Award-Winning Tutors serving Gatewood, WA

...During my time as an undergraduate, I served as a Biology tutor for my schools Biological Sciences Honor Society and as a mentor for graduating high school students through the Dream Project. As a tutor, my main duty is to work with a student as an individual and to adjust my own tutoring to fit...

...to tutor for ACT and SAT preparation in all subject areas. My personal favorite areas are the English, reading, and writing portions of these tests. In addition, I am prepared to tutor college students in ecology, which was a particular interest of mine while obtaining my degree. Outside of academics, I am interested in long...

...Spanish-speaking ESL students. This past year, I developed and taught an original curriculum intertwining creative writing, creative movement and theater for a month-long workshop series at Velocity Dance Center, and for the Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation. I adapted this curriculum for students in theater and creative writing electives at The Northwest School. I have...

...parents. During 2014-15, Ruth completed a Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs, where she learned about the interaction between government and nonprofit sectors in community building. While in Coro, she worked on projects impacting different communities in the Pittsburgh area, including developing a comprehensive curriculum to bring the Dignity & Respect Sportsmanship program to local schools...

...interview on the subject of mathematics, "This is the coolest stuff in the worldthat's what it is and yet everyone hates it. Isn't it ironic?" Students are taught mathematics in a way that obscures its true beauty, and it is my hope that I can teach students in a way that encourages them, instead of...

...and also taught basketball at local community center. I graduated in 2019 from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Informatics. The subjects I tutor includes but not limited to Traditional Mandarin Chinese, Data Structure & Algorithm (Java) and Frontend Web Development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React.js). I believe that everyone learn...

...high school, finding that I had an aptitude for analogies that helped students learn the material. I tutor a large variety of subjects, including LSAT, SAT, and ACT. I also tutor various academic subjects, primarily in the fields of math and science. My favorite subject to tutor is Chemistry, followed closely by Physics. I feel...

...university, I signed up for a Women Writers class. The class required a great deal of reading and it was difficult to keep up. Yet nearly every class I remember hearing my professor say things like, "As I was reading this last night" or "last night I was looking up articles related to this topic."...

...and have worked for multiple literary magazines. I am skilled in writing, reading, editing, research, prose, language acquisition, and literary analysis. I am also proficient in Italian and am working towards fluency. I consider myself to be a very passionate and charismatic person and am excited to help students grow in their personal academic pursuits!

...academic success is not a solo one, and I am grateful for the opportunity to share what I know in a way that inspires and educates students. My passion for education stems from a desire to become more aware of the world around me and to help others do the same, whether in the form...

...business for many years, I returned to school at the age of 30 to study music theory. While fulfilling the degree requirements, I found that I had been mistaken, and I was in fact capable of achieving a level of academic success which I had never believed possible. I have since graduated from Skagit Valley...

...idea what to do when they see a new problem. While I am here to help students do better in their classes I am also here as a mentor for schooling in general. I am always willing to help out with students who need more help outside of their classes. If there is a non-academic...

...major is biochemistry, and I plan on going on to medical school after my undergraduate education. I enjoy tutoring students in mathematics and sciences because I find these subjects the most intriguing and applicable to real world situations. When tutoring, I try to create a learning environment that is low stress, productive, and stimulating. In...

...skills that will support them through life. What this means is building up the analytical skills that they will need to prepare and study for assignments and tests when they're going to go to college. There's only so much one can do in teaching the content that we also need to teach our students how...

...am an avid home cook and runner. I also love crossword puzzles and spicy food. I feel that the most valuable aspect of education is learning how to think in different ways and approach problems from various perspectives. Even if a few years from now, you cannot quite remember how to graph an equation, at...

...and History provide a unique possibility for students to go beyond simply absorbing knowledge, giving them a chance to express and integrate their own opinions and world views into their learning. In my free time, I enjoy basketball, hiking, biking, hanging out with friends, and reading books on political philosophy and history.

...a real adventure finding new and interesting ways to explain the world around us in the simplest language to my young children. I enjoy the questions they ask when their concepts of how things work are just forming. I try to encourage the students I tutor to ask "why?" and give them the confidence to...

...liberal arts college, I found it easy to establish relationships with professors because they led my discussion and lab sections, much in the way that high school teachers interact with their pupils. This level of involvement between student and teacher appealed to me and I entered the academic training ground of graduate school having convinced...

...uninhibitedness as possible while also staying true to the constraints of the English language. I believe that I am able to do this by employing the conversational method of pedagogy: asking questions, prodding students to push themselves creatively and intellectually, and attending to the details of their written work. By submitting ourselves to this process,...

...range of academic topics. I love working one-on-one with students because it allows me to find creative ways to help them master new concepts. My teaching style is all about helping students problem solve so that the end result is not only a better grasp of a subject but also a stronger sense of self-empowerment...