel at connecting concepts across academic disciplines.

...series of forms and endings to memorize. It doesn't have to be that way. Latin was spoken for over 1500 years by countless people of all ages and abilities. I have over 25 years of experience as a high school teacher and would like to assist you. I have some specific strategies to help you...

...to their lives! When tutoring Latin, I like to focus on using various strategies to help students "read with expectations, " meaning that students engage in linear reading (reading left-to-right, without skipping around), and approach texts with a notion of what makes a sentence complete. More generally, as a tutor, I am very patient and...

...high school students at my previous school in geometry, English, French, and Latin; and this year, I am tutoring a graduate student who recently immigrated to the United States in ESL and conversational English. As for my preferred subjects, I have an abundance of knowledge of and experience with college test preparation (both SAT and...

...break down the challenging parts of the problem into smaller, more manageable chunks. I hold a bachelor's degree from UChicago and a doctorate from MIT, both in mathematics. I am available to tutor Latin, physics, and all levels of math. Outside of academics, I am an avid tournament chess player, and I enjoy running and...

...in Neuroscience and Latin. I believe strongly in the importance of both the sciences and the humanities and am passionate about teaching academics through an integrative, interdisciplinary approach. Latin, however, is my favorite subject and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to be immersed in the language everyday, be it through my own studies,...

...and remedial students to give them the tools they needed to succeed. As an undergraduate, I continued to pursue my passion for education, volunteering to teach local high school students in my free time and also serving as an undergraduate tutor for my residential college, where I provided assistance with everything from GRE prep to...

...teaching a wide variety of subjects, I am especially excited about helping students improve their writing and reading skills. I have an extensive background in English literature and plan to pursue a career in writing. I also enjoy teaching Visual Art and Art History. I find that students learn best when they truly believe that...

I enjoy learning and helping others to learn as well. I have lived several years in Europe to grow a deep understanding and appreciation for various languages, their cultures, and history. I also am adept in IT fields as I am pursuing a graduate degree in IT.