Award-Winning SSAT Tutors in Centennial, CO

．..Northridge for my teaching credential and have taught middle school English for 4 years. I tutor a variety of subjects, but I am most passionate about reading, writing, and math. I believe that strong literacy skills are necessary to advance in any field and that a firm understanding of mathematical concepts is a great way to develop critical thinking. I love working with learners of all ages! In my spare time, I like to read,...

．..Including my residency year, I have taught 3 years of middle school math at a Denver Public School. Before becoming a licensed classroom teacher I spent three years as an associate program director for one of the most successful test prep companies in the Washington D.C. area. Over these years I taught courses on every SAT and ACT subject, including SAT II in Mathematics, and also took the official College Board SAT twice.

．..method is to first understand my student's specific issue, and work to address him or her as an individual. I help them develop strategies so when they are alone and facing a difficult problem, they have the foundation and confidence to work through it by themselves. Most importantly though, I make sure my students laugh at least once during a session - when they are having fun, seeing the bigger picture and exploring the subject...

I have been teaching management and economics at different levels in the last decades. Teaching is my passion. The best compliment that I have received from students is when they say: You are a real teacher. My explanations are simple and full of practical examples. I have worked as a professor, manager and international business consultant in different countries. I have had a broad educational background in Economics, Finance, Management, Technology and Education.... Sometimes students do...

．..or teachers’ curriculums. It’s about figuring out how the student learns and teaching from that point. No student is the same, and it’s not right to assume all students learn in the same way. That’s why I love tutoring – it allows me to get to know someone and help him or her learn in a way that works. When I was in school, I felt very frustrated because I couldn’t grasp certain concepts. It...

．..I have spent time all over the United States and spent time studying in Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina, Mississippi, and Maryland. I think the best type of learning is accompanied by steps in developing real skills, and real personal quality. After spending time as a college athlete, a college advisor, and now a teacher, I have seen education from every angle. I look forward to creating an academic story with each student I work with!

．..Leadership Studies. This is my 5th year teaching. I taught special education for two years. One year was at the middle school level, and now my second year at the high school level. I am teaching science. I worked at a summer camp one summer with students of all ages. I travel whenever I get a chance and have traveled in Europe and all over the United States. I love science and teaching test prep....

．..with students and helping them learn, grow and achieve by breaking down concepts into skills by providing them with a variety of different resources to access content. I recently graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Through CU I received my Elementary Colorado Teaching License, majored in Studio Arts and minored in Art History. While teaching I am pursuing my Masters degree in Literacy Curriculum and Instruction. While at CU, I participated in internships...

．..of 2013. I taught 2nd grade for four years as both a ELA-E and ELA-S teacher, instructing in English and Spanish when necessary to support children of all backgrounds. I earned my Gifted and Talented certification in 2014, and began working as the Gifted and Talented Representative for four schools in the southwest region in DPS in August 2015. I love tutoring all Elementary School subjects. My favorite subjects to tutor are Elementary Literacy, including...

．..interest in learning about how the world works are wonderful qualities in a person. Many children say they hate school and it is just because they are having a hard time understanding the material and how it will apply to their lives. I believe that by bringing a child's interests into their school work and helping them to understand, they can develop the desire to want to further their learning. I finished my Bachelor's Degree...

．..variety of schools with drastically different educational philosophies--from Steiner schools to private school to charter school, to public school to Sarah Lawrence College, which is famous for its alternative education model--and know first hand that different students benefit from different teaching methods. If a student finds a way to enjoy learning a subject everything else will follow, and as a passionate learner, I am passionate to teach in a way that instills that kind of...

．..also taught 2nd grade. I enjoy teaching because of how much I learn from my students. I believe that teaching is a learning relationship. Something that I focus on with my students is the power of failure. I openly admit when I fail to my students and hope that my continuation to try will be a good model for them. Aside from teaching, I am a mom and absolutely love it. Family is extremely important...

．..in tutoring, in combination with my expertise in essay composition and critical analysis of literary and rhetorical texts, prepares me to offer the best services to my students. Because I offer tutoring in what are arguably some of the most difficult writing and reading tasks students will encounter in their course of secondary and higher education, I feel my services are often best suited to students in high school or university. My general tutoring method...

．..individual child and to link the learning of new concepts to existing knowledge. There is also much emphasis on making the concepts learned in tutoring relevant to the "real world" outside of school. In math lessons, after fundamental concepts are understood, deeper level thinking will be obtained via the study of word problems. The word problems will emphasis ways to organize thinking, including visual thinking by drawing pictures and then applying the math. And of...

．..a focus on secondary education. Since graduation, I have successfully taught Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language skills in two urban schools as well as a suburban and a rural school. I taught at a drop-out retrieval program in Chicago, and I taught at-risk and underprivileged students ranging in age from 11-21 years at Ombudsman centers in Aurora, CO, and Omaha, NE, respectively. I also taught at an underprivileged public high school in Waukon,...

学校。这是我第一年教学第四grade. In 2013-2015 I taught second grade. I also have experience in grades K-5. I attended The University of Alabama where I earned a degree in elementary education. I have also been taking master classes in school counseling at George Mason University. I believe all students can learn and achieve anything they put their minds to, and I am here to help them achieve those goals.... My teaching...

．..I am able to help them when they come across a challenge. My students would always ask me what subject was my favorite. What an incredibly difficult question! I love connecting students with the stories they are reading. I love breaking down difficult math skills in a way that students understand. I love the depth of learning within science. I love the fascinating stories found in history. I'm excited to be on this journey with...

．..Connecticu专业六年t and Sydney, and I am excited to meet new students here in Colorado. I earned a Masters degree in education two years ago and a Bachelors in biology before that. I especially like working with students who are having a hard time in a subject, because it gives me an opportunity to put my skills to work in helping that student to work through what is troubling them....

．..development) and Media & Communication. After graduation, I worked for City Year Philadelphia, an Americorps program that places tutors in high-need, low-performing public schools. I spent the year working with a 7th grade class in North Philadelphia. I tutored small groups of students in math, literacy, science, and social studies. Currently, I continue to work with youth as a Denver Math Fellow at a public school in Denver. My experiences have made me a patient...

．..the IB/AP test itself. Returning to the USA after my graduate degrees, I have discovered that I miss teaching and the daily interaction with students. Just like any job, the students had good days and bad, but overall, they showed up to learn and I showed up to teach. The vast majority of my students found they began to enjoy and excel in math and science once the concepts were conveyed to them in a...