Award-Winning French 4 Tutors serving Syracuse, NY

...a difference in a students education one step at a time by watching them advance eagerly through different assignments and tasks. For example, I worked with a male student at Poughkeepsie High School, in Poughkeepsie, New york for two years. At first I was helping him with simple math as a junior, however next I was helping him craft college essays. He was accepted to many schools with comments regarding his personal essay. This not...

I value the sharing of learning objectives and success criteria with children. Knowing exactly what is expected and how they can achieve allows children to focus more clearly on tasks. This also facilitates effective self assessment, as it is a clear criterion and objective to assess against, encouraging children to take more responsibility for their own learning.... Love of learning is contagious.... Greet, and then get to know the student by asking for examples about how...

...literatures and languages, to several subfields of linguistics (sociolinguistics, dialectology, linguistic anthropology, internet linguistics). I'm particularly passionate about teaching my students to think about and LOOK AT language in completely mind-bending ways. (If I'm your tutor, you'll see what I mean... =) While my professional passions are teaching and language, privately I enjoy tinkering with computers and technology, exercising, home brewing, hiking, fishing the many streams of Upstate NY, writing plays, reading, and training in...

...gray areas, and implement original ways to address points that may have been missed in their learning. I like scaffolding when teaching concepts, e.g, solve problems steps by steps for students, but as we progress in the sessions I bring the students to intervene more more in the solutions, i.e., progressively removing the scaffold. This way the students better develop their abilities to solve problems. They learn how to retrieve from their own knowledge base....

...college ones as well)everything from computer coding to Shakespeare to Jewish history. I've also helped students write high school and college application essays that have landed them in elite schools such as Beacon and Brooklyn Tech. When I'm not tutoring, I spend 4-8 hours a day writing a novel so this is my element! Test Prep: I've had extensive experience tutoring test prep. I've taught group SAT Verbal courses and 1-on-1 sessions. I know the...

...really understood. In French class, my teacher let me walk around class and help teach my classmates conjugations, and my friends asked me for help on their homework all the time. I loved helping them all out, and I loved being helpful. My sophomore year of high school, I had the opportunity to tutor one of the younger guys on my swim team in biology and I really enjoyed it so much that I tutored...

I am entering my freshman year at Binghamton University. I'm looking forward to meeting new students and helping them on their endeavors.

...of multiple student organizations, and of course succeed academically. I know how to excel, and I know the steps to get there. I am curious, creative, and above all, driven. These traits have helped me set myself up for success in college and in life. I hope to help your student do the same. Academics and test-taking are the means to a successful future. Through patience, hard work, and dedication, I will help your student...

...my students. In my experience students particularly enjoy (and benefit from) learning and exploring new cultures while learning the language itself. As the child of a teacher I am a strong believer in the importance of education and all of the opportunities it offers to students. I finished my MA in May with a thesis on French fairy tales, but I also enjoy reading as much as I can, spending time with my family, and...

...have spent time implementing successful approaches on a classroom scale. My love for languages started long ago, and I really enjoy helping others to learn them. In college, I studied for a semester in the south of Spain and lived with a family there. It was there that I learned the true power of being able to communicate in foreign languages. Whatever your goals may be - whether it's improving your grades in a course,...

...a technology startup in St Paul, and aim to attend graduate school in technology policy. I began tutoring in high school, and have since continued enjoyed helping my peers to see a puzzle in a new light. From four summers as a leadership camp counselor, I have gained confidence working one-on-one with a student to help them consider new perspectives, and from four years of discussion sections in college where I presented solutions to the...

...connect my students to any college admissions departments I am familiar with. Although my tutoring specialty is test prep -- SAT, ACT, PSAT, SHSAT, and GRE -- I particularly love tutoring writing, and creative writing is a hobby of mine. My philosophy is that even when we are preparing for a standardized exam, we should always be relating the work to your passions, pursuits, and educational goals to make the work that much more meaningful....

...reading competency. My mission is to help each and every student achieve their maximum potential in whatever subject they choose, however, the skills and mindsets we will develop through our tutoring together can be expected to permeate into countless aspects of their lives. I tutor a wide range of topics, including Math (Algebra through Calculus and Statistics), Chemistry, Biology, French, Economics, Psychology and Computer Science. When I am not tutoring I enjoy playing soccer and...

...in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and French. I have experience both leading group classes and working with students one on one. I will respond to a student's strengths, weaknesses, and learning style in order to help them succeed and make the most of our time together. I earned a perfect score of 36 on the ACT, 2280 on the SAT, and qualified as a National Merit Scholar on the PSAT. I look forward to...

I am a current student at the University of Rochester seeking a Bachelors degree in History. I'm looking forward to teaching new students! ... Only the best teach! I empower my students through the Socratic method--that is, I encourage them to think on their own feet.... On my first session, I would probably give my student a preliminary assessment of their skills, and what they want to improve upon.... Empowered students think for themselves. I encourage...

...me so long to realize I was born to be a teacher, particularly after the stellar example in Dr. King of what a teacher can mean in a child's life. Other people predicted a teaching career for me as early as high school, and I knew I wanted to work with young people, but I had to thrash around for years trying other disciplines before I could see the obvious. I was a perpetual student...

...Bronx, my most meaningful volunteer experiences were working in a Hunts Point preschool. Through my work with young children and early literacy, I developed a love for teaching. I expanded my volunteer work in education with homework help for high school students and English tutoring for college freshmen. Upon graduation from Fordham, I joined the New York City Teaching Fellowship program and began my journey to teacher certification in Special Education and English, grades 7-12....

...I participated in through my high-school as well as with the English lessons I used to give to French speakers through my own tutoring business. I try to get all of my students involved in tutoring so learning isn't simply a chore or a requirement but something beneficial and dare I say, fun. Whether it be English, French, math or even ACT prep, I am positive that I can help you learn it all, even...

...through that. In college, I have been given the privilege of combining those interests I am part of a sketch comedy troupe that allows me to combine my interests through writing and preforming my own sketches, as well as workshopping the sketches of other members of my troupe. Beyond that, I absolutely love podcasts: I've been obsessed with NPR's politics podcast lately, and (of course) This American Life, Radiolab, and Serial.... My teaching philosophy is to...

...these areas. As such, I am a registered French, English, Writing, Essay Editing, and Grammar tutor. My goals as a tutor are to help students become more comfortable with the material that they are learning, to give them the tools necessary to develop study skills that are effective for them, and to impart upon them the same passion for learning that I possess, because I have seen that passion is a great motivator and tends...