Award-Winning SSAT Tutors serving Chester County, PA

As the first in my family to attend college, and then the only member to pursue graduate education, I know just how transformative my educational experiences have been. Such has encouraged me to enable the transformation of others via my mentoring, tutoring, and public speaking engagements.

...have learned that all people can learn; I just need to find out how they learn. Professionally, I am a certified special education teacher for students with severe and/or moderate disabilities and a middle school math and science teacher. However, I have taught and/or tutored people beyond school age and in all academic subjects (reading, writing, math, science, social studies, history). [*Disclaimer: When tutoring all subjects the curriculum is equivalent to an 8th grade and...

My name is Crystal, I am a recent undergraduate pre-medical student from Towson University with dual B.S. in Chemistry and Forensic Chemistry, and minor specializations in Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology. I have a strong passion for math and science, and truly enjoy helping others to learn, grow, and succeed.

...questions on material they cover in class and during sessions. In turn, I do my level best to relate to students and not just to teach them a subject, but to encourage their curiosity and foster a love of learning by using practical examples and real-world applications in my tutoring. In my tutoring style, I strive to maintain a rigorous yet balanced environment and to be approachable. I want students to feel they can come...

...a student was challenging. I felt like I could never do the work and I believed my teachers just couldn't understand. Mathematics was a language that made little sense to me. When it finally began to click and it was time for me to decide what career I wanted to enter, it was an easy decision. My passion is not only teaching math in a way that enables all students to learn and comprehend, but...

...tutoring. I was part of an organization called TEACH at UCLA, in which we tutored at-risk children and taught them modules regarding health and science. I was also a tutor at Mathnasium, which was a tutoring company that taught math to K-12 students. My approach to tutoring is through understanding that everyone learns in different ways, and thus the first step is to discover which method matches each individual student. I believe the most effective...

...share, which for me was in the eighth grade. In the way a six-year-old might feel an unwavering sense of duty and pride from being charged with returning scissors to the desk, I felt the true significance of the job I had been given. Tutoring has never lost this importance for me and I continue to approach each student with the same level of preparation and commitment as I did all those years ago. As...

...teacher, I am passionate about learning, and enjoy using fun, multisensory methods to support the needs of diverse students. I have a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education and a Masters degree in Special Education from American University. I also have a graduate certificate in Nutrition Education, and can offer nutritional guidance, as well as guided mindfulness practice, to support students' focus and overall well being. In addition, I can provide support with organization and executive...

Believe you can do anything, aim to achieve the impossible and you will.

My motto is; my, "Faith supercedes my Situation!" No matter what I will succeed, and I instill this motto in my students, and whomever crosses my path in life. Your dreams are not pint-sized, so why box them in with limitations, that defeats who you truly are! LC

MBA Candidate at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania

...spent the past two summers as a teaching assistant with the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth. I primarily tutor students in English and writing skills, social studies, test prep, and Spanish. Outside of tutoring, I can typically be found hiking, reading about environmental and social justice, playing instruments, or spending time with my cat. Please reach out if you have any questions, and I look forward to working with you!

...I've found that learning is most fun, and most effective when the student and teacher are a team unit, working together towards a tangible goal. I always make it my mission to engage with students and really understand each and every student's particular learning style. Also, as a recent graduate from Johns Hopkins, I'm closer in age, thinking style, and just all around more in tune and aware of what it takes for students to...