Award-Winning Literature Tutors serving Catalina Foothills, AZ

...teaching and learning interests me to no end. I have my BA in journalism from the University of Arizona and my MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College. Writing and reading are my main vocations and past times, though I have had about every kind of job you can think of! My real world experience enables me to incorporate compassion and understanding for all students. I would love to help you find your way through...

...I am focused on providing individualized solutions to the challenges students face in their intellectual growth. I look for the student's unique perspective and gifts as a means to empower them into techniques for deeper and more effective learning. Outside of tutoring, I am a professional jazz musician and have a decade of experience teaching music. I specialize in woodwind instruments. I look forward to working with students regardless of background or academic history. Let the...

...Science which includes all the areas in Social Studies. Even when I was fourteen I was interested in politics, Social Studies and the law, I wanted to be a lawyer and politician. My teaching style is to customize and adopt my lessons to fit the individual student's needs and ability to learn. I am a fervent believer that positive re enforcement should always be applied and that a lesson does not only need to be...

...to certain students, I believe each case was a chance for me to learn more about how people learn and understand difficult material. Even in the classroom, I have had to adjust certain reading passages for certain students, change styles of lecture (powerpoint, reading material), and even adjust assignment levels based on the student. Yet in the long run, these changes have shaped me more as a teacher and a learner. Not only is tutoring...

...where I helped students struggling with English composition and Spanish courses. Though I enjoy tutoring students in writing classes, I am most passionate about Spanish and have studied the language for nearly nine years. I am a firm believer that with the right instructor and plenty of hands-on practice, anyone can learn a foreign language. In my free time, I enjoy reading (yes, I am a proud, self-proclaimed nerd), writing, and spending time with friends.

...to high school here in Tucson at Catalina Foothills and I studied abroad in Vancouver Island, Canada for two years, completing the I.B. diploma. My philosophy of education is focused on sharing my own passion for a subject and developing a similar appreciation in the students that I work with. I believe that this passion is essential for effective learning to happen, namely learning should never be rote memorization that fades away after an exam...

...since October of 2014. I currently have two more years until my journey is complete. I am a mother of three, an Office Manager at DowAksa USA, and an ESL Teacher for VIPKID. My educational background includes a bachelor's degree in Organizational Leadership from Greenville College and a master's degree in Human Resource Management from Lindenwood University. My hobbies include hiking, yoga, lifting weights, circuit training, and weekend getaways. I am so excited for the...

...have passed AP Language Composition as well as AP literature. I mainly studied European history, and I minored in anthropology . I am also knowledgeable in United States, as well as Mexican history prior to the 20th century. When studying anthropology I focused on archaeology, and have some field experience from that time. If you have any historical or anthropological questions outside of what I've mentioned, I will do my best to get you the...

...written a novel that will be published in the summer of 2021, so writing has definitely been a life-long passion for me that I love to help others with. I have tutored refugee students and international students as well, which has been a great joy to me. I love helping non-native speakers of English learn the English language. I have befriended many non-native students and have greatly enjoyed getting to know them and learn about...

...well. I enjoy statistics, literature, and any social science class. I had a great experience with learning in school and hope to share that with other students. My goal is to make every student feel good about him or herself and feel confident about learning. Not every student learns the same way and I think that makes learning even more important. If we all had the same view point life would be boring and new...

...and problem-solving that students who learn how to excel at math will be able to handle most any situation life throws at them. I also have a passion for stories and the written word, so English is another favorite subject of mine. I generally approach tutoring as an opportunity to teach students how to study and learn rather than to teach them information directly. This means that I ask a lot of questions and help...

...for Boys and Girls Clubs of Tucson, but I have been tutoring since the age of 16 and I still love to make time for it. I have tutored people from the age of 3 to over 50 in a variety of subjects. While English is my passion and where my expertise lies, I am also a very capable study skills and test prep tutor. I look forward to working with you!... My teaching philosophy is...

...to help them achieve their personal goals and realize their full intellectual potential. I am fluent in Spanish and have taught students in Peru. I also published peer reviewed papers in Spanish. In addition to Spanish language skills, I am also an experienced and published writer. My papers have appeared in high profile venues like the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science and the Proceedings of the Royal Society. I am particularly motivated to...

...subjects in which I tutor, please refer to the subjects section of my profile. As an educator, I firmly believe in the importance of taking ownership of one's learning. Accordingly, I will push all of my students not only to learn subject content, but to take an active role in applying critical thought and problem solving to the information we explore as well. I believe that tutoring must be a learning experience that is sustainable...

...using my sense of humor, mnemonic devices, and being relatable which makes learning interesting and relevant. Students have told me I am kind, approachable, and encourage a sense of openness in the classroom. I have seen firsthand, over and over, how beneficial one-on-one tutoring is to a student, and am excited to share that experience with you. In my free time, you can find me at the dog park with my two dogs, attending band...

...student can grow and master reading and writing so that literacy becomes a positive lifelong habit, besides being an important tool to get them through school. Leading students to better engagement and success with academic topics and eventual pleasure in their reading and writing is my ultimate goal for each learner. It is my promise that I will focus one-on-one with individual students tailoring a coaching support program to target their specific struggles. I will...

I truly find learning to be one of life's most exciting and rewarding experiences! I want to help you be successful and have fun along the way!

...history. Getting students to realize the joys of history and to see it as the fantastic unfolding of human events that it is represents one of my favorite experiences as a teacher. As a teacher, I've learned that every student can learn given the right circumstances. As a tutor and teacher, it's my job to work with the student to figure out how they learn so that I know how to teach them. Education is...

...day after day. I like the challenge of creating innovative and creative methods to teach my students the information they are required to know. It's one of my favorite parts of tutoring. Outside of academia, I love to read and write. I'm a complete bibliophile and also an author myself. My first book came out last month and I am not hoping to be admitted to a graduate program to earn my MFA in fiction....

We all learn differently, but in the end we all still learn the same things.