2,185 Chicagoland, IL Reading Tutors

...'m a certified teacher with a masters degree in teaching, learning disabilities and social/emotional disorders, which includes ADHD. Teaching is my second career, but my first love. After teaching in public schools for 12 years, I became a full-time tutor specializing in standardized test preparation, reading and writing. My experience with special... read more

...Rather than enabling dependence as a tutor, I work with people towards independence by first teaching them the fundamentals and then showing them how to apply that knowledge on their own. I also adapt my lesson plans to the particular needs of each person. My education, work experience, and passion for writing and reading development of others and... read more

...I am certified in Elementary Education k-9, Special Education k-12, and School Counseling k-12. My experiences have been primarily in elementary schools, middle schools, and I have had a small amount of experience in high schools. During this time I have taught reading, mathematics, writing, language arts, science, social studies, study skills,... read more

...I am proficient in introducing students to positive and negative numbers, greater than and less than, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of negative and positive numbers, all rules pertaining to solving these same problems. Bridging the gap in understanding that pre-algebra is the first math that students learn when they start school... read more

...As a published, award-winning teacher of juniors and seniors in a large public school system, I was also responsible for preparing students to take the English portions (essay writing, reading, vocabulary, grammar, etc.) of all standardized tests; special emphasis was placed on the ACT and the SAT. I love teaching and empowering young people, but... read more