Top online tutors near Winona, MN

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$20

1 lesson

30 mins each

Kiara Smith
Colorado Springs, CO

Violin/Viola lessons for all ages (4+) and experience

I have been studying violin for 12 years. I began in the summer before my 8th grade year and continued through high school. After that, I majored in music in college where I learned more than I could imagine from my violin instructor. I learned not only how to play the violin more beautifully and functionally, but how to practice in a mindful, productive, and healthy way. Practicing an instrument intentionally can perpetuate overall personal growth. After 3 years with that instructor, and an Associate's of Arts in Music degree, I went to the University of Wyoming to get a bachelor's degree. I was there for 2 years where I studied violin from another professor. He taught me a lot more about how the violin itself functions. There was also a time when I developed an injury in my wrist from playing. My professor helped me not only recover, but learn how to adjust my playing ever so slightly to avoid re-injury. I graduated with a Bachelor's of Music Education. From there, I taught music in public schools for 2 years. This experience helped me learn more about human development and learning. I was nurtured and taught by my supervisors how to maximize learning time and to differentiate and individualize instruction to meet every student's needs. I learned how social emotional skills can be taught through any lesson and I believe that one on one learning can maximize all skill building.

$20

1 lesson

30 mins each

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$30

1 lesson

60 mins each

Todd Stregiel
Skaneateles, NY

Friendly, Experienced Tutor & Academic Coach

I really know about teaching for the High School equivalency exams. (It’s still best known as the GED, but in some places the test might also be called the HiSet or TASC— but they all serve the same purpose!) After more than 20 years of experience as an instructor, tutor, adult education program manager and tutor trainer, I have learned the ins and outs of the whole process— from getting started again with learning, preparing for the tests, earning passing scores, all the way to taking the next steps with diploma in hand. My experience comes from my extensive work in community education programs for teens and adults. Over the years I’ve helped literally hundreds of students who were feeling stuck after leaving school for whatever reason to get back on track, earn their degrees and move forward in their lives. I've mastered the content in all the GED subjects: Reading and Writing, Social Studies, Science, and Math. It’s a lot of material, but I have developed a system to target the most important concepts and skills. I also know plenty of techniques for dealing with test anxiety, and can show you how to maximize your scores, though I prefer to make learning about more than just passing the test. I know that the test scores and grades are important, but for me the biggest accomplishment in earning an equivalency diploma is the self-confidence you feel after overcoming challenges, taking responsibility for your education, and sticking with it until graduation. But most of all, I know what it feels like to earn an equivalency degree. A long time ago, I dropped out of High School myself in the 12th grade. But I got my diploma from a Community College, went on to earn a Bachelor’s degree and eventually made a career as an educator helping students just like I was. I do this work because I believe that everyone has the potential to succeed if given the support. Thanks for reading this. If you’re ready to get started, I hope to hear from you!

$30

1 lesson

60 mins each

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$35

1 lesson

30 mins each

Liam Connerly
Colorado Springs, CO

Middle and High School Latin & Etymology Teacher, TikTok Educator, life-long learner

Each lesson and plan of attack is by design between both the client and myself. Sometimes, with the amount of material I've garnered and procured over my years instructing at the secondary levels and tutoring at undergraduate levels. Our classes are always a continual conversation, where we assess, discuss how fluency is going, and whether we need to pivot and slow/hasten the rigor of instruction. I also have an educational TikTok, YouTube, and Podcast (Latin in Layman's- A Rhetoric Revolution) which has brought people to seek me out in order to just START learning Latin. Most of my clients are actually not in a Latin class, they just simply want to learn and grow. I embrace the concepts of being a lifelong learner. Everyone is growing up in this world… Throughout my time instructing, I’ve come to learn that while my students are growing up into this world, so is everyone else, regardless of age: I am, while my parents are, while you are, while your parents are, while my students’ parents are, while… Well, I digress. Life is truly humbling when you embrace the fact that you’ll never know everything (even if you tried.) Therefore, my philosophy revolves around learning for the sake of learning. Latin has imbued this in me since my genesis in teaching it; something as esoteric as a “Dead Language” actually lays roots in medicine, the legal discipline, culture, mathematics, history, etymology, Anthropology, Chemistry, English grammar, et cetera! Regardless of whether a student will use “the quadratic formula” or “subjunctive grammar concepts” or the understanding of an “acute vs. obtuse angle” later into their lives isn’t the point nor goal of education; it’s the aspect of learning something new and investing in our brains like we do in all other facets of our lives that we care about… The point isn’t “why” are we learning these concepts but rather “how” can these disciplines open up my understanding of the world around me more so than before?

$35

1 lesson

30 mins each