RedKey Education: Unlock Your Potential - RedKey Tutors

RedKey has a roster of more than 100 active tutors covering a wide variety of subjects and standardized test preparation. All of our tutors have extensive teaching experience, dynamic personalities, and a great ability to connect with students. We draw from the communities of Harvard, MIT, and other top university graduate students and recent graduates who have displayed a dedication to youth development and have acquired significant teaching experience. We send them to you with confidence, because we know that each tutor is fantastic. Here are just a few members of our education staff in the Boston area:

Cara - Cara received her Masters Degree from Harvard University and is currently a Ph.D. student at Harvard in the East Asian Languages and Civilizations program. She is a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University, teaching Chinese history to Harvard undergraduates. Cara was a Phi Beta Kappa undergraduate and received a scholarship from the U.S. Department of Defense to study in China. Cara teaches SAT Reasoning, Chinese, Japanese, and Writing

Marc - Marc received a Bachelors Degree in Philosophy and Theology, and a Masters Degree in Judaism and Islam, from Oxford University. He is presently working on a second Masters Degree for regional studies in the Middle East at Harvard University. He is a teaching fellow at Harvard, teaching the Introduction to Islam course. He previously taught AP US History at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School and mentored at Pembroke College.

Joy - Joy is a recent graduate from Harvard University, and her experience includes teaching Spanish to elementary school students, teaching ESL and Citizenship in Boston's Chinatown, and volunteering as a piano teacher through Harvard. She tutors SAT Reasoning, Writing, Bio, Chemistry, Physics, Math, and ESL. She received a 1560 on her SAT I (800 Math; 760 Verbal), 800s on SAT II Math, Writing, and Physics, and a 780 in Chemistry. She received perfect scores of "5" on the following exams: AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP Physics C, AP Statistics, AP US History, AP Psychology, AP Spanish Language, and AP US Government and Politics.

Stephanie S. - Stephanie received her BA, magna cum laude, in International Relations from Wellesley College, then earned an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and is currently a doctoral student at Harvard. Stephanie tutors SAT I, English writing and History with RedKey Education. Additionally, Stephanie conducts admissions counseling sessions with select RedKey students, helping them to craft college essays and to determine which colleges and universities best match their interests and future plans. Stephanie's passion is education; some of her favorite experiences include working as a United States history teacher and dormitory faculty member at a leading prep school. Stephanie has also worked extensively with ESL students in the Boston area, and is available to help learners of all backgrounds and education levels succeed. A client recently sent us the following email about Stephanie: "Just wanted to let you know how pleased we are with Stephanie, she is so well prepared, innovative in her teaching skills, and extremely professional and personal at the same time. Our daughter is learning a tremendous amount and is very motivated. Thanks so much!"

Max - Max is currently a PhD candidate in Religion at Harvard, focusing on 19th century American religious history. Max has over ten years of tutoring experience in writing, history (American and European), SAT I and French. Before starting graduate school, Max taught AP level French and coached cross country and track at a small private school in Louisiana. Max graduated from Carleton College Magna Cum Laude with a double major in French and religion. He also holds a Masters in Theological Studies (MTS) from Harvard Divinity School in American religious history. Max is an avid runner who wishes "books on CD" would publish academic titles so he could upload them to his ipod, allowing him to get in both his reading and his workout at the same time!

Tiffany - Tiffany earned her BA from Williams College with a double major in Psychology and Asian Studies and an M.Ed. from the Harvard School of Education. She is currently pursuing her certification in School Guidance Counseling. After graduating from college, Tiffany worked as a high school Mandarin teacher at Hong Kong International School for a year. She has been tutoring and teaching students from ages 4-22 in Mandarin Chinese, Mathematics, SAT Prep, and Chinese calligraphy for the last 8 years, and has worked at a residential summer academic program for 4th-7th graders as a teacher, dorm advisor, and programming administrator since 2004. When she is not working with kids of all ages, Tiffany enjoys traveling (she recently took trips to Alaska to see the glaciers calving and to Taipei, Taiwan, to attend the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony), cooking, reading, and hiking.

Sarah - Sarah earned her BA (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from Harvard University and an MA in medieval art from the Courtauld Institute in London. She is currently earning a Masters in Library Science from Simmons College while working part-time at a Harvard library. Sarah tutors a variety of subjects, including Latin, History, Civics, English, reading comprehension, and composition, as well as occasional lessons in Italian and Art History. She has primarily worked with elementary and junior high school students, but she also has extensive experience editing essays for college and graduate school applications. Sarah enjoys reading, gardening, cooking, and traveling. Her academic interest is in medieval manuscripts and other rare books, but she also reads everything from poetry to nature writing to graphic novels. She worked part-time in an independent bookstore for several years, which gave her a good knowledge of children?s and young adult literature and a passion for matching the right person with the right book.

Meg - Meg has her BS in Biochemistry from the University of Vermont and a Masters in Industrial Hygiene from the University of Massachusetts. She is currently a Ph.D. student at Harvard in the School of Public Health, majoring in Epidemiology and minoring in Biostatistics and Physiology. Her tutoring areas are Biology, Math, English, and Chemistry. Meg has been tutoring since high school, and loves sharing her experiences and knowledge with students. Her greatest strengths as a tutor are her patience and her ability to find every day examples in a student?s life to explain difficult concepts. Meg first became involved in community service at the University of Vermont and that is also where she fell in love with the sport of rowing. Today she coaches rowing for the MIT Rowing Club.

Stephanie Y. - Stephanie is a graduate of MIT's Sloan School of Business, where she specialized in marketing and did a concentration in economics; She also focused on women's studies. She has a business degree, as well as a firm technical grounding due to MIT's required core curriculum of calculus, physics, biology, and chemistry. Stephanie is a transplant from Louisiana, a film buff, a soccer fan, and an amateur guitar player. She also enjoys writing short stories. Stephanie tutored off and on during her four years of undergraduate study, mostly with a local charter high school. She worked with individuals and small groups on a variety of topics, including algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. She has also worked with larger classes of ten to fifteen students. She enjoys tutoring English and Literature and can work with students on writing and editing papers and critical analysis.

Kristen - Kristin graduated from Harvard University summa cum laude with a degree in Linguistics and received her Masters in Education from Lesley University. Since high school, she has pursued her love of teaching and tutoring both in the United States and around the world. She has taught third through sixth grade in Boston, Chelsea, and Brookline, tutored ESL students from kindergarten through adults, taught English and Math to high-school students at an international school in Thailand, and prepared middle and high-school students for a variety of standardized tests. During her summers, she has volunteered with Learning Enterprises and other organizations teaching English and computer skills in a number of countries, including Hungary, Uzbekistan, India, Mexico, and Mauritius. This fall, Kristin will begin a second Masters in sustainable development at Clark University in Worcester, with the aim of improving educational opportunities for children in developing countries. When she isn't teaching or tutoring, Kristin enjoys traveling to different parts of the world, writing about her travels, playing Celtic fiddle, practicing Aikido (a Japanese martial art), and hiking in beautiful places.Kristin's tutoring strengths include her warmth, patience, intelligence, positive nature, and commitment to students' success. She enjoys working with learners of all ages and loves the satisfaction of showing them how much they are truly capable of learning.

Lauren - Lauren has a BA in Theatre and African American Studies from Wesleyan, an MFA in Theater from Columbia, and is currently studying for her doctorate in Higher Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Her research interests include the decision-making processes of colleges with regards to curriculum and student learning. This year, in addition to completing her coursework, she will serve as a tri-chair for one of HGSE's two student-run academic conferences. Lauren concentrates on writing and college admissions prep. Lauren has worked in various positions in the theatre world for 10 years before attending Harvard, including director, dramaturge, and producer. In addition to attending the theatre, going to movies, and listening to live music, she also enjoys running, and completed the New York City Marathon in 2005.

Claire - Claire specializes in tutoring math and science. She was pre-med at the University of Rochester, where she earned her BA in Chemistry. While at Rochester she received Xerox, Rush Rhees, and Garnish Scholarships. She recently completed her MS at the Harvard School of Public Health, with a concentration in Environmental Health. While at Harvard she took several civil and environmental engineering courses at MIT. Her academic work at Harvard was recognized with the award of a John E. Thayer Scholarship. Claire has held positions as a research assistant to a member of British Parliament, as a laboratory technician at Harvard Medical School, and as an environmental analyst at the Cadmus Group. She is currently as an environmental scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency in Boston. Claire is a triathlete, as well as enjoying soccer, water skiing. sailing and backpacking.

Bob - Bob has his BS in biology from MIT, he is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, and has JD from the New England School of Law. He has done biomedical research at half a dozen clinics and hospitals, including MIT, Children?s Hospital in Boston, and the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. He has numerous publications to his credit. He is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Massachusetts Medical Society, American Medical Association, and the Association for the Advancement of Science Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Biomedical Section. Bob has taught at Tufts and Beth Israel Hospital. He has an Adjunct Faculty appointment in the Dept of Mathematics at Newbury College. He has served in several Boston law firms as a medico-legal specialist, and is currently sitting for the Massachusetts bar exam. He is an instrument-rated private pilot, never getting as much time as he would like in the cockpit of his Piper Cherokee. He speaks Russian, French and Spanish. He is a genuine polymath, and a patient and enthusiastic tutor as well. A client recently said the following about Bob: "Bob has been a great tutor and an extremely helpful person."

Jenny - Jenny majored in the joint Archaeology/Materials Science program at MIT, receiving both her BS and Ph.D from there. She is Phi Beta Kappa, a National Merit Scholar, winner of an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, an MIT Presidential Fellowship, and was awarded a an FAMSI Research Grant. Her education combines both engineering and social sciences/humanities (she also minored in Art History at MIT), so she tutors a variety of different subjects, particularly in the sciences and math. During college, she studied at Oxford University for a semester, and her archaeological research was conducted in Belize and Mexico. Jenny loves to cook (primarily Thai and Indian food), read almost anything, sing in the local community choir, and she is a certified SCUBA diver. She's traveled to five continents so far, and is looking forward to traveling to Africa and Antarctica some day. Jenny is originally from Ohio.

Ellen - Ellen earned her undergraduate degree in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard College and her Master's Degree in English from Boston College. Until the end of the 2006 school year, she taught eighth- and sixth-grade English at East Middle School in Braintree. Working with ten, eleven, and twelve year-olds allowed her not only to teach her subject matter, but also to work with students on their overall educational experience: their organization, their study skills, and their enjoyment of learning and succeeding. She is mainly interested in tutoring the humanities: literature, writing, and/or history. For her, the rewards of teaching and tutoring are many ? getting to know students, helping them enjoy their schoolwork, guiding them toward achieving success in areas with which they may be struggling, and/or encouraging them toward further success in areas they already enjoy. During her final year of graduate school, she was a Teaching Fellow in Boston College?s First-Year Writing Seminar Program. This experience allowed her to meet individually with each of her fifteen students once a week, giving her the opportunity to guide and support her student-writers in an ideal environment. Tutoring students one-on-one provides her with a similar situation ? and one in which she hopes to help each student achieve to the best of his or her ability.

Maggie - Maggie, a second-year doctoral student in the English Department at Harvard University, grew up in Wellesley, MA, the eldest of three children. She attended Wellesley Senior High School and was the valedictorian of the graduating class of 2003. She pursued her undergraduate degree at Yale University. Maggie graduated summa cum laude from Yale in May of 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. As a graduate student at Harvard, Maggie specializes in American literature, particularly the literature of the 20th century, and she looks forward to teaching Harvard undergraduates beginning in the fall of 2009. Maggie?s tutoring experience is wide-ranging and diverse. As a high school athlete, Maggie spent many summers coaching youth sports; these early teaching experiences encouraged her to pursue teaching as a career. While in New Haven, Maggie volunteered as a tutor in the New Haven public schools and worked one-on-one with an elementary school student over the course of several years. Maggie has been with Redkey Education since the summer of 2007 following her graduation from Yale. As a Redkey tutor, Maggie has taught SAT (mostly verbal and writing sections), writing, and literature and assisted with college applications, particularly the essays. Maggie enjoys working with students at all stages of study and especially enjoys getting to learn more about her students' extracurricular interests and activities through their writing samples. In addition to her academic work, Maggie is an avid runner, a creative vegetarian cook, and a devoted coffee drinker. She looks forward to working with many students as a tutor, a teaching assistant, and finally as a professor.

And many more! - Including: Victoria (Harvard, Ph.D. candidate), Elizabeth (MIT, MS, Ph.D. candidate), Darcie (Harvard, AB), Nancy (MIT, MS candidate), Chris (MIT, Ph.D.), Richard (Harvard, AB), Kerry (Cornell, BS; Harvard, Ph.D. candidate), Leslie (Harvard, MA), Megan (Harvard, Ph.D. candidate), Beth (Havard, AB; Yale, JD), Dennis (Harvard, BS), Nathan (Harvard, MA), David (Harvard AB, Cornell Ph.D.), Simon (MIT, BA), Rachel (Harvard, Ed.M.), Fred (Harvard, AB), Roberto (MIT, Ph.D. candidate), William (MIT, BS, MS, Ph.D. candidate), Phil (Havard, MA candidate) . . .

Whether your child needs tutoring in math, science, critical writing skills, or SAT test preparation, RedKey can help. To find out which of our tutors would be the best match for you or your child call RedKey Education in the Boston area at (617) 395-7935 or email us at info@redkeyeducation.com.