Award-Winning Algebra Tutors serving Yakima, WA

...levels. Now that I live in a rural farm community, I've tried relearning and improving my Spanish, and feel comfortable enough with it to tutor the basics. I believe that anyone can learn anything if they want to, and I try to encourage my students to build on what they already know to delve deeper...

...studying to get my AA in Early Childhood Education. I believe education should be offered in a variety of ways to help students who learn differently. Whether through audio, visually, or through hands-on learning experiences. I also believe in making teaching fun so children will want to learn and experience new things.

...I realized that the brain was capable of any kind of learning, and the key was staying positive enough to learn from your mistakes and keep going. This is resilience is a skill I seek to pass down to the next generation. 4. The last pillar of education for me is perspective. As an educator,...

...-Elbert Hubbard. Even if you're not a child or you're not a 'him', this still applies. My main goal is to enable you to perform the desired tasks on your own. After all, you can't take the tutor into the test, can you? Our sessions will emphasise critical thinking, problem solving, and how to utilize...

...by having culturally responsive tutoring sessions where I can build relationships with my students free of biases. Finally, a good teacher inspires growth mentality. Often in mathematics we have a fixed mindset. We believe "I am bad at math". My goal is to shift this attitude to "I am not good at math YET". Students...

...have been a teaching assistant all through grad school and through much of my undergrad, as well as attending numerous outreach events for students in K-12 school and learning about pedagogy for my degree. I am very enthusiastic about math and science and work hard to show others the joy of solving a puzzle. Whether...

...degree in English Literature. I have years of experience tutoring my two younger brothers with their homework and teaching small group bible studies. My wife and I are excited to welcome a baby girl into the world this July! I hope I can help with any subjects you or your child are struggling with!

...because I have extensive experience in it and have learned quite a few ways to impart different topics from helping a variety of students. The reason I have taken to tutoring is because I have always found a great deal of enjoyment watching as the switch goes on in a students head when they finally...

...youth and have recently begun getting into the tutoring field again. I was an emergency substitute for my local school district as well as a student tutor during my college career. I am most passionate about mathematical studies and technical writing. I believe that the purpose of education is to gain perspective. In my free...

...Shakespeare play without paying attention to the underlying prose. My strongest subjects are linear algebra and pre-calculus though I am proficient at tutoring all high school and college underclassmen mathematical subjects. I hope that my passion is contagious and that all of my students leave me not only having learned the material but understanding the...

...Internship Center and worked with students of all ages from elementary schoolers to adults at the non-profit program Safe Place: Homework Help. A particular highlight of mine is the summer I spent teaching English to adults as a certified ESL assistant at the International Education Center in downtown Minneapolis. All these experiences have helped me...

...more capable to help people in need of medical attention. Working in a Mohs surgery and dermatology practice has been the greatest confirmation that I want to train to become a practicing physician. I enjoy aspects of every activity that I am allowed to do as a Nursing Assistant, and this makes me excited to learn...

...truly believe education is a mutual learning and teaching opportunity and enjoy helping my students achieve a thorough understanding (those "Aha!" moments) and appreciation of whatever they choose to study! In the future, I seek to pursue clinical and pedagogical medicine and enjoy biking, skateboarding, dancing, and philosophizing in my spare time.

...an advanced Competition Math class for two age groups (6-8 and 9-12). It's a lot of fun! I've always found math pretty neat and like to get students interested in it too! I love to travel and have been fortunate enough to do a lot of it during my quarter-century on this planetRussia, all over...

...a product of understanding the test itself as it is the material being covered, and having one on one guidance in understanding how to take a test can markedly improve a score. An important part of gaining that understanding is working in the ways that each student learns best. In fact, I think that is...

...of learning about the students' interests and providing a way to relate their interests into the work they are doing so it can be more meaningful to them. I have found that the more a subject means to a student personally, the better they do in the subject. So, in this way it is possible...

...written ideas come to life. In addition, I have a passion for helping students improve their performance in ACT Reading, Writing, and Science. Whatever the subject, I thrive on leading students to moments of clarity and a sense of accomplishment. When I'm not tutoring, I enjoy exploring nature, playing strategy board games, and reading non-fiction.

...like to push my students. I know that every student is able to do well and I really enjoy helping them along their path to success. But being laid back, I am also good at relaxing a student and helping point out what is important and what is not. In my free time, I enjoy...

...to mesh all of the things in life that excite me into one career. Film and animation have managed to do that for the most part, but as I grow older (and wiser?) I feel more certain that teaching at the collegiate level is my calling. I carry with me my overly nice, hard working,...

...across this word on the SAT or the GRE, you likely had to learn how to infer tone and meaning using limited information. These skills are valuable and likely what you will retain throughout your life. This is why I care about helping people think about problems not just solve them. I care about showing...