• Undergrad:

  Des Moines Area Comm

• Tutors Out Of:

  Des Moines, IA

• Travel Radius:

  14 miles

• Tutoring Certifications:

  Bible studies - discrete math - elementary (k-6th) - excel - Microsoft word - phonics - prealgebra - proofreading - religion - Spanish - study skills - vocabulary - writing

• Tutor's Fee Per Hour:

  $31.50 * with a 10% discount after purchasing $360

I started really getting the opportunity to tutor in Highschool when I helped out in an ELL math class. This class was full of students that seemed to know enough English to understand me and for me to understand them, but they were still in the process of learning English better. They were also having difficulty understanding math. I worked with them on the basics. Some of them struggled with remembering their multiplication tables while other struggled more with measurements. So, I got some practice reviewing math problems that I haven't done for awhile in that class. The students seemed to really get to like me in that class and I really enjoyed getting to know them too. I believe that I have made a friend in all my students and I try to be a friend of every student that I tutor. Now I am also tutoring at DMACC (Des Moines Area Community College) in Ankeny. I want to tutor all I can, however, and be available to as many students as I can, so I thought I would try to see what tutoring with WyzAnt is like. I really have enjoyed my tutoring experience in Highschool and my tutoring experience at DMACC that I want to tutor as much as I can. I have tutoring students in Arithmetic, Algebra, and even Study Strategies. I am also able to tutor students in Microsoft Word, Basic Spanish, Excel, Bible Studies, prealgebra, vocabulary and writing. Along with those subjects I also have the possibility of becoming a tutor in a few other subjects as well.

My tutoring style is I get to know the student a little bit and try to figure out how they learn best. If they are a kenesthetic learner I try to help them by getting them to write out the problems that they are learning or I try to teach them in a way that they can learn with their hands. If the student is an auditory learner I try to teach them in a way that they can hear how to do their work and if they are a visual learner I try to show them how to do the work. In fact, most of the time no matter what kind of learner the student is I try to incorporate all three learning styles into my tutoring. I realize that people remember more of what they hear, see and write down, then they remember what they just hear, just see or just write down alone.

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• Bible studies

  I have a lot of experience in this subject. I have been a Bible-believing Christian for about 13 years. I have grown up going to a Bible-believing (non-denominational) church all my life. Most importantly, I have experience in sharing God's Word with others. I have been a CEF (Child Evangelism Fellowship) summer missionary for seven summers and I am planning on teaching through them again this summer. CEF is an organization who shares God's Word with children by sharing with them all about the Gospel and giving them an opportunity to accept the Lord Jesus as their personal Savior. I believe that my CEF experience has given me plenty of experience to help anyone who might be struggling in studying God's Word. Thanks, for considering me as a Bible Studies tutor and I look forward to meeting with students shortly!

• discrete math

  I have tutored several students in math. Math has always been one of my favorite subjects in school. This is because I understand it. I want to be able to help other students to be able to understand how to do math problems too. I can tutor all the way through prealgebra and I would like to be able to help by tutoring discrete math as well. Math is a subject that I am good at. You can even ask my students. They would agree. I had a student who said that he is suprised that I don't have more students because I am a good tutor. He is one of my Algebra I students at DMACC. He stayed with me as I was practicing at being a tutor and through the times that I wasn't as good of a tutor to help me improve myself and now I am a much better math tutor, so I believe that I could do a good job with discrete math as well and would like to be given the opportunity to tutor it.

• elementary (k-6th)

  I want to become an elementary teacher one day and I believe that tutoring elementary students will be a great way for me to prepare to become a teacher. I have experience in tutoring math all the way up through Algebra I and it seems that my tutoring experience in the past has been successful. I am also getting good grades in school and I am in college. If I can get good grades in college you would think that I would remember the things I learned in elementary school. I also have some experience baby sitting and I am baby sitting some children that are learning how to read and I have experience helping them in their learning how to read process. So, I have experience in teaching students how to read, how to do their math problems and I even have several people comment on how nice my hand writing is, so I believe that I can even help someone learn how to write. As they say, "reading, writing and arithmetic. All to the tune of the history stick." I even received an A in American History when I was a Freshman in college. That American History class was disigned for Juniors and Seniors, but I got an A in it as a Freshman anyway, so I am pretty sure that I can help tutor an elementary student history as well. I hope that you will choose me as your elementary student's tutor, because I know I can do a good job and you would be helping me get much needed experience in becoming an elementary teacher someday. Thank you for considering me as a tutor and I look forward to working with your children shortly.

• phonics

  Phonics... I remember those days. They were awhile ago, but I still remember the things I learned in phonics. I learned how to read. I have even helped in the process in helping other children learn how to read. I remember even taking a reading test when I was in about 9th grade and they said I was at a 12th grade reading average. I thought that was pretty neat that I could read as good as they thought that a 12th grader should. Like I said in the elementary k-6th grade category, I would like to become an elementary teacher someday and I think that being a phonics tutor would be good experience for a future teaching job. I also said that I have baby sitted in the past and I have helped a little bit in teaching the kids how to read. I would like to get more experience in teaching your kids how to read. If I was able to read with a 12th grade reading average when I was in around 9th grade, then you think I should be able to help teach your kids how to read like I was taught how to read, so that they can become good readers as well. Thank you for considering me as a phonics tutor and I look forward to tutoring your students shortly.

• proofreading

  I believe that I am a very good proofreader. There are many times I have looked over a paper my mom has written and I find a lot of mistakes in that paper and correct them. A lot of times there are punctuation, capitalization errors and even some spelling errors in her papers and I find them and correct them. I have also practiced correcting people's papers at school where the teacher asks students to read each other's papers and give feedback. When I read these people's papers I am also proofreading those papers and I give them feedback to try and help them to improve their paper. I feel like I can do the same thing if granted the opportunity to tutor a proofreading student. I can even proofread my own writing and sometimes I have to admit I find mistakes in my own writing, showing that I am sometimes even a better proofreader than a writer in the first place. I hope that you will give me the opportunity to proofread so that I can help others improve their writing like I strive at improving my writings everyday. Thank you!

• religion

  Religion, oh boy, I have a lot of experience in this subject that is for sure. I have grown up going to a Bible believing church and I learned from that church a lot of what I need to know about a Christian faith. I even did some studies on other people's religions. I have to admit that I believe that my faith is a relationship and not a religion, because a religion is man trying to work their way to God, but a relationship is God coming to man through a relationship with Jesus Christ. Even though I believe what I have is a relationship, I do know somethings about the various religions of the world and I think that, that knowledge will help me to be a good religion tutor. I am not the kind of person to push what I believe down your thrown either. I prefer to discuss your religion with you and I will discuss my beliefs with you. It is just a friendly chat, so that we can learn what each other believes and we can learn what each other knows about what other people believe as well. If chosen as a religions tutor I will help to incorporate my knowledge of the world's religions along with a discussion about my beliefs along with your beliefs into each tutoring session. I shall also try to be the kind of tutor that you are looking for in a tutor. Thanks for considering me as a religion tutor. I shall do my best to be the kind of tutor you want and I look forward to being your religion tutor shortly.

• study skills

  Study Skills is one of the classes that I have already taken in college. I got a good grade in the class too. I even learned some great study strategies in that class that have helped me in my own studying in school. I am even able to be a DMACC (Des Moines Area Community College) Study Stategies tutor. I have even tutored a student in the past with Study Strategies. If I am able to be a Study Skills tutor with WyzAnt I know that I could incorporate some of the things that I learned in the Study Strategies class at DMACC into each tutoring session with WyzAnt. I know that keeping up in school can be difficult and it can be hard to know just how to study, but there are several tips that I know that can help anyone to be a successful student ad to be able to study effectively. One of them is you need to figure out how you best study. Are you better at studying in a loud room or quite room? Are you a kinesthetic, visual or auditory learner? These are just some of the many things you can figure out and when you figure it out and you tips to help you study better using the ways you study best then you will be able to study a lot better than you used to study. I will save my other tips on studying for a future tutoring session. Thanks for considering me as your study skills tutor. I look forward to meeting with you as your study skills tutor shortly.