Award-Winning Elementary Math Tutors in Berkeley, CA

...a Bachelor of Arts in Pure Mathematics with a minor in Music. I have been professionally and privately tutoring for over four years. I have experience teaching all levels of mathematics with an expertise in early calculus courses such as integration techniques (AP Calculus BC). I am passionate about teaching students how to work more efficiently and to understand the concepts behind what they are learning. Not only do I try and teach the students...

...addition to Aim High, I taught English while studying abroad in Madrid, Spain, volunteered with a preschool reading program in East Palo Alto, and I am currently assisting a group of Aim High 8th graders with their independent high school application essays. I am especially passionate about preparing students for standardized tests and editing personal statement essays. Many students experience test anxiety and are unsure of how to present themselves in personal statements, making the...

...student. I have a lifelong passion for learning, with two Bachelors degrees and an addiction to autodidacticism. There is little more useful and more life-changing than knowledge, and I believe that education is the primary vector by which a person can improve themselves, and in so doing, their world. While improving grades and scores is important, I am also a firm believer in the necessity of true learning and understanding: not in the memorize-then-forget method...

...mind to different ways of looking at things, and it is this that I most love sharing with my students. My first tutoring work was teaching math, and I enjoy breaking down seemingly difficult math problems into solvable pieces with my students. I also tutor essay writing and English, Economics, History, and Political Science, all of which I have enjoyed studying at Middlebury. I am also looking forward to working with students to conquer standardized...

...to attend Colorado State University (Go Rams!). I studied abroad in Seville, Spain and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Communication and a Minor in Spanish. I worked in both the health care and the non-profit sectors for a few years before deciding to go abroad to teach English in Central America. After 15 months tutoring and traveling in Panama, I am back in the Bay Area! I am passionate about language and am fully...

...to grasp it. To overcome this, I help each student learn based on their individual learning styles. This way students can approach math problems in the unique way that they think. It also helps to approach Math in a way that makes it relatable to one's every day life. I firmly believe that the more educated you are, especially in the world of Math and Language Arts, the more opportunities you will have after high...

...counselor, interning in a Pre-K classroom, a Kindergarten classroom, and currently a 3rd grade classroom. I have tutored for three students who were all freshman in high school and needed help in time management, math, Spanish, History, and Biology. My favorite subjects to tutor are History (because I love it and I am a History major), Language Arts, and Math, but I am willing to help each student with whatever they need. Two of the...

...privately tutoring students (of all ages) in many different subjects. I have a passion for learning languages- I have studied Spanish since the 5th grade, minored in Mandarin Chinese at university, and have spent time learning French and German on my own- so I would have to say that my favorite subjects to tutor are Spanish and Mandarin. I also write essays very frequently and enjoy both formal and creative writing, so I love helping...

...showing them a goofy or original way to think about things. I have also been a teacher for a number of years, and I love teaching science and math. I received my degree in physics and biology from Xavier University. I have minors in chemistry and math. Additionally, I recently received my graduate degree in molecular biology. I also do well on standardized tests, recently receiving in the 90th percentile on the GRE.... Do whatever I can so that the student learns and has fun.

...the tasks you may currently need help with. I grew up here in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I attended all French-American Bilingual schools through the end of high school. In college, I spent some time studying and living in Ecuador and Peru, so I also speak Spanish. I have worked with students of all ages, from elementary school students just learning to read to Masters' students trying to perfect their theses. I am...