Award-Winning Tutors serving Oakdale, MN

...working as a School Psychologist for a metro area school district. I am excited to tutor students of all ages in a variety of academic and test prep areas. I was raised in the U.S. and am a native English speaker with a diverse educational background. I attended preschool through 11th grade in the U.S....

I'm an undergraduate student at Washington University in St. Louis. I'm pursuing a degree in Economics and Healthcare Management.

...friendly and supportive environment. Such warm-ups in recent years have fallen in one of several categories: 1. Asking students to give information about the world (which, I remind them, includes the classroom). 2. Asking students to discuss what they did the previous evening. 3. Asking students to discuss what they did not do the previous...

...my final year at the University of Minnesota studying Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering. I tutor math for middle school and high school students as well as ACT prep. I believe it is important to break problems into pieces so students can see the reasoning behind each step. By understanding each step in the process it...

...one on one or in small groups. My first step would be to get to know you. What do you enjoy? What excites you? What do you want to achieve? What are you most fearful about. What frustrates you? We will work together to set the best goals, and to decide how to reach them....

...I discovered this during my eight years as a competitive debater in high school and college. I was lucky enough to coach high school debate for four years helping students learn how research, write and speak in front of an audience. At my undergraduate, Simpson College, I tutored college and high school students in mathematics,...

...Adolphus College in Minnesota studying Spanish, Political Science and Public Health. I have extensive experience as a Spanish tutor at the collegiate level, from beginners to experts, and I particularly love helping students with Spanish writing assignments and essays. Although I'm not an official English writing tutor, I'm a very confident writer and have helped...

...rights, danced and choreographed with a modern dance troupe and had several plays produced. In law school, I continued my human rights advocacy work, studied at the San Francisco Academy of Ballet and worked as both a research assistant to numerous professors and as a teaching assistant in many classes. I also tutored students in...

...encouraging. My sense of humor meshes well with Elementary and Middle School students. I enjoy explaining the "whys", not just the "hows" of math. I support my students as they learn not only math, but also how they learn best and how to work with their strengths and weaknesses. I am an experienced middle school...

...experience teaching. Most of my experience was teaching abroad in Mexico and South Korea. I love working with people from different backgrounds and cultures. I currently work as a Learning & Development Specialist, so I am always looking for new ways to help people learn. My greatest strengths when it comes to tutoring are that...

...University of Minnesota in 2008. After graduating, I lived abroad in Guatemala for over three years where I was a teacher and a columnist for a magazine. I have taught literature, English, Spanish, math, study skills (including designing a very successful study skills program), ACT test prep and leadership. Typically, students that I work with...

...average joe. He explained that he couldn't learn the same way his peers had while he was an undergrad and so he developed his own style of learning. Today he incorporates a different kind of visual learning that he feels includes all learning types and not just the gifted. I too like to include a...

...my role models as a teacher are the individuals who gave me the help, support, and resources necessary for me to succeed when I really needed it. I believe it is largely because of this experience in my early childhood that I have always enjoyed teaching. Teaching is a way for me to give back...

...I have a lifelong passion for learning that I can't keep to myself. I feel joy when I share things I learn with others. I am an effective tutor because I listen to students' needs and concerns, and I understand that learning is a process and that people have different learning styles, strengths, and interests....

...no way that success can be obtained in learning if a student's already stellar strengths aren't taken into account first. I believe that great patience, dedication, and positive reinforcement in coordination with my tactics described above, I can help any student achieve their academic goals. In my free time I enjoy spending time with my...

...the University of Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering, with plans to major in Aerospace Engineering. When I was young I thought I was terrible at math, but now I realize that I wasn't being taught it in an engaging way, and I didn't have a great work ethic toward learning it, myself. I would...

...teacher hoping to gain valuable experience and practice while helping students achieve their goals. I am currently a student in the University of Minnesota's M. Ed program, hoping to get my secondary math licensure. I have spent the last three years working in and around the public schools, tutoring all levels of math from algebra...

...as a part of our lessons. Following earning my Masters of Education at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College, I have worked as a certified Special Education teacher for students with learning and behavioral disabilities in 4th-8th grade. I have worked with children in a variety of settings from babysitting and nannying to tutoring in math, reading,...

...a combination of factors that come together to help people better themselves on a daily basis. Hard work, creativity, helping others, goal setting, and connecting to one's own personal struggles and triumphs are integral to giving the teacher and student a chance to excel and achieve the small wins necessary to build up to sustained...

...of Minnesota Morris, and an MBA from Dominican University of California. I have a BAs in Spanish, Business, & Latin American Studies. I also have an MBA with an emphasis on Sustainability. I have tutored students in Spanish Language, Managerial Accounting, and Cost Accounting. I enjoy tutoring Spanish, Business Studies, Accounting, Economics, etc. Outside of...