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4+ years
Megan
I am a graduate of Sewanee: University of the South. I received my Bachelor of Arts in English. I also have two master's degrees in education - a Master's of Education from Vanderbilt University in Special Education and a Master's of Arts in Educational Leadership from Lipscomb University. I have ov...
Vanderbilt University
Masters in Education, Special Education
Lipscomb University
Master of Arts, Educational Administration
Sewanee: The University of the South
Bachelor in Arts, English

Certified Tutor
5+ years
Ann
I am passionate about helping students of all ages learn challenging content. I am a National Board Certified teacher with more than 20 years of state certified classroom teaching experience. I have expertise working with elementary students as well as supporting the professional growth of aspiring ...
University of California Los Angeles
Masters in Education, Education
University of California-Riverside
Bachelor in Arts, Human Development and Family Studies
Harvard University
Doctor of Education, Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision

Certified Tutor
5+ years
Karen
I'm Karen, I'm from New York and recently graduated from Vanderbilt University, double majoring in Secondary Education and English Literature. I am a licensed English (6-12) teacher and I have lots of experience tutoring kids of all ages and all subjects, so reach out and say hi, and let's work toge...
Vanderbilt University
Bachelor of Science (Secondary Education; English Literature)

Certified Tutor
6+ years
Ariana
I am a former middle-school English teacher (and former high-school French teacher). I am certified to teach English (grades 6-12), History/Government/Social Studies (grades 6-12), Psychology (grades 6-12), Health (grades PreK-12), General Music (grades PreK-12), and French (grades PreK-12). I have ...
Kansas State University
Master of Arts, Teaching French as a Second or Foreign Language
Kansas State University
Bachelor in Arts, French

Certified Tutor
4+ years
Lekhini
I am a certified high school English teacher with five years of tutoring experience. My students range from ages 7-19, from elementary school to college level. I am highly qualified to tutor for any English class, such as ELA classes, Literature classes, and more. I am also available to help with te...
Rowan University
Masters in Education, Education
Rowan University
Bachelor in Arts, English

Certified Tutor
9+ years
Mati
I am currently a high school counselor and the combination of all of my experience gives me a unique window into the world of education and college entrance. My experience, combined with my doctoral degree with a focus on learning disabilities, allows me a varied perspective while working with child...
New York University
Bachelor in Arts, Creative Writing

Certified Tutor
3+ years
Grace
I am currently a high school English teacher. Before I started teaching, I was a test prep tutor, and clocked hundreds of hours working with high school students on SAT reading and writing and ACT English and reading. I truly enjoy working with students and watching them learn and grow both in my cl...
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
Master of Arts, Art History, Criticism, and Conservation
Valparaiso University
Bachelor in Arts, English

Certified Tutor
9+ years
Kim
I am a graduate of Arizona State University where I received my Bachelor degree in Theater Arts. My original focus was to help struggling young students by integrating theater play into everyday subjects. I was inspired to go back to school in Flagstaff, Arizona where I earned my Master's degree in ...
Northern Arizona University
Masters in Education, Elementary School Teaching
Arizona State University
Bachelor in Arts, Theater Arts

Certified Tutor
6+ years
Connor
I'm a physics student soon to be electrical engineering student with a strong background in physics and math. I enjoy being a resource for those looking to learn. My main passions are for sustainability and renewable energy technology.
University of Puget Sound
Bachelor in Arts, Physics

Certified Tutor
8+ years
Ada
Children are very smart! I hope to become a part of your child's life and be able to help contribute to the emotional and cognitive growth. I bring management experience, the understanding of children, creativity, enthusiasm and patience. My promise is to present subject material in logical steps pr...
University of Phoenix
Master of Science, Education
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science, Business Management
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Susanna
Algebra Tutor • +18 Subjects
I am a rising senior at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. I am currently working towards my Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, with minors in French and Francophone Studies and Violin Performance. I am a tutor for several levels of French and Chemistry. I love tutoring students because I find these subjects incredibly fulfilling and enriching to learn and I really enjoy helping others understand them on a deeper level.Outside of academics, I love playing the violin, singing with my a cappella group, and performing musical theatre. My current summer project is rereading the Harry Potter books.
Dawn
2nd Grade Writing Tutor • +18 Subjects
I am a graduate from the State University of New York in Binghamton with a BA in German Language and Literature and a graduate from Stetson University with a Masters in Education. I have lived in and traveled through many countries, including most recently Ecuador where I was teaching English and Writing Portfolio courses. I have been teaching for more than 10 years in the classroom, as well as tutoring one-on-one. I am very enthusiastic and passionate about learning and helping others reach their academic goals. Having been a student myself, I understand that at times we need a bit more assistance and support in our studies.In my free time, I enjoy reading good literature and journals with articles about world events. I also love swimming, practicing yoga, playing piano, and the arts.
Jarred
ACT Prep Tutor • +17 Subjects
I have always been a motivated learner, and this has ultimately helped me to be a motivated teacher. By receiving a well-rounded education, I believe that a person is made more able to meaningfully interact with the world around them. Math and science help us to understand how the world works, while English and literature help us to communicate with one another both in the present and in the past, and history helps us to see where we, as a species, have come from. Education can help us to see beauty and value in the world around us and in the path that brought us here, but also to see the road ahead, how much work is yet to be done, and how we start to do that work. To me, nothing is more important than learning, growing as a person, and helping others to do the same.
Ashley
Business Tutor • +15 Subjects
Ashley Walicki (M.S. in Human Resource Management, Eastern Michigan University) is an Instructor who effectively teaches based on over 15 years of professional Human Resources experience (public and private sector) providing real-life application of HR practices, policies and theories. Her teaching philosophy includes fostering a learning environment that is conducive to open communication and collaboration among students in the classroom. Her goal as an Instructor and HR processional is not only to teach the curriculum and provide examples from her HR professional roles, but to also ensure that her students successfully complete the course by keeping a pulse on her students and assisting where applicable.
Joseph
ACT Writing Tutor • +32 Subjects
Hi!I am currently an undergraduate at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS, studying Global and International Studies and German. I am working towards entering law school after this coming year. I taught swimming lessons when I was in high school. I am available to tutor German I and II and the ACT. I like to tutor German because I love the culture and the language (and have visited Germany twice).My style of tutoring is more laid back, but I like to focus on areas that students have a particularly hard time.Outside of academics, I am an outdoorsman. I am an Eagle Scout, and so I enjoy backpacking, camping, canoeing, and generally being outside.Auf Wiedersehen!
Dan
Adult ESL/ELL Tutor • +17 Subjects
My goal is to help every student reach their full potential and discover ways that they can be successful academically so that they develop a love for learning they stays with them for life. I have a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry from Texas A&M University and a Master's in Science in organic chemistry from Texas Tech University. I was a graduate student for a total of six years at those two universities and taught undergraduate organic and general chemistry labs during those years. I have taught high school chemistry as well as tutoring students one-on-one from grades 5th through 12th in middle school math, algebra I & II, geometry, pre-calculus, trigonometry, and Spanish I & II. I was also a fourth-grade bilingual teacher in all subjects, teaching language arts, reading, and writing in Spanish. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I particularly enjoy tutoring in math and science, as I love trouble shooting and problem solving. During the day, I do computer tech support for one of the agencies of the state of Texas. In my free time, I enjoy jumping on the trampoline with my son, jogging, working out with weights, watching movies with my kids, programming VBA macros for Microsoft Office, and teaching my daughter guitar, and roller skating. I am passionate about helping students because of my personal journey as a student. Coming from a family that instilled in me a love for learning, I sailed all the way through high school as a straight A student with little challenge academically. But when I got to the university, I experienced a major blow to my self-esteem, as for the first time in my life I began performing poorly academically. Fortunately, with the help of others I was able pull myself out of an academic "tail-spin" and graduate with a B.A. in chemistry and land a job at one of the research labs at Texas A&M in the entomology (bugs) department. Later I went on to complete a master's in chemistry. This helped has me as a teacher and tutor at the collegiate, high school, middle school, and as well as at the primary grade levels to understand the struggles students face when it just doesn't make sense. I realize that many students have different learning styles, so I believe that it is important to create an individualized study plan for each student that best fits their method of learning and allows us to make the most of the tutoring experience. I make it my goal to get a student to discover a method of learning that works best for him or her so that the student begins to experience a string of successes that will propel them towards academic achievement.
Brian
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I'm a law student and long time tutor who's just made the move to Varsity. I've been tutoring for about eight years now, since I first started working with a friend of a friend's child on his SATs. I graduated from Brooklyn College with a degree in economics, and I'm at Hofstra Law School.I tutor the SATs, ACTs, LSAT, GRE, basically all high school subjects, and a bevy of college ones, including history, psychology, economics, law, and writing. That's not because I'm an expert in everything - it's because the only thing I enjoy more than learning is helping someone else learn. A good tutor doesn't just explain the subject to you - they explain what's cool about it, how it applies to your life, and why you want to learn it. If I have to brush up on my AP Chemistry as an excuse to explain why dimensional analysis is actually the most useful math you'll ever learn, I find it thrilling, not a chore.That's really my whole paradigm, as a tutor. Every subject has a relation to both everyday life, and to the coolest parts of the collective achievements of humanity. Learning not just what Pi is, but what it means, is treading the same ground as the people who built the pyramids.We lose that joy - the enrichment granted by greater understanding - too often in sterile and boring classrooms. My goal is to help students attain mastery by providing the context and tools that let them have "Eureka!" moments.Learning is fun, and tutoring is more than just being a living wikipedia article. It's giving life to the dry and soulless problem set, making fun of the trap answers on the LSAT, and linking history to its greatest stories. I don't need gimmicks and games to make that happen. I just find where a student and I can connect over the material, how they learn, and what they're having trouble with.I won't guarantee anyone a score on a test or promise that everyone can get an A in every subject. But I do promise not to waste anyone's time or money. Every session, my students will learn new facts, new techniques, or new ways to understand some boring idea. That's not because I'm the smartest guy in the room: it's because I simply love seeing people learn.
Mitchell
Algebra Tutor • +7 Subjects
PhD student in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in controls. Extensive background in MATLAB, Simulink, LabVIEW, along with the typical core mechanical engineering topics.Have 3 years experience tutoring/mentoring undergraduate students in academic/research topics.
Jana
Academic Coaching Tutor • +20 Subjects
I have been teaching middle and high school for over 11 years. My areas of specialty are Social Studies and Special Education. I received my Bachelor of Arts in History from St. Edwards University in Austin, TX. I have a passion for helping students to achieve any and every goal. My belief is that every student is capable of success and deserves to discover that knowledge within. My career has led me to a wide variety of experiences in public education. I would like the opportunity, through tutoring, to bring more personalized focus and attention to each student to ensure confidence, a genuine desire for learning and educational success in each student.
Roberto
ACT Aspire Tutor • +14 Subjects
I am a rising sophomore at Cornell University, majoring in computer science and minoring in math. I am passionate about computer science and mathematics, and I'm particularly interested in machine learning. Additionally, I enjoy learning about history. Currently, I'm self-learning computer architecture and Portuguese. I tutor computer science (Python and Java), History, Algebra through Calculus, and high school English.
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The PRAXIS English exam (5038) tests your ability to teach English effectively, not just your personal English skills. It assesses content knowledge across literature, composition, grammar, and rhetoric—but from a pedagogical perspective. You need to understand why certain writing techniques work, how to analyze texts critically, and how to teach these concepts to diverse learners. This requires both deep subject knowledge and an understanding of how students learn, which is quite different from tests like the SAT or ACT that measure general proficiency.
The most common challenge is balancing breadth with depth—the exam covers everything from Shakespeare to contemporary rhetoric, and test-takers often struggle with knowing how much detail to memorize versus understand conceptually. Many candidates also underestimate the composition section, which requires writing polished, well-reasoned essays under time pressure. Additionally, transitioning from thinking about English as a student to thinking about it as a teacher can be mentally demanding. Personalized tutoring helps you identify your specific weak areas and develop a targeted study strategy rather than trying to review everything equally.
Rather than memorizing plot summaries, focus on understanding literary devices, themes, and how authors construct meaning. The PRAXIS emphasizes analysis over recall—you need to recognize why an author uses certain techniques and what effect they create. Study across multiple genres and time periods, but concentrate on canonical works that frequently appear on the exam. Practice writing timed literary analysis responses where you identify devices and explain their purpose, since you'll need to demonstrate this skill in the free-response section. A tutor can help you develop a systematic approach to text analysis and provide feedback on your written responses.
The composition and rhetoric section tests your ability to evaluate writing quality, identify grammatical issues, and understand effective communication strategies. Start by reviewing grammar rules systematically—not as isolated facts, but as tools that writers use purposefully. Then practice analyzing sample passages and explaining why certain word choices or sentence structures are more effective than others. The free-response essays require you to write clear, well-organized arguments under timed conditions, so regular practice writing full essays is essential. Personalized instruction helps you understand the grading rubric deeply and receive targeted feedback on your own writing to improve clarity, organization, and persuasiveness.
Personalized 1-on-1 instruction is particularly effective for PRAXIS preparation because a tutor can diagnose exactly where you're struggling—whether it's analyzing poetry, mastering grammar concepts, or organizing timed essays—and create a focused study plan rather than having you study everything equally. Research on learning shows that targeted practice with immediate feedback significantly accelerates progress. A tutor can also help you understand the test's specific expectations and teach you strategies for managing time and tackling challenging question types. You'll also get feedback on practice essays and literary analysis responses, which is crucial for improvement in the free-response sections.
You should have exposure across multiple eras—the exam tests breadth of knowledge—but depth matters more than trying to master everything equally. Focus most heavily on canonical American and British literature since these appear most frequently, but make sure you can discuss major works and authors from at least the early modern period through contemporary literature. Understanding major literary movements (Romanticism, Realism, Modernism, etc.) helps you contextualize individual works and recognize patterns. Rather than memorizing isolated facts, study literature thematically or by literary device so you build connections across time periods. This approach helps you answer questions you haven't specifically studied because you understand underlying literary principles.
Most test-takers benefit from 2-3 months of focused preparation, though this varies based on your starting point and target score. With consistent, strategic study—especially with personalized instruction—students typically see score improvements of 20-50 points, depending on their baseline. The key is quality over quantity: targeted practice on your specific weak areas yields better results than generalized review. Early in preparation, a diagnostic practice test helps you identify priorities. Then you can focus your remaining study time on the content and question types where you need the most work, making your preparation more efficient and effective.
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