ABOUT US | Naperville Tutoring
LEADERSHIP IN HIGH QUALITY ACADEMIC TUTORING & TEST PREP
OUR ETHICS & COMMITMENT TO HIGH STANDARDS OF EDUCATION
ARE RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE U.S.
LOVE OF LEARNING | HONED STUDY SKILLS
EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS | UNIVERSITY OF CHOICE | SCHOLARSHIPS
Customized, Personalized & TARGETED Expertise
Naperville Tutoring helps students develop skills needed to obtain high grades and test well, improving their depth of subject knowledge, study skills & enjoyment of the learning process.
Joan Geyer Kaliher & Paul Kaliher, Founders of Naperville Tutoring, continue to serve with Hands-on Leadership. Recognized in the Naperville & surrounding High Schools, as well as in other states, they are visionaries and passionate voices in the realm of education.
For 25+ years, the Kalihers have built their business with strong committment to students & their families. They continuously evaluate their methodology to improve services by analyzing the High School & College Curriculum taught in public and private High Schools. They stay fresh in the college courses as AP requests for help are frequent. "Because we are hands-on, we know we can keep our skills current."
We care; we work with students of all capabilities & learning modalities. Our goal is to have a thriving educational environment for all students to improve & excel in the areas they are seeking our help.
"We offer depth of subject knowledge". Paul Kaliher, Valedictorian, also achieved 99% on his Graduate Management Admissionas Test & Joan Geyer Kaliher taught in Michigan, California & Naperville, Illinois. They combine expertise and talent, experience & insight into each student's request for Subject Tutoring or Test PREP. We serve families throughout the U.S., California, to Massachusetts, Michigan to Florida, along with Naperville & surrounding area High Schools. Our out-reach includes the greater Illinois area.
We hold to high standards. Your learning style, your sports and athletic interests & extracurricular activities are considered when we set up a customized program & schedule.
The depth of knowledge & talent of Naperville Tutoring, combined with the Kaliher's care and expertise, is the driving incentive for new and current families to continue to choose us.
Our leadership and high quality Academic & Test PREP success with hundreds of students & their terrific families enable us to provide Extraordinary Results. We provide meaningful academic help which leads to Love of Learning, scholarships, & honed study skills. We are recognized by teachers & counselors throughout Naperville & surrounding area high schools because of our ethics & committment to high standards of Education.
Naperville Tutoring uses cognitive learning techniques with essential study skills, designed by proven education experts and based on scientific research on how students actually learn. We use these techniques to help students develop more effective ways of thinking, concentrating, listening and remembering. Understanding concepts, how to integrate and apply them, and also retain new information allow our students to excel.
If you think your son or daughter may need assistance in goal-setting, developing organizational skills, learning effective study habits, and tutoring in various subjects, we would be happy to help. We believe strengthening the foundation in education, in any field, will provide success in life skills. We help families navigate the high school and college admission landscape.
We provide subject tutoring sessions for 1 hour. All subject tutoring sessions are One-on-One with undivided attention. Your child will work with a highly qualified tutor. Individualized and Customized help in HSPT, SAT & ACT PREP.
Joan Geyer Kaliher, is passionate about helping students reach their academic potential. Realizing major impact of student GPA's & college readiness test results, she guides students to successful results with subject tutoring & ACT & SAT tests. She taught in Michigan, California & Naperville, Illinois (Certified Teacher). You can count on her expertise, as she has tutored students in Naperville, surrounding areas & throughout the U.S. for 25+years. She delivers One-on-One private tutoring and delivered small group classes which changed floundering or frustrating student experiences into a positive direction.
With Joan's sense of caring, enthusiasm, humor and desire to provide high quality education, you will find your sessions interesting.
Expect excellent Reading & English SAT & ACT PREP tutoring whch includes valuable subject and type-cast question strategies. Students English scores soar 5-10 points up. Reading, do you wonder about progress? Don't! Students are moving their scores 3 - 6 point up.
Joan holds a Bachelors of Science, Central Michigan University; Math and Science Major, partial MBA from Michigan State University. She taught Math & Science | Supervised Student Teachers
| Michigan | Naperville | Long Beach & Fountain Valley, CA Joan loves to read, cook, entertain friends, dance, garden, travel, hike, enjoys the beauty of nature & stars/galaxies/planets; she is a swimmer, and avid fisherwoman & love
Paul is a Founder & Principal of Naperville Tutoring.
He tutors Middle School and High School students in all Math and Science subjects. We welcome all curriculum subjects: Regular, Honors, and AP levels except foreign language. He is known for providing excellent instruction in HSPT PREP, ACT & SAT PREP Math, Scientific Data Analysis, and Analytical Reasoning. These skills are required for High Composite Scores in the HSPT, SAT Math Section, ACT Math & Science Sections. He helps student scores soar to 30 up to 36 in the ACT Test and equivalent scores in the SAT Test. When you work with Paul, you will see he has the ability to absorb large amounts of information in a short time and produce quality results from that information. He has a solid understanding of, and a passion for Education, Technology and Business. Paul holds a B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Minnesota and an M.B.A. from University of St. Thomas. He was honored as "Valedictorian" and scored in the "99th percentile on his GMAT".
Looking back Paul was a Marketing Manager, Vice President of Marketing at four high tech companies, while maintaining his engineering roots. Career accomplishments:
We have tutored 25 + years serving Naperville & Surrounding Area Schools & through out the U.S.
We offer LIVE ONLINE INTERACTIVE tutoring with 2 expert teachers providing SUMMIT HSPT PREP ™, Foundational SAT & ACT Test PREP, SUMMIT ACT PREP ™ & SUMMIT SAT PREP ™ to students throughout the U.S.
We tutor mainstream courses in Middle and High school curriculum along with AP/ Honors classes. LIVE Online tutoring is available through ZOOM in all Subjects, Regular & AP / Honors,except for foreign languages.
Students we tutor reward us with improved performance, admissions into the universities & colleges of their choice. Many are awarded academic scholarships based on their GPA & ACT or SAT test scores.
We understand the impact of the HSPT, ACT and SAT Test Composite results for students and their families.
Naperville Tutoring strives to help each student develop a Love for Learning, giving consideration to each student's learning style and their preferred learning modality, in our customized approach. We work with all student levels, including ADHD, special needs and Honors/AP students.
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NAPERVILLE TUTORING ADVANTAGE | 2 EXPERT & EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS
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STUDENT & PARENT'S COMMENTS
DEPTH OF SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE FOR YOUR ACT/SAT TEST, COLLEGE & A LIFETIME
OUR REPUTATION WITH FAMILIES WE HAVE BEEN PRIVILEDGED TO SERVE
Naperville Tutoring ADVANTAGE | Expert Instructors 
Joan Geyer Kaliher | Founder & Principal
As a Founder of Naperville Tutoring, Joan leads the development of Innovative HSPT, SAT & ACT PREP programs for 8th Graders, High School Juniors & Seniors. Students are accepted in competitive universities of their choice, often with scholarships. Joan oversees One-on-One LIVE ONLINE INTERACTIVE programs.
Success in student goals for high HSPT, SAT and ACT scores is a huge motivation for Joan. She knows this is a life-changing event for students, affecting college choices & an excellent career. She loves the opportunity to work with amazing families & students.
IBM: Sales, Marketing, Channel Operations, Sales & Technical Instructor, Curriculum Sales/Developer | Managed & Developed Education Program , Adopted Nationally at IBM.
s the wonderful beauty of mountains & immense oceans & lakes. She loves to travel & hang out with her husband, family & friends; enjoys catching lake & ocean fisheys, trout, snook & grouper, if really lucky. She loves to play with their dog who loves every student as we do!
Paul Kaliher | Founder & Principal
Thorough understanding of complex concepts in Math &Science is necessary and clearly explaining these concepts is Paul's mission & forte. He provides multiple approaches to solving problems tohelp students test well.
Paul's warm person-ality fits well with students and he really enjoys working with every student.
Paul loves to write and is a Canon 5 Star Master Photographer. He loves to travel, hang out with his wife, family, friends & dog; he is an avid fisherman and loves the art of cooking as Chef Paul . He also likes to relax by catching ocean Florida fishey's, & unsuspecting groupers.
3 patents to Paul's name:
• Electrosurgical Medical Product
• 2 Electronic Touch Sensitive Switches, such as used in kitchen appliances
• Electronics Engineering, New Product Design & Development
• Business & Product line Management
• Strategic North American & International Marketing
• Acquisition Analysis
• Training of 1,000+ employees in technical aspects of Medical, Telecommunications and Control Products
What Naperville & Surrounding Middle & High School Parents, their Sons and Daughters Are Saying. We welcome you to call us & we look forward to working with you..
We are honored to serve Naperville Middle Schools, Jefferson Junior High School, Lincoln Junior High School, Madison Junior High School, 
Washington Junior High, Saints Peter & Paul Catholic School, All Saints Catholic Academy, Covenant Classic School & Crone Middle School, Thayer Hill Middle School, Gregory Middle School, Naperville Community United School District 203, Indian Prairie School District 204,
Naperville Central High School, Naperville North High School, Metea Valley High School, Neuqua Valley High School, & Waubonsie Valley High School,
Benet Academy, St. Francis High School, Joliet Catholic Academy, Marmion Academy, Illinois Math & Science Academy, Montini Catholic High School, Xavier College Prep High School, Palm Desert, CA; Burr Ridge High School, Downers Grove South and North High Schools, Glenbard West High School, Hinsdale Central High School, Lisle, Lexington High School, Massachusettes, North, Central, South Plainfield, North Plainfield East High Schools, Somonauk High School, Ottawa, Oswego High School, Wheaton Academy, & Wheaton North High School.
Parents find us on the High School Guidance Department resource lists in Naperville School Districts, 203 and 204, Benet Academy, St. Francis Catholic, Montini Catholic, Lisle, and all 4 Plainfield High Schools.
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As your tutor(s), we are honored to help you accomplish your goals for your HSPT, SAT & ACT Test score.
ACADEMIC OBJECTIVE
Our passion is to influence, develop and preserve a love of learning. By strengthening your skills in all subject areas, English, Math, Reading and Science (ACT), you will improve your results in the SAT & ACT Test & improve your academic skills in high school, college & in life.
test strategies
We provide test strategies in each subject area, improving a student's radar in detection of the various type-cast questions. Each student learns how to identify when the test question may detour, side-track or attempt to trick them, leading them to select the incorrect answer. Test Strategies can impact a student's pacing, accuracy, focus and potential to further excel on the HSPT, SAT & ACT test.
Confidence
Confidence improves Subject Scores in HSPT, SAT & ACT English, Math, Reading, Writing and Science (ACT), Resulting in a Higher Test Composite Score