(48) Private tutors for lessons, class and homework help in Polk City
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Patrick
Experienced college-level instructor
- $90 / h
- 15 ratings
- West Des Moines , Iowa ( 50266 )
- 20 miles
Data Scientist/Computer Scientist/Mathematician looking to do some tutoring on the side. I really enjoyed my past teaching experience that involved everything from fractions/decimals/percents up through linear algebra and differential equations. I love seeing students grow and just generally being helpful. I have an extremely high level of understanding of math concepts, yet students also have described me as very approachable. Math PhD with 6 years experience teaching courses at a com... Read more
Brent
PhD Offering Tutoring Services in English and Spanish
- $30 / h
- West Des Moines , Iowa ( 50266 )
- 20 miles
Hello, my name is Brent, and I'd love to work as an English or Spanish tutor for you! I earned a BA in Spanish and Anthropology from the University of Iowa, and then an MA and PhD in Comparative Literature (in Spanish, Portuguese, and English) from the University of WIsconsin. In graduate school, I worked as a teaching assistant, conducting discussion sections, grading essays, and helping students with their writing. I also volunteered as an ESL tutor, working one-on-one with English languag... Read more
Mary
Mary, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, passion for teaching!
- $40 / h
- West Des Moines , Iowa ( 50265 )
- 40 miles
Hello everyone, my name is Mary! I am originally from Des Moines, Iowa and studied Dietetics/Nutrition at Iowa State University. During this time, I had the opportunity to work as a Teaching Assistant at the collegiate level for two different Nutrition courses - "Introduction to Nutrition" and "World Food Issues." Many of my students were Freshmen or taking their very first nutrition class - I loved seeing the growth students had from the beginning to end of the semester. During undergr... Read more
Anne
Let's Learn Using Your Best Learning Styles!
- $45 / h
- 157 ratings
- West Des Moines , Iowa ( 50265 )
- 10 miles
Hajime-mashite! Nice to meet you! My name is Anne and I have my IA K-12 music license, as well as my IN Professional Educator license. I've just added an ESL endorsement to my standard IA teaching license. Although music is my area of endorsement, I have been doing substitute teaching in many areas -- in particular, for middle school math teachers, and also for lower elementary school (K, 1, 2, 3, 4th grade) classrooms. Math is definitely an area I love - nearly as much as music! When i... Read more
Alan
Retired Physician, All Sciences and Math, Career Advice
- $35 / h
- West Des Moines , Iowa ( 50266 )
- 20 miles
I am a recently retired surgeon that has also been on two medical school admission committees. As an undergraduate I created an ad-hoc major in 'Mathematical Approach to Physiological Problems with emphasis in Chemical engineering, Mathematics, Physics and Physiology. During this degree I became very familiar with those subjects and have maintained my skills in all those fields. I spent three(3) years doing basic science research at NIH I have counselled dozens of students over my career on... Read more
Meagan
English and Writing Tutor
- $35 / h
- West Des Moines , Iowa ( 50266 )
- 20 miles
Hi there! As an experienced writer, I know how important writing and communication skills are. I have two years of writing tutor experience, and have been writing college-level papers and projects (both academic and creative) for the past four years. I can help with virtually any area of writing or literature, be it proofreading, grammar, spelling, form, content, mechanics, MLA/APA/Chicago formatting, research and more. I was also the editor of a literary arts magazine for two years and am an... Read more
Marion
Elementary Reading Tutor
- $20 / h
- West Des Moines , Iowa ( 50266 )
- 40 miles
Hello, my name is Marion but most of my students call me Mrs. M. I worked in a local school this past school 2 school years helping 2nd and 3rd graders by teaching them how to become better readers. By seeing more words coming up in the sentence and reading the same story several times in one session my students were able to understand how that helped to master new words and phrases. By the fourth read their words per minute increased dramatically. We also discussed the story and worked on... Read more
Sabrina
Kind tutor who wants to make learning fun!
- $25 / h
- 1 rating
- West Des Moines , Iowa ( 50265 )
- 15 miles
I've always liked helping students learn. Throughout school I helped my peers and my siblings with their school work. I even helped my mom with her math when she was in college! I've taught and tutored preschoolers through college students. While I was earning my B.A. in psychology, I tutored psychology and helped students with their English, history, and political science work. Then when getting my M.S. in clinical psychology, I tutored statistics and even taught my own sections of intro to ... Read more
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