708 Columbia Heights Literature Tutors

...They need to be challenged with rich problems, while being provided with the tools to tackle those problems with creativity and confidence. With several years of experience teaching math and tutoring, I know how to help students build both their conceptual understanding of mathematics and their confidence in problem solving. Most of my experience... read more

...I love playing cello, and am only a few credits away from a music major. I also have a great fascination with American History. But my real passion (and major) in college was English literature. Carrying on this passion to the real world, I joined Peace Corps and moved to Ukraine for two years to teach others English as a foreign language. Along... read more

...The following year I served with AmeriCorps, teaching after-school curriculum in middle school classrooms and also teaching basic creative writing to adolescent boys who were participating in court-ordered rehabilitation. Later, in college, I ran a semester-long reading comprehension after-school program in a local middle school. And on an informal... read more

I am a recent graduate of Bard College, where I majored in Theatre Directing and Spanish. For the past four summers I have taught and tutored children and teens in the DC area in English, Spanish, and standardized test preparation. I earned near perfect (800 and 790, respectively) scores on the SAT reading and writing sections, and won a Letter of... read more

Hi there, potential students. I have a variety of teaching experiences in the traditional classroom, the ESOL classroom, and, as a tutor. I work in Fairfax County Schools as a high school English teacher. Currently, I teach IB and Honors English which means I focus on literary analysis, critical thinking, and creative expression. However, I also... read more