The House Tutoring Lounge is a tutoring service in Chicago founded in 2010. Its mission revolves around building a strong support team for each student, with parents, teachers, tutors, and staff all contributing to the child's progress. Because its success banks on the quality of its tutors, the center has a stringent hiring process that focuses on both credentials and personality. Its tutors provide academic tutoring, homeschooling help, and assistance in test preparations for the ACTs and SATs.
Chicago Academic began tutoring Chicago youth in math in 2010 and has almost 20 years of experience behind it. The founder is a biomedical researcher specializing in molecular biology who has partnered with various companies and organizations to help students of all ages achieve academic and life success. The team works closely with both students and their families and offers services for academic tutoring for middle school math, algeabra, calculus, trigonometry, statistics, and a range of other subjects, study strategies, how to prepare and master AP exams, test taking strategies, and college essay coaching. Chicago Academic was voted Best Test Prep Tutors in Chicago by CBS.
Ivy League Tutoring brings 30 years of math tutoring experience to Chicago students. The company is known for having tutors who have been educated at top schools such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Stanford, M.I.T. and Caltech and who have tested in the top 1% in the country for both reading and mathematics. Math tutoring covers arithmetic and geometry to calculus, statistics, and graduate-level math, and additional subjects include preparation for all standardized tests, science, reading, English composition, computer science, academic business subjects, ancient and modern foreign languages, and social sciences. Students who have used the service have ranged from two and a half years to 93 years of age and have included PhDs as well.
Chicago Home Tutor specializes in teaching students of all ages throughout the Chicagoland area important math skills, as well as other academic subjects. Chicago Home Tutor always begins with an assessment to determine what a student knows and where math skills may be breaking down. For their youngest students, they ensure a solid understanding of early mathematics skills which are an essential foundation to all later skills. For elementary and middle school students, Chicago Home Tutor follows the teaching sequence recommendations of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel. For all skills from addition to fractions, their tutors teach the skill from multiple angles: computational fluency, ensuring concept comprehension with the use of drawings or manipulatives, and application in word problems. As students delve into algebra and more complex word problems, they often struggle to organize themselves and complete all the steps, so for older students, Chicago Home Tutor often combines executive functioning strategies and math skills. Their tutors also specialize in supporting students with diverse learning needs and are happy to travel to locations that are the most convenient for their students such as home, school, and other settings.
Tom Heineman Enterprises has been tutoring Chicago students in math of all levels for almost 15 years. The owner holds a B.A. in Mathematics, taught math for eight years in a high school and middle school, worked as a computer programmer at Arthur Andersen LLP, and today specializes in teaching home school, middle school, high school, and college students algebra, trigonometry, geometry, precalculus, A/B Calculus, and test prep for the math sections of the SAT and ACT. Students can opt for in-home sessions or tutoring at the owner's home office and are able to take advantage of basic review for major tests as well as critical test taking strategies. References are available, and the owner is a member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
MASTERs Plus Tutoring Program has been offering math tutoring to children in Homewood for five years. Customized one-on-one sessions are available to students from K through 12th grade, and tutors aim to provide proper academic guidance as well as instill confidence in children to become motivated and succeed. Services include study skills, homework help, and subject-specific tutoring for elementary math all the way to statistics and calculus as well as writing, languages, science, math, ACT Prep, and reading. The founder is currently also establishing the OASIS Educational Foundation, a nonprofit organization to provide academic assistance for minority and low-income students, and parents can also peruse a number of online resources including guides to help their child learn math.
Alpha Math Learning has been a Prospect Heights math tutoring company since 2009. The teacher aims to guide students to work and obtain answers as much as possible on their own so as to achieve a greater ability to think and learn independently. Alpha Math is certified by the Illinois State Board of Education for Near Home Math Learning and instructs students in al pre-college and college level math including algebra, geometry, trigonometry, precalculus, and AP calculus. Tutoring and preparation are also available for standardized math tests such as ACT, SAT, and PSAT. The teacher is a graduate in the fields of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics and also offers a College Planning Program including admission and financial aid guidance.
Nurturing Wisdom Tutoring offers math tutoring services in the Chicago area. Families are required to complete an initial consultation after which students are paired up with the appropriate tutor for optimal success as well as given a tailored tutoring plan specific to his or her goals. Students can receive math tutoring for all levels including elementary math, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, statistics, and AP classes, and tutors use Math Looping?, word problem techniques, and mastery strategies to be able to think independently and successfully no matter the context. The president of Nurturing Wisdom has a BS in special education and a Master's as a reading specialist and worked as the district's professional development provider for teachers. Test prep and instruction in other subjects are also available.
Level Up Learning is a tutorial company located in Chicago and serving students nationwide. It specializes in tutoring learners of all grade levels and abilities and in all subjects, whether special education, general education, advanced education, or college education. In particular, its expertise includes homework support, state test prep, college application assistance, autism spectrum learning, learning disabilities, and graduate school tests. The company's founder and CEO graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy and a Master's Degree in Teaching Special Education.
Compass Educational Services, Inc. handles math tutoring in Park Ridge. Parents appreciate the verifiable and objective results from data-driven instruction programs for students in kindergarten through college with math tutoring for elementary school and middle school math, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, precalculus, and calculus. Collge application services are also available for ACT/SAT preparation, application essay writing, and application management, and students can also benefit from tutoring for learning disabilities, English, literature, and science. The owner has a BA in Applied Mathematics as well as an MA in Secondary Education, and the Director of College Services is a CPA and holds an MBA in Finance, Economics & Statistics.